The 1995 NBA All-Star Game was the 45th edition of the

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. The Western Conference won 139-112. The city of

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hosted the event for the second time (the only previous All-Star game there occurred in

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of the

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was voted MVP of the game. The 1995 NBA All-Star Game was broadcast by

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the fifth consecutive year.

Background information

Charles Barkley was the main host of the event. During a break in the game near the fourth quarter he even wanted to shoot himself out of a catapult, but his coach made sure he didn't do it because he did not want his star player to get injured. Grant Hill of the

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was the first rookie in NBA history to lead the league in votes for this year's All-Star game. Hakeem Olajuwon led the Western Conference voting.

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and

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were both questionable for the game due to injuries but they ended up playing limited minutes.

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and Clyde Drexler were not selected. Larry Johnson came back to the all-star lineup after missing last years game due to a serious back injury. It meant a lot for him to come back from the injury and make the all-star game the next season. He came back as a reserve this year.

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played his first game as a starter for the Eastern conference team this year. Cedric Ceballos was selected as a reserve, but did not play due to being injured beforehand by Dikembe Mutombo in a regular season game. Mutombo replaced Ceballos. Michael Jordan missed the game as he was still in the midst of his first retirement from basketball.

Roster

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did not participate due to injury.
Dikembe Mutombo replaced

Box score

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Match data

References

External links

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