[Applause] how big do you dare to dream have you ever dreamed of being what does it take to be an NBA all-star [Applause] the relentless pursuit of perfection it is being fearless and dynamic it is accepting the role of icon and the responsibility it holds could you be the first function and the last resort at the st. [Applause] would you be strong enough to cure your teammates to be chosen that's the true measure of success once a year stars of life [Music] the 2005 NBA all-star game see what happens when dreams come to life there's something big looming on Denver's darkening horizon this night the 54th NBA all-star game and it is time for TNT NBA all-star tipoff presented by Nokia [Music] we've been building up to all weekend here in the mile-high city of Denver and at the Pepsi Center they make their way in to get a look at the best in the business 20 year-old LeBron James one of the stars in the teamate allen iverson he bought the game's biggest names you have come to the right place Denver Colorado and all NBA roads lead here 54th NBA all-star game exclusively on TNT we welcome you to all-star tipoff presented by Nokia I'm Ernie Johnson and this is the Hall of Famer Magic Johnson that's Kenny Smith that's Charles Barkley and this just in Jos Josh Smith has just landed what a performance last night winning the slam dunk thing and man I mean you can feel a difference in the air even tonight last night was exciting but when it comes down to the all-star game itself doesn't get better at listener well last night set the tone for tonight and it's always been that way I think the last couple of years has been lackluster of a all-star weekend but last night Josh Smith set the tone for what's supposed to happen today and I tell you what he did child he made everybody go home that's playing in the all-star game tonight and say I gotta come with my best because he stole the show Saturday night and I want to steal his Sunday night you know it's like a boxing match you have all these preliminary fights and they can be great but here's the heavyweight matchup and the night the east versus west of the heavyweight events this is Foreman versus Ali this is Tyson Holyfield this is it mano-a-mano the best of the best and everybody's watching well I think both you guys hit it right on the head nail right on the head this is what everybody came to see three-point contest that's good slam dunk is good but this is the main event and you saw the cavalcade of stars warming up on the floor right now and it's time to check in with another member of our team Craig Sager and his courtside sakes elesia it's the all-star debut for LeBron James this should be a yearly event for LeBron however as Grant Hill will tell us you can't take anything for granted grants seventh all-star game but its first since 2000 after undergoing five operations I have to ask both of you what does this game mean dear that means a lot you know to get voted in by the fans as an NBA starter no nice to converse team means a lot I'm happy to be here and I won't say nothing for granted you know I'm happy to be here and I'm happy to see them back here to the players one started as the savior of the league and as the one who now carries the torch I need advice should have for a LeBron now he's doing a great job I've been impressed with him he's very mature extremely talented and the league's in good shape in the future this guy's gonna do a great job the West has a height advantage with Tim Duncan and also with Kevin Garnett you two have to guard those who decide to guard too there we go just wherever we catch the transition we gonna pick up and just try to get around in front if not get a hand up you know but they gotta guard us another and also I got the sword in the stick so I got a go at Duncan to the poles but we're gonna try to use our quickness and get out there and they gotta guard us so that's where we look at it congratulations suppose the about here again having a huge game tonight guys who's who's big well I'm looking for that's the two first-year players Dewayne Wade and LeBron James why because this is their first time and they got Shaq on their team so Shaq's gonna get the rebound kick it out to LeBron and he's gonna get into the open court where he plays the best that I got two names for you Tracy McGrady and Kobe Bryant I think they gonna try to put on a show tonight they've kind of been forgotten everybody's giving all the loss in LeBron to Wayne we expect great things from Tracy but especially Kobe Bryant well judging by that interview with those of the guys guarding the forwards on the West anybody on the West that's a forward has a great chance of winning the MVP and that would be probably Kevin Garnett but if you look at the Eastern Conference I say you get a stoat you get a guy who's going to try to steal the show but the minutes of what's important who's going to play the minutes and it's usually the veteran players so you look at a veteran as probably picking up the MVP by the way the last first-time all-star to be the MVP of the all-star game 1987 Bob chambers is the ladies on well I helped you do that Pepsi Center in just a second by the way if you have a Nokia 6600 or a 6620 you can hear for a month all kinds of NBA content stream right to your phone check out copias usa.com or nba.com for more information trainer from the Miami Heat is Ron Cole the