Tamika Catchings at 2015 NBA All-Star Weekend

Sat, Feb 14, 2015, 7:23 PM

Indiana Fever star Tamika Catchings is in New York City this weekend to represent the WNBA and the Fever at the NBA’s All-Star Weekend.

On Saturday morning, Catchings took part in the NBA Cares Special Olympics Unified Sports Basketball Game at Madison Square Garden. Catchings also participated in this event last year in New Orleans. This year’s game paired some of the best Special Olympics basketball players from across the globe with WNBA and former NBA stars like Catchings, Elena Delle Donne, Tina Charles, Chris Mullin, Dell Curry, and Detlef Schrempf.

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On Saturday night, Catchings participated in the 2015 Degree Shooting Stars Competition at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Catchings teamed up with Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook and NBA legend Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway in the competition.

The four-team event required each of the team’s three players to hit a shot from designated spots on the floor before they could advance to center court to attempt a flurry of half-court shots. Once someone made that shot, the clock stopped.

Catchings’ team put up the second-fastest time in the first round of the competition, advancing to the final round, where they faced off against the two-time defending champion team of Chris Bosh, Dominique Wilkins, and Swin Cash.

In the finals, Catchings and her teammates hit their first three shots very quickly, but they couldn’t connect on a half-court shot. Wilkins then banked in a half-court shot with plenty of time to spare as Team Bosh took hom the trophy for the third straight year.

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