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The 2010 NBA All-Star Game was an
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game that was played on February 14, 2010, during the
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's (NBA) 2009–10 season. It was the 59th edition of the
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, and was played at
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. The Eastern Conference defeated the Western Conference, 141–139. The East's
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, who recorded 28 points on 75% shooting, 11 assists, 6 rebounds and 5 steals, was named as the
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. This was the second time that the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area had hosted the All-Star Game; the area had previously hosted the event in
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. Dallas was awarded the 2010 All-Star Game in an announcement by commissioner
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on October 30, 2008. The All-Star Weekend began on Friday, February 12, 2010, with the Celebrity Game and the
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, a game between the league's best rookies and second-year players. On Saturday, the event continued with the All-Star Saturday Night, which featured the
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and H–O–R–S–E Competition. The
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All-Star Game and the second D-League Dream Factory Friday Night, the latter of which was modeled after the NBA All-Star Saturday Night, also took place during the All-Star Weekend. The D-League Dream Factory Friday Night was held on Friday and the D-League All-Star Game was held on Saturday. In the Rookie Challenge, the Rookies defeated the Sophomores for the first time since 2002, with Rookies'
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named as the game MVP. In the All-Star Saturday Night events,
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won his third Slam Dunk Contest while
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won the Three-Point Shootout and Skills Challenge respectively. Team Texas, the home team, won the Shootings Stars Competition. Kevin Durant repeated as champion in the H–O–R–S–E Competition. The announced attendance for the All-Star Game was 108,713, the all-time attendance record for the sport. The previous verified record for attendance at a basketball game was 78,129, set in a December 13, 2003 game between
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is believed to have had an attendance of 120,000 but that total was not verified at the time. The previous record attendance for an
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was 44,735, set at the
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for the 1989 All-Star Game. This event also broke the record for the single largest attendance for an indoor event, previously held by
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in 1987. This marked the first All-Star game where neither team wore a white uniform. The East wore blue uniforms with silver trim, while the West wore red uniforms with gold trim.


Venues

The
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served as host of an All-Star Game for the second time in franchise history; they previously hosted the 1986 All-Star Game at their former home court, the
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. The venue for the game on February 14 was Cowboys Stadium, home of the
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, while the
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and NBA All-Star Saturday Night events were held on February 12 and February 13, 2010, respectively, at
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, home of the Mavericks. This marked the first time the All-Star events were split between two venues since
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. The Mavericks were awarded the All-Star Game in an announcement by NBA commissioner
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on October 30, 2008. This was the first All-Star Game to be played in a
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stadium since
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hosted the event.


All-Star Game


Coaches

The coaches for the All-Star Game are the head coaches of the teams with the best winning percentage in each conference through the games of January 31, two weeks before the All-Star Game. However, an NBA rule also prohibits a coach from being selected for consecutive All-Star Games. Because
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and Mike Brown coached in the 2009 All-Star Game, they were not eligible for selection, even though their teams (respectively the
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) had the best winning percentages in their respective conferences at the January 31 cutoff date. The coach for the Western Conference team was
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head coach George Karl. This is the fourth time Karl was selected to be an All-Star coach, after previous selections in
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and
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. At January 31, the Nuggets had 32–15 record, the second best winning percentage in the Western Conference, behind Phil Jackson's Lakers. The coach for the Eastern Conference team was
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head coach
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. This is the second time Van Gundy was selected to be an All-Star coach, after previously being selected in
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. At January 31, the Magic had 32–16 record, the second best winning percentage in the Eastern Conference, behind Mike Brown's Cavaliers.


