Bryant leads West, Yao ices win from the line
East 130, West 134
MVP : Kobe Bryant
The East started the game so poorly, it wasn't even funny. Led by a Kobe Bryant in attack mode, the West went up 18-4 and then 26-6 during the first quarter. It took the insertion of the second unit of the East to stop the bleeding and spark their first run of the game.
And it continued to be a game of runs, until the very end.
The West led 34-19 after the first quarter. 63-54 after the second and not until 2:50 left in hte third did the East manage to tie the game for the first time. But when the buzzer sounded for the end of the third quarter, they again trailed by ten at 99-89.
In the final quarter they steadily crept back into the game and with 1:10 left on the clock, they seemed to gain some major momenton when Tracy McGrady rejected a layup by Yao Ming and the West leading only 128-124.
But Baron Davis committed a foolish turnover on the next possession trying to get the ball to Pau Gasol, which allowed Kobe Bryant to extend the lead to six on the break.
Davis almost made up for his earlier mistake by burying a three and making it a one possession game with 30 seconds to go, but Yao calmly sank both free-throws after being fouled to stop the clock. Baron the misfired on a three and Yao iced the game with another two foul shots.
Al Jefferson buried a deep three at the buzzer for the final score of 134-130.
| EASTERN ALL-STARS | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | TOT | AST | ST | BS | TO | PF | PTS |
| A.Jefferson | PF | 16 | 11-20 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
| T.McGrady | PF | 20 | 11-22 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| P.Gasol | C | 17 | 10-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| A.Harrington | C | 20 | 9-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| J.Johnson | PG | 18 | 6-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| B.Davis | PG | 15 | 5-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| M.Redd | SG | 17 | 2-8 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| E.Ginobili | SG | 16 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| A.Iverson | SG | 10 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| D.Williams | PG | 6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C.Boozer | SF | 18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| R.Davis | SF | 13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 186 | 58-107 | 6-18 | 8-8 | 5 | 33 | 38 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 130 | ||
| 0.262 | 0.333 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||
| WESTERN ALL-STARS | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | TOT | AST | ST | BS | TO | PF | PTS |
| K.Bryant | PG | 21 | 13-17 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 27 |
| D.Howard | C | 13 | 11-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| R.Wallace | PF | 18 | 9-17 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| P.Pierce | SG | 15 | 7-11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| Y.Ming | C | 9 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| T.Duncan | C | 15 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Z.Randolph | PF | 19 | 5-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| A.Jamison | SF | 14 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| L.James | SF | 23 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| R.Allen | SG | 10 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| V.Carter | SG | 15 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| C.Paul | PG | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 185 | 63-111 | 2-8 | 6-6 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 134 | ||
| 0.568 | 0.250 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||