NBA All-Star Game 2010

NBA All-Star Game 2010

1 2 3 4th total East 37 39 42 23 141 west 34 35 40 30th 139
date	February 14, 2010
Stadion	Cowboys Stadium
city	Arlington
MVP	Dwyane Wade
National anthem	Gretchen Wilson ( US ) The Canadian Tenors ( Canada )
Referee	# 48 Scott Foster # 19 James Capers # 63 Derek Richardson
Halftime show	Alicia Keys , Shakira and Usher
Number of visitors	108.713
Television broadcast
Network	NBA on TNT
Commentators	Marv Albert, Doug Collins and Reggie Miller

The 2010 NBA All-Star Game took place on February 14, 2010 in Arlington (in the greater Dallas , Texas area ). The 59th All-Star Game was played during the 2009-2010 season at Cowboys Stadium , the home of the NFL team Dallas Cowboys , and achieved the greatest backdrop for a basketball game with 108,713 spectators.

Commissioner David Stern announced the award of the All-Star Games to Dallas on October 30, 2008. The 1986 NBA All-Star Game was the last and only All-Star Game to take place in the greater Dallas- Fort-Worth - Arlington area.

The All-Star Weekend began on February 12, 2010 with the Celebrity Game and the Rookie Challenge . The event continued on Saturday with the All-Star Saturday Night . During the All-Star Saturday Night the Shooting Stars Competition , the Skills Challenge , the Three-Point Shootout , the Slam Dunk Contest and the H – O – R – S – E Competition took place. Furthermore, the D-League Dream Factory Friday Night took place on Friday and the D-League All-Star Game on Saturday.

In the All-Star Game, the selection of the Eastern Conference won the game 141: 139. Dwyane Wade was voted the most valuable player of the game. The rookies were able to win the Rookie Challenge for the first time since 2002 and Tyreke Evans was named MVP. At All-Star Saturday Night , Paul Pierce won the three-point shootout , Steve Nash the Skills Challenge and Nate Robinson won the Slam Dunk Contest for the third time . The Shooting Stars Competition was won by the team from Texas. Kevin Durant was able to win the H-O-R-S-E competition again.

All-Star Game

Squad

Eastern Conference All-Stars Item player team participation be right starter PG Dwyane Wade Miami Heat 6th 2,327,550 SG  Joe Johnson Atlanta Hawks 4th - SF LeBron James Cleveland Cavaliers 6th 2,549,693 PF Kevin Garnett Boston Celtics 13. 1,978,116 C. Dwight Howard Orlando Magic 4th 2,360,096 Substitute player PG Derrick Rose Chicago Bulls 1. - PG Rondo district Boston Celtics 1. - SF Paul Pierce Boston Celtics 8th. - SF Gerald Wallace Charlotte Bobcats 1. - PF Chris Bosh Toronto Raptors 5. - C. Al Horford Atlanta Hawks 1. - C. David Lee * New York Knicks 1. - Injured PG Allen Iverson Philadelphia 76ers 11. 1,269,568

Western Conference All-Stars

Item	player	team	participation	be right
starter
PG	Steve Nash	Phoenix Suns	7th	1,222,235
SG	Carmelo Anthony	Denver nuggets	3.	2,137,560
SF	Dirk Nowitzki	Dallas Mavericks	9.	-
PF	Tim Duncan	San Antonio Spurs	12.	1,156,696
C.	Amar'e Stoudemire	Phoenix Suns	5.	1,824,093
Substitute player
PG	Chauncey Billups *	Denver nuggets	5.	-
PG	Jason Kidd *	Dallas Mavericks	10.	-
PG	Deron Williams	Utah Jazz	1.	-
SF	Kevin Durant	Oklahoma City Thunder	1.	-
PF	Zach Randolph	Memphis grizzlies	1.	-
PF / C	Pau Gasol	Los Angeles Lakers	3.	-
C.	Chris Kaman *	Los Angeles Clippers	1.	-
Injured
PG	Chris Paul	New Orleans Hornets	3.	-
SG	Kobe Bryant	Los Angeles Lakers	12.	2,456,224
SG	Brandon Roy	Portland Trail Blazers	3.	-

* Player has been nominated.

