The 1989 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an
All-star basketball
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game played on Sunday, April 23, 1989 at the
Kemper Arena
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in
Kansas City, Missouri. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 1989. The game was the 12th annual version of the
McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1978.
1989 game
The game was telecast live by
ABC
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. The West was led by
Shaquille O'Neal, the top ranked center of his class, while the East had forward
Doug Edwards and guard
Bobby Hurley
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.
Guard
Kenny Anderson was unable to participate due to a sprained left ankle. The game saw O'Neal record a double-double with 18 points and 16 rebounds; he also had 6 blocks. Hurley recorded 10 assists, the highest number of assists recorded in a McDonald's game up to that point, and won co-MVP along with O'Neal. Other good performances were those of
Billy McCaffrey (16 points),
George Lynch (12),
Allan Houston (14) and
Tracy Murray
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(14).
[A LOOK BACK AT THE McDONALD'S ALL AMERICAN GAMES SUPERSTARS AND UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES FROM GAMES PAST]
/ref>[ 1989 game and rosters at page 73.] Of the 25 players, 13 went on to play at least 1 game in the NBA.
East roster
[ 1989 roster at pages 5.]
West roster
Coaches
The East team was coached by:
* Head Coach Walter Van Huss of Dobyns-Bennett High School
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( Kingsport, Tennessee)
The West team was coached by:
* Head Coach Tom Orlich of South Tahoe High School
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( Lake Tahoe, California)
All-American Week
Contest winners
* The 1989 Slam Dunk contest was won by James Robinson.
* The 1989 3-point shoot-out was won by Pat Graham.
References
External links
McDonald's All-American on the webMcDonald's All-American all-time rostersGame stats at Realgm.com
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1988–89 in American basketball
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1989 in sports in Missouri
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