assistant coaches from the Miami Heat are Bob McAdoo Ron Rothstein and Erik Spoelstra the head coach for the East named as an all-star coach for the first time from the Miami Heat Stan Van Gundy and now the players for the Eastern Conference six six guard to the Boston Celtics four-time NBA all-star Paul Pierce 7:3 center and two-time all-star from the Cleveland Cavaliers citrus Ilgauskas from the NBA champion Detroit Pistons 6:9 Center and three-time all-star from the indiana pacers four-time all-star forward Jermaine O'Neal [Applause] from the Miami Heat a 6-4 guard making his first all-star appearance [Applause] at six three first time all-star guard from the Washington Wizards Gilbert Arenas and also from the Washington Wizards in his first all-star appearance 69 forward Antoine Jamison now the starting lineup for the Eastern Conference all-stars from the New Jersey Nets making his sixth consecutive all-star appearance six six forward [Applause] six-eight forward from the Orlando Magic with his sixth all-star selection [Applause] making his six straight all-star appearance six-foot guard from the Philadelphia 76ers at six a guard from the Cleveland Cavaliers voted as a starter in his first all-star appearance [Applause] from the Miami Heat the 2004 all-star game MVP the tub all-star vote getter in the east with over 2.4 million votes 7 one center and 12-time all-star [Applause] ladies and gentlemen the 2005 NBA Eastern Conference all-star [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] now the 2005 Western Conference all-stars the trainer for the Western Conference from your Denver Nuggets Jim Gillan the assistant coaches from the San Antonio Spurs are Mike Budenholzer PJ Carlesimo and Don Newman the head coach representing the San Antonio Spurs for the first time as an NBA all-star coach the 2003 NBA coach of the year Gregg Popovich [Applause] now the players for the Western Conference seven foot forward and four-time all-star from the Dallas Mavericks Dirk Nowitzki six seven forward and two-time all-star from the Phoenix Suns Shawn Marion [Applause] also from the Phoenix Suns 6-3 guard and three-time all-star Steve [Applause] making his first all-star appearance the 610 forward to the Phoenix Suns Amar'e Stoudemire [Applause] also playing in his first all-star game from the San Antonio Spurs 66 guard meadow 65 guard and five-time all-star for the Seattle SuperSonics right [Applause] also from the Seattle SuperSonics in his first all-star appearance 16 forward Rashard Lewis now the starting lineup seven foot forward and seven-time all-star from the San Antonio Spurs Tim Duncan 6:11 forward from the minnesota timberwolves making his eighth straight all-star appearance kevin six seven guard and seven-time all-star for the Los Angeles Lakers at 6/8 five-time NBA all-star guard for the Houston Rockets crazy [Applause] the 7/6 Center from the Houston Rockets with the most single-season all-star votes in the history of the NBA three-time all-star [Applause] go Western Conference NBA all-stars [Applause] ladies and gentlemen let's have one more round of applause for all the 2005 NBA all-stars ladies and gentlemen please rise for the singing of the national anthems of the United States and Canada performing the Canadian anthem welcome five-time Grammy nominated platinum recording artist Ontario Canada native also married to Eastern Conference all-star Grant Hill to me [Applause] [Music] our home and [Music] true patron [Music] with glowing hearts we see thee rise the True North strong and free from fire and wide Oh Canada we stand on for me keep our land [Music] we stand on guard for for the Oh we stand on for thee please remain standing for the presentation of colors by the NORAD USNORTHCOM joint service color guard and members of the United States Air Force Academy Choir [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Music] please welcome two-time NBA champion ten-time all-star one of the NBA's 50 greatest and Naval Academy graduate the Admiral David Robinson thank you in honor of our armed forces in service around the world this all-star weekend the NBA and the US sof teamed up to host more than 300 members of our military and their families we honor we honor their bravery their commitment their dedication and their service to our country and in that spirit here to sing the star-spangled banner is the award-winning United States Air Force Academy Choir [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] [Applause] in the aftermath of the tsunami disaster America has risen to the challenge of helping those in the greatest need the NBA families raised more than four million dollars to support ongoing relief efforts to millions of survivors who've lost loved one's homes and community still so much more needs to be done if you've already contributed to this effort thank you if not please visit USA 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overtime game hi everybody Bob Albert along with Doug Collins and Steve Kerr we have break singer David Aldrich working the sidelines and we are just about ready McDonald's starting lineups sympathy staccato all-stars up front Fitz Carter of the Nazi sweat exceptional basketball since the drape of Toronto Grant Hill has been a remarkable comeback from the five ankle surgeries Shaquille O'Neal sparking Miami to the best record in the East in the backcourt out of Iverson