Players

The rosters for the All-Star Game are chosen in two ways. The starters were chosen via a fan ballot. Two guards, two forwards and one center who receive the highest vote were named the All-Star starters. The reserves were chosen by votes among the NBA head coaches in their respective conferences. The coaches were not permitted to vote for their own players. The reserves consists of two guards, two forwards, one center and two players regardless of position. If a player is unable to participate due to injury, the commissioner will select a replacement.
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of the
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topped the All-Star Ballots with 2,549,693 votes, which earned him a starting position in the Eastern Conference team.
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, who retired briefly before returning to play for the
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, earned his eleventh straight selection to the All-Star roster.
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,
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completed the Eastern Conference starting position. These five starters also started in the previous year's Eastern Conference team. The Eastern Conference reserves includes 4 first-time selections,
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and
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. Wallace became the first player to represent the
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in the All-Star game, while Rose became the first All-Star for the
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since
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. The Western Conference leading vote-getter is
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with 2,456,224 votes. Two-time
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returned after missing out on the All-Star roster the previous year.
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completed the Western Conference starting position. Bryant, Duncan and Stoudemire all started in last year's game, although Stoudemire was listed as a forward then.
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represented the home town after being selected as a reserve. The Western Conference reserves includes 3 first-time selections,
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, who grew up and starred in high school in the Dallas area. Four players missed the game: Kobe Bryant,
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due to injury; Allen Iverson due to personal reasons. As a result, four more were named to the roster as replacements:
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for Paul,
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for Roy,
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for Bryant and David Lee for Iverson. Both Kaman and Lee are first-time selections. Eastern Conference coach Stan Van Gundy selected Joe Johnson to replace Iverson in the starting lineup, while Western Conference coach George Karl selected Dirk Nowitzki to replace Bryant in the starting lineup.


Roster

Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul and Brandon Roy did not participate due to injury.
Allen Iverson did not play due to personal reasons.
Chauncey Billups was named as a replacement for Chris Paul, Chris Kaman was named as a replacement for Brandon Roy, Jason Kidd was named as a replacement for Kobe Bryant, and David Lee was named as a replacement for Allen Iverson.
Joe Johnson started in place of Allen Iverson.
Dirk Nowitzki started in place of Kobe Bryant.
Although the NBA listed Pau Gasol as a forward in the All-Star ballot, he was selected as a reserve center by the head coaches.


Game


All-Star Weekend


Rookie Challenge

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featured a team of standout first-year players ('
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. The participating players were chosen by voting among the league's assistant coaches. The Rookie team included five of the top ten picks from the
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. The Sophomores team featured seven players from the previous Rookie Challenge game:
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. However, Rose was later replaced by
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due to Rose's selection to the
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from the
Denver Nuggets The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. The team was founded as the D ...
and
Patrick Ewing Patrick Aloysius Ewing (born August 5, 1962) is a Jamaican-American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Georgetown University men's team. He played most of his career as the starting center for the New ...
from the
Orlando Magic The Orlando Magic are an American professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. The Magic compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The franchise was establ ...
. They were assisted by two All-Stars who served as assistant coach,
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and
Chris Bosh Christopher Wesson Bosh (born March 24, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player. A Texas Mr. Basketball in high school, he played one season of college basketball for Georgia Tech before declaring for the 2003 NBA draft. Bos ...
. Durant participated in his third successive Rookie Challenge game, after playing as a rookie and sophomore in the last two years. Bosh, a Dallas native, returned to his hometown where he grew up and starred in high school basketball. Dantley and Durant coached the Rookie team while Ewing and Bosh coached the Sophomore team. At halftime, sophomore Eric Gordon and rookie
DeMar DeRozan DeMar Darnell DeRozan (born August 7, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the USC Trojans and was selected ninth overall by the T ...
competed in the inaugural NBA All-Star Slam Dunk-In, a single-round slam dunk competition to determine the fourth participant of the
Slam Dunk Contest The NBA Slam Dunk Contest (officially known as the AT&T Slam Dunk) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) competition held during the NBA All-Star Weekend. ''Sports Illustrated'' wrote "the dunk contest was the best halftime inventio ...
on Saturday. DeRozan, who was not part of the Rookie team, earned 61% of the fans vote to defeat Eric Gordon and won a spot to compete in the Slam Dunk Contest. Derrick Rose was excused from the Rookie Challenge in consideration of being named to the All-Star Game and his participation in the Skills Challenge.
Anthony Morrow was named as a replacement for Derrick Rose.
The Rookies won the game 140–128, ending the Sophomores' seven-game win streak and winning the Rookie Challenge for the first time since 2002. Rookie's
Tyreke Evans Tyreke Jamir Evans (born September 19, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Indios de Mayagüez of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). After playing college basketball for the Memphis Tigers, he was selected with the f ...
was named
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; he had 26 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.
DeJuan Blair DeJuan Lamont Blair (born April 22, 1989) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers from 2007 to 2009. Blair entered the 2009 NBA draft where he was selected as the 37th overall ...
scored 22 points and notched a record 23 rebounds, becoming the first player to have a 20–20 game in the Rookie Challenge. Sophomore's
Russell Westbrook Russell Westbrook III (born November 12, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A member of the NBA 75th Anniversary Team, he is a nine-time NBA All-Star and ...
had a game-high 40 points in a losing effort. It was the second time a player has reached the 40-point mark, since
Kevin Durant Kevin Wayne Durant ( ; born September 29, 1988), also known by his initials KD, is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for t ...
had 46 points last year. The Rookies were up by 12 at halftime, the largest lead of the game. Westbrook, who had 11 points at halftime, took over and scored 29 points in the second half. But strong plays enabled the Rookies to keep the lead for the rest of the game.


