{"id":17695,"date":"2026-07-26T10:30:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T05:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=17695"},"modified":"2026-07-26T10:30:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T05:30:49","slug":"seattle-storms-dominique-malonga-becomes-youngest-player-to-dunk-in-wnba-all-star-game-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=17695","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Storm&#8217;s Dominique Malonga becomes youngest player to dunk in WNBA All-Star Game history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">The question around Dominique Malonga\u2019s first <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_7829577\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/wnba\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">WNBA<\/a> dunk was never really if it would happen, but when. The Seattle Storm center found her moment during Saturday night&#8217;s All-Star Game.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Malonga did not let the defense-light setting go to waste. In the second quarter, the 6-foot-6 center caught a feed from Atlanta Dream star <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_7829578\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/angel-reese\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Angel Reese<\/a> and threw down the milestone dunk.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Malonga became the seventh player in league history to record a dunk in an All-Star Game, according to the Storm. The WNBA said the 20-year-old is the youngest player to accomplish the feat in the annual showcase.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_7829579\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON <\/strong><\/a><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_7829580\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>FOXNEWS.COM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/Dominique-Malonga-WNBA-All-Star-Dunk.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/Dominique-Malonga-WNBA-All-Star-Dunk.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/Dominique-Malonga-WNBA-All-Star-Dunk.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/Dominique-Malonga-WNBA-All-Star-Dunk.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/Dominique-Malonga-WNBA-All-Star-Dunk.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Dominique Malonga dunks during the 2026 WNBA All-Star Game\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Dominique Malonga of Team Coop dunks the basketball during the 2026 AT&amp;T WNBA All-Star Game against Team Spoon on July 25 at United Center in Chicago, Illinois.<\/span> <span>(Stephen Gosling\/NBAE via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Malonga became the first player since WNBA legend Sylvia Fowles in 2022 to record a slam in an All-Star Game.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_7829581\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/wnba-all-star-game-betting-preview-team-coop-guards-could-give-them-edge-team-spoon\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>WNBA ALL-STAR GAME BETTING PREVIEW: TEAM COOP&#8217;S GUARDS COULD GIVE THEM THE EDGE OVER TEAM SPOON<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Malonga is still waiting on her first regular-season dunk with <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_7829582\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/wnba\/seattle-storm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the Storm<\/a> after 63 games, but her ability to get above the rim has hardly been a secret. She has dunked while playing in Europe and Unrivaled.<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/Dominique-Malonga-slam-dunk.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/Dominique-Malonga-slam-dunk.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/Dominique-Malonga-slam-dunk.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/Dominique-Malonga-slam-dunk.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/Dominique-Malonga-slam-dunk.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Dominique Malonga dunks the ball\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Dominique Malonga (14) of Team Coop dunks the ball against Team Spoon during the first half of the 2026 AT&amp;T WNBA All-Star Game at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on July 25, 2026.<\/span> <span>(Sage Zipeto\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Shortly after she was the second overall pick in last year&#8217;s draft, Malonga showed off her dunking ability in her debut practice with Seattle.<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/Dominique-Malonga-WNBA-All-Star-game.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/Dominique-Malonga-WNBA-All-Star-game.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/Dominique-Malonga-WNBA-All-Star-game.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/Dominique-Malonga-WNBA-All-Star-game.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/Dominique-Malonga-WNBA-All-Star-game.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Dominique Malonga celebrates a basket during the WNBA All-Star Game.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Dominique Malonga (14) of Team Coop celebrates a basket against Team Spoon during the first half of the 2026 AT&amp;T WNBA All-Star Game at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on July 25, 2026.<\/span> <span>(Sage Zipeto\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Before <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_7829585\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/wnba-commissioner-vows-crack-down-racism-misogyny-dodges-big-questions-all-star-press-conference\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the All-Star game<\/a> tipped off, fellow Storm guard <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_7829586\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/lsu-star-flaujae-johnson-bringing-bearded-dragon-along-final-tournament-ride\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Flau&#8217;jae Johnson<\/a> joked that she wouldn&#8217;t speak to Malonga going forward if she didn&#8217;t manage to pull off a dunk during Saturday&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Malonga is averaging 16.3 points and 8.5 rebounds per game in her sophomore WNBA season.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><strong><em>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s<\/em><\/strong><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_7829587\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em> sports coverage on X<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>, and subscribe to<\/em><\/strong><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_7829588\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Chantz Martin is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" 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The Seattle Storm center found her moment during Saturday night&#8217;s All-Star Game. Malonga did not let the defense-light setting go to waste. In the second quarter, the 6-foot-6 center caught a feed from Atlanta Dream star Angel Reese&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Dominique-Malonga-WNBA-All-Star-Dunk.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-hub"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}