MAIN Recreation Sports Basketball 2008 NBA All Star Game

Top fan-voted players take to the court this year - including first pick Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett, 2006 All-Star MVP LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard who finished with the third most votes for his second career All-Star appearance.

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant led the Western Conference, who edged out Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony as the top vote-getter in the West. Anthony will make his first career All-Star start after finishing with 1,723,701 votes.

The 2008 All-Star Weekend begins in New Orleans on Friday night, February 15, 2008 with the Rookie Challenge ... followed up with the Three-Point Challenge and Slam Dunk Contest on Saturday.... leading up to Sunday night's championship game at the New Orleans Arena.

The 57th NBA All Star Game on Sunday, February 17th airs live on TNT at 8:30pm ET for a worldwide television audience in more than 200 countries.

On the Web, check out more information about this year's big East-West extravaganza including the NBA All-Star Jam Session at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, plus past scores and winners, individual and team records, and a bit of history and trivia about the annual NBA All Star Game...

NBA.com - NBA All Star 2008 - The official site featuring the complete schedule, news and updates, video clips, pictures and feature stories, balloting information, NBA All-Star history and a guide to the 2008 Jam Session.

NBA All Star Game - Complete Wikipedia overview with All Star Game history, trivia, scores, stats and winners dating back to 1951.

Also see -> 2008 March Madness | NBA playoffs | NBA draft

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