of the 76ers the answer has been on a chair as of late and LeBron James leading the Cavs dramatic turnaround to third best record in the East in the West Tim Duncan to the Spurs two-time most valuable player Kevin Garnett of the t-wolves Minnesota's struggled Kevin averaging though 20 to 14 the center's Yao Ming of the Rockets his third all-star game and at the guards Kobe Bryant of the Lakers back from that sprained right ankle and Tracy McGrady of Houston who has helped propel the Rockets to eight straight wins Tracy averaging 25 points and six assists the official Jack nice Ken Bauer bill Spooner and Doug now you've coached the he's all-stars to a victory back in 1997 in Cleveland what is the most difficult aspect of coaching a group of all-stars well we spoke to both coaches before the game are they both said minutes trying to divide the minutes young Greg Popovich told us he spent five hours last night trying to devise a schedule where he can get guys minutes so everybody gets a chance to play then with eight minutes to go in the game the games going to be competitive and that's when you're going to see coaches go for the win and you know it's amazing because Gregg Popovich never spent more than five minutes worrying about my playing time but this is what it's all about all 12 of these guys on each roster deserve to play and show what they can do and get out and enjoy this game Stan Van Gundy told us that he's so concerned about everyone getting close to an equal amount of playing time he says tahaafe probably antagonize all 12 players the West with three straight wins they've taken four of the last five they won last year and Los Angeles overall the East has won 33 the West has 120 I miss an all-star game that presents the the NBA's faces of the future seven players 25 or younger taking part LeBron Dwyane Wade Gilbert Arenas Manu Ginobili Amar'e Stoudemire Rashard Lewis and yelled me tomorrow I think what you'll see here early in this game too when you look at the starting lineups we did this in our open the disparity of the Western Conference the size and the East so what both coaches will probably do they'll go to their benches early because when the East comes in actually with bigger players the West comes in with smaller so we're gonna try to get the matchups out there so that they'll be able to defend the way they'd like you because if you look at the West's guards are bigger than the East forwards but in a game like this as you know Doug it's up and down I actually think Grant Hill is going to have a big advantage early on he'll be guarded by either Garnett or Tim Duncan I think this game could be pretty fun for grant and we're keeping a close eye on the handshakes between the East and the West Kobe and Shaq did not come together incidentally they did not have dinner plans here in Denver over the weekend I thought we'd get a perfunctory greet well Steve and I didn't eat dinner either so hopefully we'll be able to get through this telecast tonight Marv I don't know a lot of tension here in the although you have been on talking terms yes we have yes we have our teams y'all me and Shaquille O'Neal and this 54th NBA all-star game is underway controls for the east being played here at the start by Tracy McGrady Allen Iverson put the step on Kobe Bryant and here is Vince Carter for 20 you can see right away Tim Duncan guarded Carter very unfamiliar with happy to cover a guy who's gonna shoot a lot of three-pointers so the batch ups already a factor here Vince Carter on a switch Connor now to Kevin Garnett of the t-wolves to Duncan up with a handle Grant Hill the Nets games passing on the three and as Yao Ming steps away Yao Ming that time was caught on the broad James only 27 and 27 after winning 58 games last season going to the Western Conference Finals and in Kevin Garnett has been playing hurt as a Blake Garnett leads in the NBA in rebounds and six off his first of the night to be interesting to see how they did with the beautiful barely contact with Gregg Popovich before he said look I've been hurting a little bit take it easy not too many minutes I wouldn't expect much more than 15 20 minutes for Garnett Popovich also telling us that Tim Duncan bothered by a D and an ankle limited minutes the same for Steve Nash although Steve said let's see how it goes during the course of the game for Grady with room yes Brillion yeah being a little bit time to get together they made a great jury David Wesley boxer has been terrific John Berry's help them stay now are playing great basketball they've got a great matchup coming up Tuesday night in San Antonio they've beaten the Spurs the last couple of times that'll be fun to watch Carter from way downtown and handle by McGrady Tony about the Rockets after that slow start they have now soared with eight straight wins they're within a game of fifth place Sacramento and that their Western Conference for us Ivarsson ever the tasted that allen iverson has been on a chair 60 point game recently couple the 50 plus games brett Pill he'll back after a four-year hiatus due to the five ankle surgeries he says his Lex at 29 years old or off the steel Ivarsson saving the pass fiber cement five Brian the past picked off by the gritty [Applause] Wiki asset for the LOB lots of ball movement they can't find a shot now Carter spins his way but Bogey's closing down fills all photographer that's