Slam Dunk Contest

The Sprite
Slam Dunk Contest The NBA Slam Dunk Contest (officially known as the AT&T Slam Dunk) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) competition held during the NBA All-Star Weekend. ''Sports Illustrated'' wrote "the dunk contest was the best halftime inventio ...
was contested by defending champion
Nate Robinson Nathaniel Cornelius Robinson (born May 31, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player. Born in Seattle, Robinson played college basketball for the University of Washington in Seattle and was the 21st pick in the 2005 NBA draft. ...
, All-Star
Gerald Wallace Gerald Jermaine Wallace (born July 23, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Crash", he was named an NBA All-Star and voted to the NBA All-Defensive First Team while with the Charlotte Bobcats in 2010. He played ...
,
Shannon Brown Shannon Brown (born November 29, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. He attended Proviso East High School in Maywood, Illinois, was named Illinois Mr. Basketball in 2003, and played college basketball for Michigan State ...
and
DeMar DeRozan DeMar Darnell DeRozan (born August 7, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the USC Trojans and was selected ninth overall by the T ...
. The fourth contestant was determined through the first ever NBA All-Star Dunk-In, a single-round slam dunk competition that was held at halftime of the
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game. The opening matchup between DeRozan and
Eric Gordon Eric Ambrose Gordon Jr. (born December 25, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). In high school, he was named "Mr. Basketball" of Indiana during his senior year ...
ended with DeRozan winning 61% of the online fan vote and the final spot in the Saturday competition. The Slam Dunk Contest was held the following night. Each of the four contestants performed two slam dunks in the first round. A panel of five judges, including former champion
Dominique Wilkins Jacques Dominique Wilkins (born January 12, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player who primarily played for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Wilkins was a nine-time NBA All-Star, a seven-time All ...
and
Spud Webb Anthony Jerome "Spud" Webb (born July 13, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player. Webb, who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA), is known for winning a Slam Dunk Contest despite being one of the shortest players ...
, then scored the dunks to determine the final round pairing. DeRozan's scored 92 points in the first round, including a 50-point dunk to advance to the finals. Robinson scored 89 points and also advanced to the finals, in which he was narrowly victorious in his effort to repeat. Robinson incorporated the
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his final round dunks, which earned him 51% of the fan vote, thus making him the first three-time dunk contest winner. After accepting the trophy, Robinson announced his retirement from any future dunk contests.