Dirk Nowitzki and Joe Johnson started in place of Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson.

Trainer

Denver Nuggets coach George Karl was responsible for the Western Conference team and Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy was responsible for the Eastern Conference team .

statistics

Eastern Conference All-Stars

	POS	MIN	FGM-A	3 PM-A	FTM-A	OFF	DEF	DEAD	AST	PF	ST	TO	BS	BA	PTS
L. James	F.	32:28	10-22	1-6	4-4	1	4th	5	6th	1	4th	2	0	0	25th
K. Garnett	F.	12:43	2-4	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	2	0	0	2	1	0	4th
D. Howard	C.	27:24	7-10	1-2	2-3	0	5	5	1	4th	0	1	3	0	17th
J. Johnson	G	17:50	4-8	2-5	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	10
D. Wade	G	31:20	12-16	0-1	4-6	3	3	6th	11	4th	5	3	0	1	28
P. Pierce		11:36	3-6	2-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	8th
C. Bosh		29:08	9-16	0-0	5-7	2	8th	10	1	0	2	3	0	0	23
R. Rondo		19:49	2-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	5	1	1	2	0	0	4th
G. Wallace		15:32	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
D. Lee		12:26	2-3	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	4th
D. Rose		15:25	4-8	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	4th	0	3	1	0	0	8th
A. Horford		14:19	4-5	0-0	0-1	0	4th	4th	2	1	1	0	1	0	8th

Western Conference All-Stars

	POS	MIN	FGM-A	3 PM-A	FTM-A	OFF	DEF	DEAD	AST	PF	ST	TO	BS	BA	PTS
T. Duncan	F.	13:07	1-4	0-0	1-2	1	3	4th	0	1	2	3	0	1	3
D. Nowitzki	F.	27:43	8-15	0-1	6-6	0	4th	4th	2	2	1	2	0	0	22nd
A. Stoudemire	C.	19:57	5-10	0-0	2-2	3	7th	10	0	0	1	2	0	1	12
C. Anthony	F.	28:59	13-22	1-4	0-1	4th	6th	10	2	0	0	2	0	2	27
S. Nash	G	19:59	2-4	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	13	0	0	2	0	0	4th
P. Gasol		20:18	5-9	0-0	3-3	2	4th	6th	0	3	1	0	0	0	13
C. Billups		25:44	6-11	5-8	0-0	0	0	0	5	1	1	2	0	0	17th
D. Williams		28:01	6-11	2-4	0-0	0	3	3	6th	4th	4th	5	1	0	14th
K. Durant		20:17	7-14	1-3	0-0	1	4th	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	15th
Z. Randolph		19:01	4-10	0-0	0-0	3	3	6th	2	2	2	1	0	0	8th
C. Kaman		10:43	2-4	0-0	0-0	2	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	4th
J. Kidd		06:11	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0

All-Star Weekend

Even before the actual All-Star Game, smaller events and competitions took place. The respective winners are highlighted:

T-Mobile Rookie Challenge

Rookies Item player team G Stephen Curry Golden State Warriors G Tyreke Evans Sacramento Kings G Jonny Flynn Minnesota Timberwolves G James Harden Oklahoma City Thunder G Brandon Jennings Milwaukee Bucks F. Omri Casspi Sacramento Kings F. Taj Gibson Chicago Bulls F. Jonas Jerebko Detroit Pistons F / C DeJuan Blair San Antonio Spurs

Sophomores

Item	player	team
G	Eric Gordon	Los Angeles Clippers
G	OJ Mayo	Memphis grizzlies
G	Russell Westbrook	Oklahoma City Thunder
G	Anthony Morrow	Golden State Warriors
F.	Danilo Gallinari	New York Knicks
F.	Michael Beasley	Miami Heat
F / C	Kevin Love	Minnesota Timberwolves
C.	Brook Lopez	New Jersey Nets
C.	Marc Gasol	Memphis grizzlies

The rookies won the game 140: 128.

Tyreke Evans was voted Rookie All-Star Game MVP with 26 points and 6 rebounds. But he insisted on sharing the trophy with DeJuan Blair, who scored 22 points and secured 23 rebounds.

