The 2007 NBA All-Star Game was played on Sunday, February 18, 2007 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Thomas and Mack Center in Paradise, Nevada, United States.
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NBA All- Star Game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. NBA All- Star Game. Date. February 1. Arena. Thomas and Mack Center. City. Las Vegas, Nevada. MVPKobe Bryant. National anthem. Roxanne Potvin (CAN)Danny Gans & Friends (USA)Referees.
Halftime show. Christina Aguilera, Toni Braxton, Cirque du Soleil. Attendance. 15,6.
Network. TNTESPN Radio. Announcers. Marv Albert, Doug Collins, and Steve Kerr. Kevin Harlan, Steve Kerr, Reggie Miller, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Magic Johnson (All- Star Saturday Night)Dick Stockton, Reggie Miller and John Thompson (Rookie Challenge)Jim Durham and Jack Ramsay.
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Thomas and Mack Center in Paradise, Nevada, United States. It was the 5. 6th annual All- Star Game. It was the first time the All- Star Game was played in a city without an NBA franchise and first to be played on a college campus. The game was televised on TNT at 9 ET as part as the NBA on TNT production studios. The Western Conference set All- Star records with 6. Eastern Conference All- Stars at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
Amar'e Stoudemire racked up 2. Carmelo Anthony had 2. West. Le. Bron James led the Eastern Conference with 2.
Dwight Howard tallied 2. Kobe Bryant, previously the MVP of the 2. All- Star Game, moved from 1.
All- star scoring, surpassing Magic Johnson. Bryant posted 3. 1 points, grabbed 5 rebounds, and dished out 6 assists and steals; for his performance, he was selected as the MVP of the All- Star game receiving a more favorable reception from the crowd than 2.
Also, Dirk Nowitzki became the first European born- player to be a starter at the All- Star Game. As announced on August 5, 2. NBA, led by Commissioner. David Stern, did not allow wagering on the results of the game in the state of Nevada.[1]The choice to choose Las Vegas as the location was widely regarded as a bid by the city to give it its first major sports franchise. Mayor Oscar Goodman met with David Stern to discuss the possibility during the events. On April 5, Goodman sent a letter to the commissioner, requesting a meeting to sort out the matter.[2] All- Star MVP and former teammates Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal welcomed the possibility, amid the gambling.[3]All- Star Game[edit]Coaches[edit]The coach whose team has the best record in its conference is granted the right to coach their team.
However, despite this rule, no one is allowed to coach in three consecutive All- Star Games. The Dallas Mavericks' Avery Johnson, who coached the West last year, fell under this rule so Mike D'Antoni of the Phoenix Suns took his place. The East's coach was Eddie Jordan of the Washington Wizards, as Flip Saunders was ineligible due to coaching the East last year.
Players[edit]. During the 2. All- Star Game. The 2. All- Star MVP Le. Bron James was the top vote- getter, receiving 2,5. Eastern Conference's small forward position.
One player has received more votes in NBA history: Dwight Howard with 3,1. Three other players, guards. Kobe Bryant of the Lakers and Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat and center Yao of the Houston Rockets, received more than two million votes.
All three started at their positions in their respective conference—with the exception of Yao Ming due to injury. In the Western Conference, the race was tight. Allen Iverson, formerly the seven- time East point guard starter, moved to Denver from Philadelphia, attracting votes from reigning NBA MVPSteve Nash. But surprisingly, neither of the two was voted in; both were reserves as swingman Tracy Mc. Grady came in the back door win.[5]Dirk Nowitzki, another player who analysts predicted that would be starting, was not able to muster enough votes to get over former MVP Kevin Garnett's 1,6. West coach Mike D'Antoni. Tim Duncan was also voted in as a forward.
Carmelo Anthony, the star small forward for the Nuggets, was not voted in as a starter or reserve, contrary to earlier reports that head coaches from the conference would put him in the lineup despite being involved in a brawl, but was allowed as a reserve (because Carlos Boozer was injured). Mehmet Okur of the Utah Jazz and Ray Allen of the Seattle Sonics were chosen by Stern to replace the injured Nash and Iverson. Gilbert Arenas of the East benefited from Iverson's move to the West.
