The 1999 WNBA All-Star Game was played on July 14, 1999, at
Madison Square Garden
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in
New York City
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. Even though the
WNBA began in
1997
Events January
* January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States.
* January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
* January 1 ...
, this was the inaugural All-Star Game.
The All-Star Game
Rosters
*
1 Injured
*
2 Injury Replacement
Coaches
The coach for the
Western Conference was
Houston Comets
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coach
Van Chancellor
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. The coach for the
Eastern Conference was
Cleveland Rockers
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coach
Linda Hill-MacDonald.
References
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