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All-Star Game was held at the 17,923 seat
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, where West defeated East, 163–149. Lou Kelly of the Las Vegas Rattlers was named the Most Valuable Player. The big names of the event were the former
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,
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Todd Day Todd Fitzgerald Day (born January 7, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player and current head coach at Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas. Day is the all-time leading scorer at the University of Arkansas, and pla ...
and Anthony Miller. The latter who played 7 seasons in the
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joined
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mid-season from the
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The best players of the 2005 All-Star game

The winning West team was led by Lou Kelly, a
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who graduate scored 32 points in the All-Star game and was named the game MVP, Daryl Dorsey from
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who added 26 points and
Todd Day Todd Fitzgerald Day (born January 7, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player and current head coach at Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas. Day is the all-time leading scorer at the University of Arkansas, and pla ...
with 25. The best player for the Eats teams was Randy Gill who performed for 27 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists.
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and Willie Shaw with 25 and 23 points respectively, also shone for the East All-Stars.


All-Star Teams


Rosters


Former NBA players

* Anthony Miller *
Todd Day Todd Fitzgerald Day (born January 7, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player and current head coach at Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas. Day is the all-time leading scorer at the University of Arkansas, and pla ...
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Lawrence Moten Lawrence Edward Moten (born March 25, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player. Moten attended Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C., and the New Hampton School in New Hampton, New Hampshire before playing his co ...
*
Joe Crispin Joseph Steven Crispin (born July 18, 1979) is an American college men's basketball assistant coach at Penn State University. He was previously head coach of the Rowan University Profs from 2016 to 2023. Crispin was born at Underwood-Memorial ...


See also

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2006 ABA All-Star Game The 2006 American Basketball Association All-Star Game was held in Sunrise, Florida at the 20,737 seat BankAtlantic Center on February 11, 2006, where East defeated West, 129–127. Former NBA player Armen Gilliam who came out of retirement in 200 ...


References


External links


ABALive.com/AllStar
– Official website of the 2005 ABA All-Star Game {{DEFAULTSORT:ABA ABA All-Star Games 2004–05 in American basketball