one of the things in the whole star game if the game gets sloppy with a lot of turnovers that's one thing as a coach you talk to the guys you know make the simple play we want to have some fun but let's not get a turnover fest basketball with the big fundamental and Shaquille O'Neal likes to call Tim Duncan able to finish it off here's James for three I think one of the big problems in all-star game is actually over passing you guys don't want to shoot every time and they want to make the spectacular pass it needs to a lot of turnovers here's the two big guys on the break probably two of the most fundamentally sound guys in the game Garnett and Duncan the nice finish Grant Hill could do nothing about that four minutes gone by of the game is tied [Music] like shacked out a piece of it Ron James playing through a case of the flu and twisted ankle Carter about the play of Bix Carter got the last part that was hits the trade has been absolutely spectacular to be an all-star before the trade but in essence he's an absolutely earned his way into this game healthy mr. Jefferson you've got Jason Kidd back now to go with Vince Carter you see his numbers almost 10 more points a game so he's been spectacular and still have a chance to make the playoff start one of the amazing things about Kobe every year he works on something new for his game remember a couple of years ago he started getting it down low on the block then he goes to the left hand he all great players add something in the offseason West 10-count this is the old Steve Smith move remember all of Joe's baseline left has a fake spin and right around the big fella with the slam I used to have a fine we would go through our pregame talk and we could feed on that move by Steve Smith our guys got nine because he even try to pull in every game on you while I played with Steve in San Antonio and any time he had a young guy on him a rookie who was totally unsuspected we'd sit on the bench to go home here it comes here come and he'd get it every time substitutions for the West Steve Nash and Shawn Marion half check in Shaquille O'Neal at the line what's Jack going to here what is this Don Nelson teaching them you said they break out something new every year mari stottlemyre has also come on so three Phoenix Suns on the floor here is Duncan drivers and race by and stottlemyre lost the grip [Applause] the useful data fact you know nobody's really talking about Allen Iverson as an MVP candidate the next because his team has a mediocre record but he's having arguably one of his best years he's playing point guard he's a sister of minutes points he's having a terrific year it's just six years of mediocre you know what 60 points is 60 points I don't care what game here that's incredible especially for a man his size 9 person averaging just on the 30 a game which leads the NBA plus seven and a half assists which is about [Music] [Applause] the game is tied at 12 look away pass from James Connor had no angle [Applause] Sacre blood doping pocket on that bridge you could just see the smile was getting ready to go up on his face substitutions Dwyane Wade of Miami grenade Odile of Indiana checking in for the East hears that early substitution you talked about Doug he's got Jermaine O'Neal in the game now you now you've got more traditional matchups O'Neal on Stoudemire Shaquille on Duncan Nash using the pink is Duncan with a rare incredible seven feet salt he steps out shoots a three takes over down on the block shoots the bank shot better than anybody and as you said duck may be the most fundamentally sound big guy in the NBA fast start for Duncan he is seven points Bron James Allen Iverson down in the backcourt Shaq is upfront with his passing his vision his ability to see the force you can only imagine what we're gonna see from abroad James when you get some better shooters just by finding the open man and knocking down the shot you better believe that Jim Paxson will be working on that in the offseason because I think that's the next step for the Cavaliers [Music] gets it to stop perhaps we'll see the soccer move by Steve Nash that was a soccer Mumbai amar'e stoudemire hit it right in the forehead while you talk about the ability of these players to do wonderful things LeBron James in the post a little bounce pass is on the receiving end a little reverse [Music] hey Nellie what's happening Jim what up to you everywhere oh yeah over and over again huh country boys doing in big we headin home take it brother yeah I'll be home soon now take a minute to breathe end it all [Music] I think that's you buddy nice thanks it's the 500 brand new sedan from forge the only sedan with command seating so you sit higher and see more of the road who comes with front or available all-wheel drive for great handling in any weapon not only is it inside plus it says five adults no problems photos time to step my game up take it to the next level pardon me this is the you to experience the first ever four 500 so far Ford ahead [Music] anybody can fire a bullet 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Robinson who this weekend is the host of 300 members of US military and their families you've always been involved in the community but what has this weekend meant to you and our troops it's been awesome these guys are fantastic I got my boys behind they don't mess with me today Greg I tell you what's