Each year, Engelbert usually calls WNBA players to tell them they were named an All-Star. That wasn't the case for Citron, who found out she made the cut through a pretty wild sequence of events.

Brittney Sykes scored 18 points, Shakira Austin had 16 points and eight rebounds, and the Washington Mystics closed on a 12-2 run to beat the short-handed Las Vegas Aces 70-68 on Thursday night. Jewell Loyd led Las Vegas (9-11) with 20 points while Chelsea Gray added 13.

Chicago’s Angel Reese and Ariel Atkins had warm homecomings, but the young Mystics finished off the Sky with a closing flourish.

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In a 77-77 tie game and 30 seconds remaining on the clock, Sky guard Ariel Atkins was whistled for a loose ball foul, and the Sky challenged the call. While walking back to the bench with teammates during the review, Reese slapped a clipboard out of the hands of Sky staffer Ann Crosby.

Aces star center A'ja Wilson ruled out against Mystics after suffering a wrist injury in last outing against Liberty

Trailing nearly the entire second half, Washington scores the game’s final five points for a 70-68 victory over one of the WNBA’s perennial powers.

Washington Mystics' Kiki Iriafen has made history by being selected to the WNBA All-Star game as a rookie. The former USC Trojans All-American and rookie teammate Sonia Citron are the first pair of rookie teammates to be selected to the game since 1999.