Sprite Slam Dunk Contest

Attendees

Item	player	team	size	Weight	First round			final
					1. Dunk	2. Dunk	total	Share of votes
PG	Nate Robinson	New York Knicks	1.75 m	82 kg	44	45	89	51%
SF	DeMar DeRozan	Toronto Raptors	2.01 m	100 kg	42	50	92	49%
SG	Shannon Brown	Los Angeles Lakers	1.93 m	95 kg	37	41	78	-
SF	Gerald Wallace	Charlotte Bobcats	2.01 m	100 kg	38	40	78	-

Taco Bell Skills Challenge

Attendees

player	team	size	Weight
Brandon Jennings	Milwaukee Bucks	1.85 m	77 kg
Steve Nash	Phoenix Suns	1.91 m	81 kg
Deron Williams	Utah Jazz	1.91 m	94 kg
Russell Westbrook	Oklahoma City Thunder	1.91 m	85 kg

Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout

Attendees

player	team	3 average season '09 -10 *	3 career average *
Chauncey Billups	Denver nuggets	42.5%	39.0%
Daequan Cook	Miami Heat	32.8%	36.0%
Channing Frye	Phoenix Suns	42.3%	39.5%
Stephen Curry	Golden State Warriors	41.7%	41.7%
Paul Pierce	Boston Celtics	43.9%	36.9%
Danilo Gallinari	New York Knicks	39.4%	40.2%

* As of February 23, 2010

HORSE challenge

Attendees

player	team	size	Weight
Rondo district	Boston Celtics	1.85 m	78 kg
Omri Casspi	Sacramento Kings	2.06 m	102 kg
Kevin Durant	Oklahoma City Thunder	2.06 m	97 kg

Haier Shooting Stars Competition

Attendees

NBA player	WNBA player	Former NBA player	team
Dirk Nowitzki ( Dallas Mavericks )	/ Becky Hammon ( San Antonio Silver Stars )	Kenny Smith ( Houston Rockets )	Team Texas
Pau Gasol ( Los Angeles Lakers )	Marie Ferdinand-Harris ( Los Angeles Sparks )	Brent Barry ( Los Angeles Clippers )	Team Los Angeles
Joe Johnson ( Atlanta Hawks )	Angel McCoughtry ( Atlanta Dream )	Steve Smith ( Atlanta Hawks )	Team Atlanta
Tyreke Evans ( Sacramento Kings )	Nicole Powell ( Sacramento Monarchs )	Chris Webber ( Sacramento Kings )	Team Sacramento

Web links

• NBA All-Star Game 2010

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Country music star Gretchen Wilson to sing National Anthem . NBA.com. Archived from the original on February 13, 2010. 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. Retrieved February 10, 2010.  
2. ↑ Alicia Keys, Shakira and Usher to perform at All-Star Game . NBA.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 2, 2010. 
3. ↑ 20 minutes, huge record setting in the all-star game
4. ↑ Iverson's popularity lands starting spot for East All-Stars . In: NBA.com . Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. January 21, 2010. Archived from the original on January 25, 2010. Information: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 21, 2010. 
5. ↑ Suns duo leads Western Conference All-Star starters . In: NBA.com . Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. January 21, 2010. Archived from the original on March 30, 2012. Information: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 21, 2010. 
6. ↑ For starters, Nowitzki and Johnson… . NBA.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2010. 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. Retrieved February 13, 2010. 
7. ↑ Magic win earns Van Gundy coaching gig with East All-Stars . NBA.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2010. 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. Retrieved January 31, 2010. 
8. ↑ ^{a b} 59th NBA All-Star Game . NBA.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 14, 2010. 
9. ^ ^{A b} Durant, Rose Among Players in the 2009 Rookie Challenge . NBA.com. January 28, 2009. Archived from the original on May 21, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 28, 2009. 
10. ↑ Rookie All-Star Game Video . NBA.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2010. 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. Retrieved February 14, 2010. 
11. ↑ Rose to defend title in Taco Bell Skills Challenge . NBA.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 5, 2010. 
12. ^ Durant to defend All-Star HORSE win . yahoo.com. Retrieved February 9, 2010.