2006 NBA All-Star Game

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2006 NBA All-Star Game

1 2 3 4 Total East 28 25 41 28 122 West 28 42 27 23 120
Date	February 19, 2006
Arena	Toyota Center
City	Houston, Texas
MVP	LeBron James
National anthem	Jann Arden (Canada) and Destiny's Child (USA)
Referees	Dick Bavetta, Joe DeRosa, and Greg Willard
Halftime show	John Legend and Carrie Underwood
Attendance
Network	TNT ESPN Radio
Announcers	Marv Albert, Steve Kerr, and Doug Collins Jim Durham and Jack Ramsay
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The 2006 NBA All-Star Game was played on Sunday, February 19, 2006 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, home of the Houston Rockets. The game was the 55th annual All-Star game. The theme song was by Houston native Chamillionaire who made a new version of his hit "Turn It Up." Trailing by 21 points, the East rode the hot shooting of LeBron James and the teamwork of the four All-Stars from the Detroit Pistons to a 122-120 victory over the West. The 21-year old James, who scored 29 points and grabbed six rebounds, became the youngest player to win MVP. With the score tied, Dwyane Wade, who finished with 20 points, hit the game-winning layup with 16 seconds left. Tracy McGrady of the Houston Rockets led all players with a game-high 36 points. The Detroit Pistons tied a record with the 1998 Lakers (Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, Eddie Jones, and Nick Van Exel) by sending four players to the All-Star game.

Contents 1 Players 2 Coaches 3 T-Mobile Rookie Challenge 3.1 Coaches 4 Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout 5 Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk Contest 6 PlayStation Skills Challenge 7 RadioShack Shooting Stars Competition

[edit] Players

Eastern Conference All-Stars

Pos.	Player	Team	# of Selections
Starters
PG	Allen Iverson	Philadelphia 76ers	7th
SG	Dwyane Wade	Miami Heat	2nd
SF	LeBron James	Cleveland Cavaliers	2nd
PF	Jermaine O'Neal*	Indiana Pacers	5th
C	Shaquille O'Neal	Miami Heat	13th
Reserves
PG	Chauncey Billups	Detroit Pistons	1st
PF/C	Chris Bosh	Toronto Raptors	1st
SG/SF	Vince Carter	New Jersey Nets	7th
SG	Richard Hamilton	Detroit Pistons	1st
SF/SG	Paul Pierce	Boston Celtics	5th
C	Ben Wallace	Detroit Pistons	4th
PF	Rasheed Wallace	Detroit Pistons	3rd
PG	Gilbert Arenas	Washington Wizards	2nd

* Jermaine O'Neal was sidelined with an injury and was replaced by Gilbert Arenas, who was selected by NBA Commissioner David Stern. Vince Carter took his starting position.

Western Conference All-Stars

Pos.	Player	Team	# of Selections
Starters
PG	Steve Nash	Phoenix Suns	4th
SG	Kobe Bryant	Los Angeles Lakers	8th
SF	Tracy McGrady	Houston Rockets	6th
PF	Tim Duncan	San Antonio Spurs	8th
C	Yao Ming	Houston Rockets	4th
Reserves
SG	Ray Allen	Seattle SuperSonics	6th
PF	Elton Brand	Los Angeles Clippers	2nd
PF	Kevin Garnett	Minnesota Timberwolves	9th
PF/C	Pau Gasol	Memphis Grizzlies	1st
SF	Shawn Marion	Phoenix Suns	3rd
PF	Dirk Nowitzki	Dallas Mavericks	5th
PG	Tony Parker	San Antonio Spurs	1st

[edit] Coaches

The Eastern Conference team was coached by Flip Saunders of the Detroit Pistons, along with Sidney Lowe, Ron Harper and Don Zierden as assistant coaches. Ted Arzonico of the Orlando Magic was the athletic trainer.

The Western Conference team was coached by Avery Johnson of the Dallas Mavericks. Del Harris, Rolando Blackman and Joe Prunty served as assistant coaches, while Keith Jones of the Houston Rockets was the athletic trainer.

