<Li> Sacramento Monarchs--1997--2009 </Li> <P> Teams hold training camps in May . Training camps allow the coaching staff to prepare the players for the regular season, and determine the 12 - woman roster with which they will begin the regular season . After training camp, a series of preseason exhibition games are held . </P> <P> The WNBA regular season begins in May . During the regular season, each team plays 34 games, 17 each home and away . Each team plays one in - conference team 4 times and the remaining in - conference teams 3 times each (12 games). Each team then plays the six out - of - conference teams 3 times (18 games). As in the NBA, each team hosts and visits every other team at least once every season . </P> <P> In 1999 the league held its first ever All Star Game where the best players of the Eastern Conference played against the best players of the Western Conference . Since the All Star games were ongoing, the west has been dominant until 2006 the east finally won a game . </P>

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