NBA All-Stars Named
The 55th NBA All-Star game on Feb. 19 at Toyota Center in Houston (5 p.m. PST, TNT). Statistics are through Wednesday:
| WESTERN CONFERENCE | |||
| STARTERS | |||
| POS | PLAYER, TEAM (ALL-STAR APP.) | HT | PPG |
| C | Yao Ming, Houston (4) | 7-6 | 20.0 |
| F | Tim Duncan, San Antonio (8) | 7-0 | 19.9 |
| F | Tracy McGrady, Houston (6) | 6-8 | 26.5 |
| G | Steve Nash, Phoenix (4) | 6-3 | 19.4 |
| G | KOBE BRYANT, LAKERS (8) | 6-6 | 35.7 |
| RESERVES | |||
| F | ELTON BRAND, CLIPPERS (2) | 6-8 | 25.2 |
| F | Kevin Garnett, Minnesota (9) | 6-11 | 21.8 |
| F | Pau Gasol, Memphis (1) | 7-0 | 19.5 |
| F | Shawn Marion, Phoenix (3) | 6-7 | 21.3 |
| F | Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas (5) | 7-0 | 25.4 |
| G | Ray Allen, Seattle (6) | 6-5 | 24.8 |
| G | Tony Parker, San Antonio (1) | 6-2 | 19.7 |
| COACH: Avery Johnson, Dallas |
| EASTERN CONFERENCE | |||
| STARTERS | |||
| POS | PLAYER, TEAM (ALL-STAR APP.) | HT | PPG |
| C | Shaquille O’Neal, Miami (13) | 7-1 | 19.1 |
| F | *Jermaine O’Neal, Indiana (5) | 6-11 | 20.9 |
| F | LeBron James, Cleveland (2) | 6-8 | 30.9 |
| G | Allen Iverson, Philadelphia (7) | 6-0 | 33.6 |
| G | Dwyane Wade, Miami (2) | 6-4 | 27.0 |
| RESERVES | |||
| C | Ben Wallace, Detroit (4) | 6-9 | 7.8 |
| F | Chris Bosh, Toronto (1) | 6-10 | 23.0 |
| F | Rasheed Wallace, Detroit (3) | 6-11 | 15.1 |
| G-F | Vince Carter, New Jersey (7) | 6-6 | 24.1 |
| G-F | Paul Pierce, Boston (5) | 6-6 | 25.7 |
| G | Chauncey Billups, Detroit (1) | 6-3 | 18.8 |
| G | Richard Hamilton, Detroit (1) | 6-7 | 21.6 |
| COACH: Flip Saunders, Detroit |
* injured
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