WNBA legend Sylvia Fowles is retiring at the end of her 2022 season with the Minnesota Lynx, and she's putting on a show in her final All-Star Game on Sunday at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.
Fowles played the first half of her WNBA career with the Chicago Sky, so the fans in The Windy City know a thing or two about her. She gave the fans what they wanted with a big dunk:
🔨 SYLVIA FOWLES 🔨
The steal and the SLAM in her final #WNBAAllStar Game! pic.twitter.com/U5xfickXsN
— WNBA (@WNBA) July 10, 2022
Sylvia Fowles' dunk sent everybody in the building into a frenzy, and it also set Twitter on fire:
Wait for it 👀…. @SylviaFowles dunks in her final All-Star game pic.twitter.com/vciH5tBjsp
— Annie Costabile (@AnnieCostabile) July 10, 2022
SYL WITH THE DUNK
LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
— Sarah Spain (@SarahSpain) July 10, 2022
Candace to Sylvia Fowles after that dunk: “You can’t retire!! You can’t retire!!”
— Nick DePaula (@NickDePaula) July 10, 2022
Fowles fastbreak dunk just blew the roof off here at Wintrust!
— Kaitlin Sharkey (@KRoseSharkey) July 10, 2022
Man, that is so cool for Fowles.
— Chris Herring (@Herring_NBA) July 10, 2022
Nahhhhhhhh Sylvia dunking in year 14?!?! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
— Arike Ogunbowale (@Arike_O) July 10, 2022
Sylvia Fowles started the game with a 3, now she just threw one down. This is Fowles world & we’re just livin in it!
— Rachel Galligan (@RachGall) July 10, 2022
Sylvia really bringing that "come here youngster, let me teach you about a few things" energy to her last All-Star game
— Julia Poe (@byjuliapoe) July 10, 2022
This is Sylvia Fowles' eighth All-Star appearance in 15 WNBA seasons. Three of her All-Star Game nods came when she was with the Sky, so this is her fifth as a member of the Lynx.
In her final WNBA season, Fowles is averaging 14.9 points, 9.2 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 1.2 blocks while shooting 64.4% from the field. Unfortunately, the Lynx are having a poor season with an 8-15 record, which is the second-worst mark in the league. Minnesota is just 2.5 games behind the three teams holding the final playoff spots, so the season isn't lost just yet.
While this season hasn't been great, Fowles has enjoyed a ton of success overall in Minnesota. She won two WNBA titles and Finals MVPs in 2015 and 2017. She was WNBA MVP in 2017 and is a four-time Defensive Player of the Year winner. The accolades go on and on for the 36-year-old star, who will be missed when she retires.
Sylvia Fowles is certainly making sure her last All-Star Game is a memorable one. After the game, she even said she hadn't dunked in a game since 2008. Wild stuff.