been a great week win for him but I think he's gonna top it off with Destiny's Child singing soldier I know how excited they were for that I think they had to hold him back they were all gonna run down on the floor when she started singing about soldiers he needed one three of them over here after being so involved you won the NBA's community service of war two-time MVP what is so important about doing that's the community okay I think they're the ones that make you you know the fans are out there they're supporting your day in and day out you can't be an NBA star without these people sitting in the stands and so your community support you like that new website America supports you allowing the fans to log on to wish the troops their best just log on to [Applause] Thank You Craig Ray Allen of Seattle Dirk Nowitzki of Dallas of check-ins here's Jermaine O'Neal [Music] so the West now leaves at 1917 Tim Duncan's sitting down seven points five rebounds for Timothy here is Allen for effortless police by Ray Allen of the Sonics the sweetest stroke to the FDA Barbie she shoots it deep with so little effort it's just such a pretty shot five point lead for the Western Conference all-stars nice play by a Nowitzki to knock it aside unto C Nash into this key back together again although but turn over there from Nash but those two guys have been incredible together the last six years in Dallas what a play by Iverson the steel goes the length of the court and sets it up for what you reading all the stuff before the game and Ivan said Iverson said his dream was to be able to be on the break and get Shaq for done we just saw wait wait gets to inside what a second season her Dwayne Wade the fifth overall pick back in 2003 Shaw barrier what'd you say last week he said Marian Stottlemeyer Johnson they should all take mash out to dinner about why every night every night it's incredible what he's done for that team Ikey quarterback with his linemen Iverson with a snap Stottlemeyer on the break O'Neill gets back [Music] well this is something that Phoenix fans are getting awfully familiar with Steve Nash on the break beating Shawn Marion for the slam [Music] tomorrow night on TNT in two hours some cases to great dramas Monday nights belong to TNT watch the wrong order at 10:00 followed by without a trace at 11:00 tomorrow night Monday nights on TNT [Music] with more flights to more places than ever before America is your backyard Southwest Airlines offering affordable daily flights from coast to coast you're now free to move about the country feels great the ache you go next only at footlocker wherever I go people stop and ask is your brand-new Ford Freestyle a 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story from that all-star game in 2000 ran actually forgot his contacts that's one of the reasons he had a very subpar night he was asked about it afterwards he said next time I'm going to be more aggressive well as he has found out you don't know what next time is going to be so great to see him after all these years back in this game again and wattles had just checked in with Gilbert Arenas able to score on that foot back now how many pairs of contacts did you say he brought for tonight's game joking around he said he I got about four or five over West 28 East 23 two minutes to play in this first quarter Marv Albert Doug Collins Steve Kerr brakes Sager David Aldridge working the sidelines Ron James not able to hit great Allen on it mari stottlemyre stottlemyre forcing the issue and he's called chicken with David Aldridge David Vincent Marv you know Ray Allen and the Sonics are having an outstanding season but there's a problem they have eight free agents at the end of the year he's obviously the most notable one he's been negotiating with the team for six months trying to get a new contract done he's told them that he'd be willing to take less than the 95 million dollar maximum that they could give him but after those six months the two sides still don't have a deal you told me the other day that he's starting to have some doubts that a deal is going to get done in Seattle and while he won't break off negotiations during the regular season he said he has no compulsion to stay in Seattle if he does become a free agent Marv like negotiating publicly now that's a shame to be Seattle's having such a great year ours appreciate it when guys just say look no come and I'm not going to talk about my financial situation the San Antonio Spurs who has had a terrific season has come on for the first time here's great shooting team that the West has on the floor now Nowitzki Allen Rashard Lewis Manu Ginobili to go with start of our this is a good group with a six-point lead final minute of the first quarter Gilbert Arenas of the Wizards not able to hit Nowitzki is on just push together creates a lot of mismatches at the other end for Dallas his opponents Jameson they had Antoine Walker they were trying to get all three guys playing time get Dampier now he's the center the 57 at the powers forward his numbers are all up in Dallas like wonderfully in midair and he draws the foul so the West with a 33 27 Lee this is a lot of fun I'm loving watching Manu Ginobili plays just gotten into the ball game but what a story he is and so many great first time all-stars here tonight it's a lot of fun to see players in this game 25 and under only four players over 