Although viewership rose 89% for the Skills Challenge and 3-Point Contest this year, many fans took exception with ESPN celebrating the 158% increase in viewership from 2023 to 2025. The common consensus being that ESPN purposefully did so to ignore the decline in views, and attempted to mitigate just how important Clark is.

Host Elle Duncan had a unique way of describing the lack of defense in the WNBA All-Star Game Saturday night on ABC. “We hope it gets a little bit more competitive. Because like a girls’ trip to Cancun, right now, there’s no D,'” Duncan said during the halftime show as Napheesa Collier’s team led Caitlin Clark’s team 82-60.

ESPN's Elle Duncan had a glaring critique of how the WNBA All-Star Game was played, with the anchor claiming neither team had any interest in defense, an issue plaguing the NBA All-Star Game

ESPN posted an image comparing the viewership numbers of the 2025 All-Star game with the numbers from the 2023 All-star game. What is interesting to note here is that in 2023 Clark did not play the game and therefore the numbers were low. The correct approach would have been to compare it with last year’s game when Clark did play.

ESPN’s Elle Duncan sparks buzz with a cheeky halftime comment about Team Clark’s defense during the WNBA All-Star Game blowout.

Everyone else, including Jonquel Jones who’s been out for a month is back. She expects to be on a minutes restriction. New York took games one and three while Indy got game two. This is the last regular season meeting between these teams.