In one of the closest races in game history, Arenas gained enough calls to start as the point guard of the East, over the New Jersey Nets' Vince Carter. Carter was eventually named as a reserve along with teammate Jason Kidd.[6] In a controversial race, Shaquille O'Neal was voted in as starting center for the 1. Dwight Howard. Chris Bosh of the Toronto Raptors was voted by the fans to start, marking the first time a Raptor started since Vince Carter was the top vote getter in his last season in Toronto.
Appearance denotes the number of times the player been selected to play in the All- Star game, including 2. Jason Kidd of the East and Carlos Boozer, Steve Nash, Allen Iverson, and Yao Ming of the West could not play due to injuries. The game featured seven first time All- Stars.^1 Unable to participate due to injury. Nowitzki was named to the starting lineup in place of Yao.[7]^2 Named to team by commissioner David Stern as replacement for injured player. All- Star Weekend[edit]T- Mobile Rookie Challenge[edit]David Lee hit all 1. Sophomore beat the Rookies for the fifth consecutive year, 1. Lee, who added 1.
MVP of the 2. 00. Rookie Challenge. Chris Paul notched novice- game records of 1. Monta Ellis was the beneficiary of many of Paul's assists, as he had 5 alley- oop dunks in a 3: 2.
Rudy Gay and Paul Millsap paced the Rookie squad with 2. This game set a number of records for the Rookie Challenge: Highest scoring half: 7. Sophomores 2nd Half)Chris Paul's 1. The coaches of the game were Mike O'Koren (Assistant coach of the Washington Wizards) for the Rookie Team, and Marc Iavaroni (Assistant coach of the Phoenix Suns) for the Sophomore team. Jason Kapono tied Mark Price's final- round record with 2. Gilbert Arenas on his way to the 2.
Foot Locker Three- Point Shootout title. Arenas notched a first- round high of 2. Defending champion Dirk Nowitzki had 2.
Kapono narrowly made the finals with a first- round score of 1. Mike Miller (1. 8), Damon Jones (1. Jason Terry (1. 0) were eliminated early.
Slam Dunk Contest[edit]The Sprite. Slam Dunk Contest was a memorable one. Dwight Howard jumped up and dunked while posting a sticker of him laughing, on the backboard. Eventually, Gerald Green and Nate Robinson went to the final round. Robinson looked unimpressive with his first dunk, and Green looked as bad as Robinson.
However, Robinson had to do his second dunk after the limited two- minute period, and scored below 4. Green finished it off by getting a perfect score after jumping over a table. The judging panel included an impressive list of former champions who are considered some of the greatest dunkers in NBA history: Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins, Julius Erving, Kobe Bryant and Vince Carter.[8]Play. Station Skills Challenge[edit]^1 Unable to participate due to injury.^2 Named as replacement for injured player.
Round 1. Name. Chest Pass. Bounce Pass. Jump Shot. Outlet Pass. Time. Le. Bron James. 11. Chris Paul. 31. 23. Kobe Bryant. 11. 11. Dwyane Wade. 21. 11.
Round 2. Name. Chest Pass. Bounce Pass. Jump Shot. Outlet Pass. Time.
Dwyane Wade. 11. 11. Kobe Bryant. 52. 11. Dwyane Wade won his second straight Skills Challenge. Haier Shooting Stars Competition[edit]The San Antonio team tried to be the first team to win back- to- back titles. Team Chicago (4. 8.
Team Detroit (1: 0. Due to Ben Gordon shooting out of order before Candice Dupree, Detroit won by default. Schedule[edit]February 1. NBA Jam Session. Friday, February 1. NBA All- Star Celebrity Game. Friday, February 1. Rookie Challenge.
Saturday, February 1. Annual D- League All- Star Game. Saturday, February 1. NBA All- Star Saturday (Slam Dunk Contest, Three- Point Shootout, Shooting Stars Competition, Skills Challenge)Sunday, February 1. Annual NBA All- Star Game.
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