[edit] T-Mobile Rookie Challenge

The T-Mobile Rookie challenge was played on Friday, February 17, 2006 with the Sophomores beating the Rookies 106-96. Andre Iguodala was named MVP with a game-high 30 points.

Rookies

Pos.	Player	Team
PF/C	Andrew Bogut	Milwaukee Bucks
SG	Luther Head	Houston Rockets
PF/C	Channing Frye	New York Knicks
SF	Danny Granger	Indiana Pacers
PG	Sarunas Jasikevicius	Indiana Pacers
PG	Chris Paul	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
PG	Nate Robinson	New York Knicks
SF	Charlie Villanueva	Toronto Raptors
PG	Deron Williams	Utah Jazz

Sophomores

Pos.	Player	Team
SF/SG	Luol Deng	Chicago Bulls
PG	T. J. Ford	Milwaukee Bucks
SG	Ben Gordon	Chicago Bulls
PG	Devin Harris	Dallas Mavericks
PF/C	Dwight Howard	Orlando Magic
SG	Andre Iguodala	Philadelphia 76ers
C	Nenad Krstic	New Jersey Nets
PG	Jameer Nelson*	Orlando Magic
SF	Andres Nocioni	Chicago Bulls
PF/C	Emeka Okafor*	Charlotte Bobcats
PG	Delonte West	Boston Celtics

* Did not participate due to injury. Delonte West replaced Jameer Nelson (sprained right foot).

[edit] Coaches

The Rooks were coached by Sidney Lowe of the Detroit Pistons, along with Elvin Hayes as the assistant coach.

The Sophomores were coached by Del Harris of the Dallas Mavericks, along with Moses Malone as the assistant coach.

[edit] Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout

Dirk Nowitzki won with a score of 18, beating Gilbert Arenas and Ray Allen in the final round.

Contestants

Pos.	Player	Team
SG	Ray Allen	Seattle SuperSonics
PG	Gilbert Arenas	Washington Wizards
SG	Raja Bell*	Phoenix Suns
PG	Chauncey Billups	Detroit Pistons
PF	Dirk Nowitzki	Dallas Mavericks
SF/SG	Quentin Richardson	New York Knicks
PG	Jason Terry	Dallas Mavericks

* Did not participate due to a family illness. Gilbert Arenas replaced Raja Bell.

[edit] Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk Contest

Nate Robinson won, beating Andre Iguodala in a dunk-off after the first ever tie in a Slam Dunk Contest. Robinson's win was highly questioned as he had missed several dunks and many speculate that Robinson was only awarded the title because of his small stature.

Contestants

Pos.	Player	Team	Height	Weight
SG	Andre Iguodala	Philadelphia 76ers	6'6"	207 lb
PG	Nate Robinson	New York Knicks	5'9"	180 lb
SF	Josh Smith	Atlanta Hawks	6'9"	225 lb
PF	Hakim Warrick	Memphis Grizzlies	6'9"	219 lb

[edit] PlayStation Skills Challenge

Dwyane Wade won, beating LeBron James in the final round. Dwyane Wade won with a time of 26.1 seconds.

Contestants

Pos.	Player	Team
SF	LeBron James	Cleveland Cavaliers
PG	Steve Nash	Phoenix Suns
PG	Chris Paul	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
SG	Dwyane Wade	Miami Heat

[edit] RadioShack Shooting Stars Competition

The San Antonio team won the competition with a time of 25.1 seconds.

Contestants

Houston
Tracy McGrady	Houston Rockets
Sheryl Swoopes	Houston Comets
Clyde Drexler	Houston Rockets (Retired)
Los Angeles
Kobe Bryant	Los Angeles Lakers
Lisa Leslie	Los Angeles Sparks
Magic Johnson	Los Angeles Lakers (Retired)
Phoenix
Shawn Marion	Phoenix Suns
Kelly Miller	Phoenix Mercury
Dan Majerle	Phoenix Suns (Retired)
San Antonio
Tony Parker	San Antonio Spurs
Kendra Wecker	San Antonio Silver Stars
Steve Kerr	San Antonio Spurs (Retired)

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