Three-Point Shootout

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Three-Point Shootout The Three-Point Contest is a National Basketball Association (NBA) contest held on the Saturday before the annual All-Star Game as part of All-Star Weekend. The 2019 iteration of the contest involved ten participants. From its introduction in 19 ...
featured six players: defending champion
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returned to defend his title, competing against
Chauncey Billups Chauncey Ray Billups (born September 25, 1976) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 17 seasons in the NBA. Afte ...
,
Paul Pierce Paul Anthony Pierce (born October 13, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player. He played 19 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), predominantly with the Boston Celtics. He was most recently an analyst on ESPN ...
,
Channing Frye Channing Thomas Frye (born May 17, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player. A power forward-center, he played college basketball for the University of Arizona. He was drafted eighth overall by the New York Knicks in the 2005 N ...
,
Danilo Gallinari Danilo Gallinari (; born 8 August 1988) is an Italian professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After spending his first four years as a professional in his native Italy, Gallinari was dra ...
and rookie
Stephen Curry Wardell Stephen Curry II ( ; born March 14, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, ...
. Frye was the first center to participate in the three-point shootout since
Sam Perkins Samuel Bruce Perkins (born June 14, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player and executive. Perkins was a three-time college All-American, was a member of the 1982 national champion North Carolina Tar Heels, and won a gold me ...
in 1997. In this contest, contestants attempt to make as many
three-point field goal A three-point field goal (also 3-pointer, three, or trey) is a field goal in a basketball game made from beyond the three-point line, a designated arc surrounding the basket. A successful attempt is worth three points, in contrast to the two poi ...
s as possible from five shooting stations behind the three-point arc in one minute. Players begin shooting from one corner of the court, and move from station to station along the three-point arc until they reach the other corner. Each station has four standard balls, worth one point each, plus one specially colored "money ball", worth two points. Curry led the first round with 18 points as he advanced to the final round along with Billups and Pierce, who both scored 17 points. Defending champion Cook failed to advance, finishing with 15 points along with Frye and Gallinari. In the second round, Pierce set the tone early by scoring 20 points, and both Billups and Curry were unable to match his score. Pierce, who could only manage to score 8 points in his first participation in
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, became the first Celtic to win the contest since
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won it three straight in
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,
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and
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.


Skills Challenge

The
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was contested by four players.
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, the defending champion, was supposed to participate in the contest but he suffered an injury before the All-Star Break. He was replaced by
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of the
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. 2008 champion
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, 2005 champion
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and rookie
Brandon Jennings Brandon Byron Jennings (born September 23, 1989) is an American former professional basketball player who played 9 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is known for being one of the first Americans to go from high school to ...
also competed. In this contest, the contestants have to complete an "obstacle course" consisting of dribbling, passing and shooting stations. The contestant who finishes the course with the fastest time wins the contest. All contestants must comply with basic NBA ball-handling rules while completing the course. The two former champions, Nash and Williams advanced to the second round with the 35.0 and 34.1 seconds respectively. Jennings missed the cut for the final round with just 35.7 seconds, 0.7 second slower than Nash. In the final round, Nash went quicker than his first round attempt to record 29.9 seconds, while Williams could only record 37.9 seconds. Nash became the second two-time winner of the event, joining
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who won it back-to-back in
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and
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. Derrick Rose was not able to participate due to injury.
Russell Westbrook was named as a replacement for Derrick Rose.


Shooting Stars Competition

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Shooting Stars Competition The Shooting Stars competition was a National Basketball Association (NBA) contest during All-Star Weekend that was held on the Saturday before the All-Star Game. It involved a current NBA player, a WNBA player, and a retired NBA player competing ...
was contested by four teams of three players, with each team representing a city which has both NBA and WNBA teams (or in the case of
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, had one during the 2009 season). Each team consisted of one current NBA player, one current WNBA player, and one NBA legend. In this competition, each team must make six shots from six shooting locations of increasing difficulties. The team who makes all six shots with the fastest time wins the competition. For the first time in the event's history, the
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and
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analysts participated in the event, as the NBA legend. Defending champion Team
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did not return to defend their title. A home team from
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competed in the competition, representing
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,
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and
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, the three cities in Texas that have NBA franchises. Other participants in the event included Team
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, Team Los Angeles and Team Sacramento. In the first round, Team Texas and Los Angeles both had the two best times and advanced to the final round. In the final round, Team Texas finished the course in just 34.3 seconds, defeating team Los Angeles who recorded 55.2 seconds. Team Texas only missed two shots in their first five shooting locations before hometown player
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scored the half-court shot in the team's sixth attempt. WNBA player
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, who won the competition as part of Team San Antonio in
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, became the second two-time winner, after
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. Becky Hammon is a U.S. citizen by birth. She became a naturalized citizen of Russia in 2007 and has represented
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in international competitions.


H–O–R–S–E Competition

A H–O–R–S–E Competition, which was contested for the first time last year as an exhibition event before the All-Star Saturday Night, is now part of the All-Star Saturday Night events. The objective of this competition is to accrue as few of the five letters as possible. Players are given a "letter" every time they fail to duplicate a shot of another player. Each player is given 24 seconds to make or duplicate a shot—dunking is prohibited. Each player who fails to duplicate five shots is eliminated from the competition. An NBA referee is assigned to rule whether the shot is performed properly. Defending champion
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returned to defend his title, competing against
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and rookie
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. All players started slow in the contest early on after failing to make most shots. Casspi was soon eliminated when he accumulated the five letters. Due to time constraint, the competition turned into a three-point contest. Durant made most of his shots, eliminating Rondo who missed two three-pointers.