30 you talk about the future being beautiful for the NBA you got some great young players and we're seeing this on display today second differential between the game clock and the shot clock can open guarded by arenas and with Nash's the only pure point guard on this West watch and hope is gonna play a lot there tonight here's the VIPs key from downtown final seconds oh good play apparently not good enough ginobili pointing out yeah no it was at least that was a clean deflection LeBron James able to bang it off but you'd only 2.6 to go in the quarter here's Wade so that's the end of the first here in Denver it's the West 33 and the east tipped up to the high fourth man 7 points nice Thanks that's the 500 brand-new sedan from forge it's the only sedan with command seating so you sit higher and see more of the road who comes the front or available all-wheel drive for great handling and any weapon not only is it inside fresh it says five adults no problems photos time to step my game up take it to the next level there's a force out there thunder and the like the nike air crew is operating in the house of Hoops phone footlocker just stick with me kid I know this town like the back of my hand hey that's no [Music] fighting back how do you think it's going so far seven of us no matter what the sport any time athletes sweat they lose more than just water Gatorade puts back to sodium potassium and carbs all athletes need to perform at their best the water does not streaming video highlights News scores schedules and more NBA action delivered directly to you on select Nokia video phones Nokia connecting people [Applause] [Music] without a different Colorado the home of the Denver Nuggets for this 54th NBA all-star game some of us have had busy wait Steve Kerr impotent but LeBron James an active guy all week long starting Wednesday night in the game against the Hawks James with 28 points and a victory for Cleveland first and out of Minneapolis suffering from a touch of improve Minnesota thief Cleveland James bid has 26 points and each challenge abroad with 20 points in a victory by the sophomores and then last night LeBron Vick pass on the slam dunk competition and came to the arena as a as a spectator Marvin coaching and the rookie sophomore game the year before and not being a very competitive game I thought what the guy said Friday night the way they play set the tone for this whole all-star weekend followed up last night with a great night here today this could be one of the better all-star weekend's in a long time and I thought it started on Friday night how about Josh Smith last night that was one of the most amazing performances we've seen in a long time in the dunk contest a shot for the Hawks taking the title and spectacular fashion Marty stottlemyre with teammate Steve had showing his soccer skills second quarter is underway it's the West 33 of the East 27 Allen with the lead [Music] [Applause] / dirk nowitzki but could not get it to fall Ray Allen Manu ginóbili of the backcourt with chart Louis Yao Ming Dirk Nowitzki up front Louis try to get inside and a foul is called ken Mauer makes the call what a great story Rashard Lewis you think back to that night and draft when he didn't get drafted till the second round he's worked himself be an all-star and very rewarding a 1.9 million dollar bonus this year for making that all-star team and a pic fella telling us a couple of weeks back is Holland fires tonight make McClellan saying when he informed Rashard Lewis after a practice about two weeks ago that he had been named to the all-star squad all his teammates were an emotional fashion were really happy for Shari layin I love the fact that the teams that are doing well have been rewarded this all-star weekend DC Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis Seattle ten one of the best seasons of any team in the league and of course Washington with marinus and Jamison great to see teams rewarded for their good play well Doug was talking about that 1998 draft when Rashard Lewis was passed over in the first round his hometown Houston Rockets had three picks in the first round he was all but assured that he was going to be one of them however they passed all three times I talked to him yesterday I said do you remember where they drafted he says they remembered like yesterday Michael Dickerson was 14th through 16th and Mercer took on was 18 not a full mark Phil Mele and he mentioned those names in rapid-fire fashion he's been thinkin about his Lois he's got a wonderful game because he can make the three-point shot but he's so quick on the perimeter that big guys can't handle then he takes the smaller guys down on the block well he could really post up I think that has set at the local really what separates Seattle from a lot of the other teams and it gets him with all those three-point shots not able to hit Lois what the rebound we've been talking about the Sonics are they are certainly one of the surprise teams of the season 35 and 15 to Liberty the Northwest Division once again the stop it's Ben Wallace here comes the kilo the jack will check in as well Tracy McGrady [Music] sit down [Music] hello neo three of three from the field six points three block Jacques so he'll match up with y'all may look at that it's a set play that we talk to the coaches they send them for me and we chatted about all three flavors so it's the