2008 NBA All-Star Game

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The NBA All-Star Game in 2008 took place on February 17 in New Orleans ( Louisiana instead). The 57th All-Star Game was played in the New Orleans Arena , home of the New Orleans Hornets , the local NBA team.

The Eastern Conference team won the game with 134-128. The MVP of the game was LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers , who with 27 points, nine assists and eight rebounds made a significant contribution to the victory of the East.

Trainer

The coaches of the two All-Star teams were the two NBA coaches, whose teams led the respective conference on February 3rd (two weeks before the game). In the Western Conference , the selection turned out to be particularly complicated this year: Mike D'Antoni from the Phoenix Suns , the front runner in the West, coached the selection last year, which is why he was not an option. Behind the Suns, the Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans Hornets were tied in second place. Since Dallas Avery Johnson was already on the sidelines in 2006, the selection fell on the coach of the Hornets, who was last in the All-Star Game in 2002 when he was responsible for the selection of the East.

• Western Conference : Byron Scott ( New Orleans Hornets )
• Eastern Conference : Doc Rivers ( Boston Celtics )

player

The players of the Western Conference competed in jerseys with a white front and gold back, and the lettering and numbers were in red.

The Eastern Conference players competed in jerseys with a blue front and white back. Lettering and numbers were in white or blue.

Starting Five

In the period from November 14, 2007 to January 20, 2008, the fans had the opportunity to vote which players should be on the floor at the beginning of the game. Via the Internet, in the NBA arenas and in the shops of a sponsor, each voter could choose two forwards , two guards and one center per conference .

Kevin Garnett received the most votes with 2,399,148 votes, followed by LeBron James (2,108,831), who received the most votes last year, and Dwight Howard (2,066,991). This is followed by the first player in the Western Conference , Kobe Bryant (2,004,940), who won the MVP award in the All-Star Game last year .

Western Conference :

• Q: Carmelo Anthony ( Denver Nuggets )
• Q: Tim Duncan ( San Antonio Spurs )
• C: Yao Ming ( Houston Rockets )
• G: Kobe Bryant ( LA Lakers )
• G: Allen Iverson ( Denver Nuggets )

Eastern Conference :

• Q: Kevin Garnett ¹ ( Boston Celtics )
• Q: LeBron James ( Cleveland Cavaliers )
• C: Dwight Howard ( Orlando Magic )
• G: Jason Kidd ( New Jersey Nets )
• G: Dwyane Wade ( Miami Heat )

For the injured Kevin Garnett, East coach Doc Rivers ordered Chris Bosh from the bench in the starting five.

Substitute player

In order to avoid players who are only popular with the fans taking part in the All-Star Game and having to watch “less popular”, better players, the substitute players were chosen by the 15 head coaches of their conference after the fan voting. No coach was allowed to vote for players from his own team.

On January 31, it was announced which players will be allowed to sit on the substitutes' bench. The two forwards, the two guards and the center with the most votes were invited, as well as the two players who received the most votes from the other players, regardless of their position, from the head coaches.

• Q: Carlos Boozer ( Utah Jazz )
• Q: Dirk Nowitzki ( Dallas Mavericks )
• FC: Amar'e Stoudemire ( Phoenix Suns )
• Q: David West ( New Orleans Hornets )
• G: Steve Nash ( Phoenix Suns )
• G: Chris Paul ( New Orleans Hornets )
• G: Brandon Roy ( Portland Trail Blazers )

• FC: Chris Bosh ¹ ( Toronto Raptors )
• Q: Caron Butler ² ( Washington Wizards )
• Q: Antawn Jamison ( Washington Wizards )
• Q: Paul Pierce ( Boston Celtics )
• G: Chauncey Billups ( Detroit Pistons )
• G: Richard Hamilton ( Detroit Pistons )
• G: Joe Johnson ( Atlanta Hawks )

Failures

Due to the injuries suffered by Kevin Garnett and Caron Butler in the East, NBA Commissioner David Stern nominated the following players for the All-Star Game:

• C: Rasheed Wallace ¹ ( Detroit Pistons )
• G: Ray Allen ² ( Boston Celtics )

Competitions in the supporting program

As part of the supporting program of the All-Star Games, the following competitions took place on the Friday and Saturday before the game:

• Slam Dunk Contest: Dwight Howard ( Orlando Magic )
• Three-Point Shootout: Jason Kapono ( Toronto Raptors )
• Skills Challenge: Deron Williams ( Utah Jazz )
• Shooting Stars Challenge: Team San Antonio ( Tim Duncan , David Robinson , Becky Hammon )
• Rookie Challenge: Sophomores - Rookies 136: 109 - MVP: Daniel Gibson ( Cleveland Cavaliers )

• D-League All-Star Game: Blue - Red 117: 99 - MVP: Jeremy Richardson ( Fort Wayne Mad Ants )
• D-League Dream Factory Friday Night Results :

• Slam Dunk Contest: Brent Petway ( Idaho Stampede )
• Three-Point Shootout: Adam Harrington ( Tulsa 66ers )
• HORSE: Lance Allred (Idaho Stampede)
• Hot-Shot: Carlos Powell ( Dakota Wizards ) and Will Clapp (a fan from New Orleans)

credentials

1. ^ NBA.com : James Improvises an MVP Performance in the Big Easy , Feb. 18, 2008
2. ^ NBA.com : Hornets' Byron Scott Named Western Conference All-Star Coach , Jan. 31, 2008
3. ↑ NBA.com ( Memento of the original from November 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Boston's Kevin Garnett Top Vote-Getter Among All-Stars , Jan. 24, 2008 
4. ↑ NBA.com ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Boxscore , February 17, 2008 
5. ↑ NBA.com ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Two Hometown Hornets Named as Reserves for 2008 NBA All-Star Game , January 31, 2008 
6. ↑ NBA.com/pistons : Garnett out, Rasheed in , February 10, 2008
7. ↑ NBA.com ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Boston's Ray Allen to Replace Caron Butler in All-Star Game , February 13, 2008 
8. ↑ NBA.com ( Memento of the original from March 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Kapono Lights Up Saturday Night February 16, 2008 
9. ↑ NBA.com : All-Star Saturday Dwight , February 16, 2008
10. ↑ NBA.com : Gibson Gone Wild , Feb. 16, 2008
11. ↑ NBA.com/dleague ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Stars Work, Play Hard in Spalding D-League All-Star Game , February 16, 2008 
12. ↑ NBA.com/dleague ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : D-League Dream Factory Friday Night Results , February 15, 2008