TEAM SPOONvsTEAM COOP
SPO 129/COOP 122
Things to say
Team Spoon beat Team Coop 129-122 in the WNBA All-Star Game at the United Center.
01
opener
Spoon took it 129-122, but nobody was playing a lick of defense. All-Star game, so it was buckets on buckets. Fun watch if you like offense.
02
key player
Jonquel Jones was the best all-around player out there — 22, 13 and 8. She stuffed the whole stat sheet while everybody else just chucked.
03
hot take
Kelsey Mitchell dropped 28 and still took the L. Scoring's cute but her side got ate up.
04
deep cut
Rookie Malonga grabbed 13 boards for Coop. Bueckers quietly dished 7 dimes too — kids showing up in the exhibition.
05
exit
Anyway, it's the break — real basketball's back when the season picks up. We'll see who actually plays D then.
The recap
Team Spoon ran off with it 129-122, and Jonquel Jones was the whole show, stuffing the stat sheet with 22 and 13 while dishing 8 dimes like it was nothing. Kelsey Mitchell got hers with 28 buckets for the other side, but it wasn't enough to hang.
Once Jones started controlling the paint on both ends, the lead just kept stretching and never came back. Coop had the star power but Spoon had the closer, and that was the ballgame.