All-Star Weekend 2007 (spoilers)

[McLovin]

***ALL-STAR WEEKEND RESULTS***

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SHOOTING STARS

First round:
Team Chicago (Ben Gordon, Candice Dupree, Scottie Pippen) – 48.9 seconds
Team Detroit (Chauncey Billups, Swin Cash, Bill Laimbeer) &ndash 1:20 seconds
Team San Antonio (Tony Parker, Kendra Wecker, George Gervin) – 1:32
Team Los Angeles (Smush Parker, Temeka Johnson, Michael Cooper) – 1:59

Final round
Team Detroit (Billups, Cash, Laimbeer) – 50.5 seconds
Team Chicago (Gordon, Dupree, Pippen) – 47.6 seconds (disqualified)

Champion: Team Detroit

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SKILLS CHALLENGE

First round
LeBron James – 35.4 seconds
Chris Paul – 39.6 seconds Kobe Bryant – 29.8 seconds
Dwyane Wade – 31.3 seconds

Final round
Dwyane Wade – 26.4 seconds
Kobe Bryant – 45.8 seconds

Champion: Wade


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RACE FOR CHARITY

Charles Barkley defeats Dick Bavetta – 25.7 seconds

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THREE-POINT SHOOTOUT

First round
Gilbert Arenas – 23 points
Dirk Nowitzki – 20 points
Jason Kapono – 19 points
Mike Miller – 18 points
Damon Jones – 15 points
Jason Terry – 10 points

Final round
Kapono – 24 points
Arenas – 17 points
Nowitzki – 9 points

Champion: Kapono

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SLAM DUNK CONTEST

First round
Gerald Green – 95 points (48 for first dunk, 47 for second dunk)
Nate Robinson – 90 points (45 for first dunk, 45 for second dunk)
Dwight Howard – 85 points (43 for first dunk, 42 for second dunk)
Tyrus Thomas – 80 points (37 for first dunk, 43 for second dunk)

Final round
Gerald Green – 91 points (41 for first dunk, 50 for second dunk)
Nate Robinson – 80 points (39 for first dunk, 41 for second dunk)

Champion: Green

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF44zSu6ytg Dunk Contest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_crXA7Rv8nM Three point shootout, Skills challenge

 

[El Coconuto]

Dwight Howard got totally jobbed! That was a top five all-time dunk and he got a 42?

The guy put the sticker at the 12'6 spot! How many other people can even do that? Bigs get no respect.

Sorry, if you wanted an unbiased opinion, you read the wrong post...

 

[Ridders]

fair point, may not have looked like the greatest dunk but for creativity and originality, shoulda scored alot better; MJ was a tough marker all night

 

[El Coconuto]

Is it just me, or is Kobe Bryant so much more likable now that he's not a first class ball hog? I used to despise that guy, now I'm cheering for him when he aint playing the Magic. I mean, I almost wanted him to beat D-Wade in the skills challenge (almost)....

Good to have the Kobe-we-always-wanted around!

 

[Stonecutter]

Anyone know what Howard wrote on his sticker? They need Josh Smith back in the contest.

 

[Jono Russell]

I agree with you about Kobe (COCO)

West was by far the better team today. I honestly thought that Wade,Arenas and James could have taken the East all the way.

 

[El Coconuto]

Word Sharks-Spurs! Josh Howard has bad ass hops!

I don't know what Howard wrote on the sticker. Maybe it said "where MJ couldn't reach" which warranted the pissy score from Jordan. Bah!

 

[El Coconuto]

Actually, thanks to Henry Abbot from ESPN.com I do know what the sticker said SS.

On top of his picture, number and initials it said (handwritten in black marker): "All things through Christ" on one side and "Phil 4:13" on the other...

Full article worth a read: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/allstar2007/columns/story?columnist=abbott_henry&id=2769976