Celebrity Game

The
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was played on Friday, February 12 at the
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. A total of 20 celebrities took part in the game, including several former basketball players.
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r
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and five-time
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, served as coaches for the celebrity teams. Three former NBA players,
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,
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and
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, along with Hall of Famer
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and
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owner
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, participated in the game. The West team won 41–37 over the East. "Special K" Daley, one of the four
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player that participated in the game, scored game-high 18 points for the West. Actor
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, who scored 4 points, was named as the Celebrity Game MVP for his defense on
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player
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, the MVP of the last two Celebrity Games. Owens, who played both college basketball and football in
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, led the East with 10 points. The Globetrotters, joined by "Curly" Neal and "Bucket" Blakes, entertained the crowd during the timeouts with their signature ball-handling tricks.


D-League All-Star


D-League All-Star Game

Twenty of the
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's top players were selected to the D-League All-Star Game rosters by a combination of fan balloting on the official D-League website and voting by the 16 head coaches of D-League teams. Players who have been selected by coaches and fans must be on an active roster of a D-League team.
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head coach
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and
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head coach Chris Finch were selected as the coach for the Red Team and the Blue Team respectively. Both coaches earned the honor by securing the best records in the D-League through January 26. Alexis Ajinca, Dontell Jefferson and Antonio Anderson did not participate due to injury.
Joey Dorsey did not participate due to a recall by the
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, while Sundiata Gaines and Anthony Tolliver did not participate due to call-ups to the
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and
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respectively.
Romel Beck, Brian Butch, Joe Crawford, Desmon Farmer, Curtis Jerrells and Diamon Simpson was named as replacements for the unavailable players.
In the fourth annual D-League All-Star Game, the Western Conference team defeated the Eastern Conference Team 98–81.
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center
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, who scored 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, was named as the MVP of the game.
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center
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scored the game-high 20 points, while
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recorded the game-high 11 assists for the East.


D-League Dream Factory Friday Night


Slam Dunk Contest

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won the third annual D-League Slam Dunk Contest, beating
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in the final round. Tucker scored four 50-point dunk, finishing with perfect score in both the first and final round. In his final dunk, Tucker jumped over his teammate
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, who is seven feet tall. Deron Washington did not participate due to injury.
Bill Walker did not participate due to a recall by the
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.
Alonzo Gee and Trey Gilder was named as replacements for the unavailable players.


Three-Point Shootout

Andre Ingram Andre Ingram (born November 19, 1985) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for American Eagles men's basketball, American University, where he finished his four-year career as the school's fifth all-time lead ...
won the third annual D-League Three-Point Shootout, beating defending champion
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in the final round by a score of 39–37. Ingram advanced to the finals having scored 18 points, while Ahearn scored 20 points in the first round.
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and
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were eliminated in the first round.


Shooting Stars Competition

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Shooting Stars Competition was held for the first time in the D-League Dream Factory Friday Night events. A team of
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,
Trey Gilder George "Trey" Gilder III (born January 24, 1985) is an American professional basketball player for Indios de Mayagüez of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball for McNeese State, Tyler Junior College and Northwester ...
and
Carlos Powell Ricardo Auturo "Carlos" Powell (born August 29, 1983) is an American basketball player, who last played for Trotamundos de Carabobo of the Liga Profesional de Baloncesto in Venezuela. He is notable for receiving the NIT Most Valuable Player awar ...
won the inaugural competition by defeating of a team of
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, Desmon Farmer and
Donell Taylor Quence Donell Taylor II (born July 26, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. He is 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) tall. He can play as a point guard or as a swingman, but his primary position is shooting guard. Early life a ...
in the final round. Carroll, Gilder and Powell finished the course with a time of 15.6 seconds, with Powell made a half-court shot on their first attempt. Dontell Jefferson did not participate due to injury.
Donell Taylor was named as replacements for Dontell Jefferson.


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