first time I've seen anybody run a do that feel NB a single double play we went in doubt just go singled up hit on the slam here Shaq severe plank shot for shot well the east ball last touched by the West as a timeout is taken three minutes gone by in the second here in Denver the West by 14 [Music] very shagadelic baby yeah Mike Myers poto Mike okay now is it now Austin Powers in Goldmember with three chances to watch beginning Friday March 4th at 9:00 on CBS [Applause] [Music] this is our favorite Center this is my superstition what is a Cavalier I guess it's some guy with a sward girl I can tell you tell you [Music] [Music] [Music] you cheated did not do - did not - did not we have questions about taste loss we're afraid to ask don't be afraid there are no stupid questions when it comes to taste loss can you get taste loss from the foosball table if I stand corrected that is a stupid 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throughout the weekend Rob Reider is here jay-z and Beyonce great job prior to the introduction to starting life there's now the duck did you say meathead in the Wallace try to give it back instead it goes back to the West tried to throw it to you more but you were open but you didn't really come to the ball with Yao and Louis Sanok once again Shaq able to break it up came up with a steal there's Gilbert Arenas of the Wizards rebounded by yow the West has dominated off the balls 26 to 11 actually 27 to 11 now and they're shooting 51% also for six behind that three-point line so they've got the rebounding they've got the inside-out attack and that's why they had this 13-point lead Antwon Jameson of the Wizards making his first appearance Paul Pierce of the Celtics coming on for the first time so do the sakowskis now the only player who hasn't been in remember last year he only played four minutes in this game so like to see him getting a little more involved in the action here tonight our Grady from way downtown alibi Kinnison accomodation the man Jameson Gilbert Arenas soon Larry who's inside lot by injury revitalizing the wizard robot Gilbert Arenas has had a sensational year you see grandpa that to the party his game starting to get back a little bit that attack of the basket been a jump shooter a lot early in this season I really had to reinvent his game didn't he Doug and his jump shot is better than ever just now starting get his legs he doesn't have this stamina he says he still thinks he can become a lot better let's get what some room must yes when he gets an open shot if he misses it you know you're sort of shocked this guy is such a magnificent shooter dirtnow averaging 27 a game Werdum scoring behind Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant Jameson Novitsky starts the break here's Alan with the law waiters are shot on the left side goes to hill back to check Ray Allen I always love and Shaq what he dunks it does something the way he goes back down the floor and the guy is such a great fans and teammates I like the aftermath of this dummy you just watched his duck you know Shaq dunks it and watch it as he saunters back down the floor he just sort of gives up yo shoulders and too much there you know once again yow the leading vote-getter for the the all-star games the first ever number one pick to come from an international basketball league here's the Jeff Van Gundy has changed his philosophy in terms of y'all Bing and Tracy McGrady yeah you know when I was in there the last time and talked to Jeff he'd started out most of his games four or five touches to Yami to get him going and he got off to slow starts he sort of gone away from that a little bit Tracy McGrady's been much more active early and you see the results now it looks much fresher now than I thought he did six weeks ago he's playing a little bit more spring in his legs the mark burber when we were in Dallas for that game knocks down the jumper and dead Gundy said look Tracy I need you to be more aggressive remember he had 48 that night and his season has been totally different ever since found the subject of Jeff Van Gundy with Jeff's brother Stan coaching the East here they are the first ever brother combination in the history of the NBA all-star game [Music] our story children begins the County Kings Brooklyn New York 1963 customers high school team waking up at 5:00 every morning to train wish and the Tar Heels win the championships we travel to Chicago because Portland wanted a big man pulpit up and down as mystery low fell to the ground and he lost to the Motor City for the second time they returned him win his first second championship this my main man money baseball the press he returned six championship for a second time that people said no no no Michael don't totally gonna ruin it don't do it don't do it but Michael looked at those people and said I can accept failure I can't accept in that trying and this time his retirement was final but don't be sad it 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are we going right into it this pickup ball man wind it already hey yo you tired man are you tired come on that first time out we down man we got to go can't breathe out here man high altitude on the rock headed I always find myself you know when I listen to that sound I just can't think of Allen Iverson ever getting tired this guy has got more energy I think he could play two games but it is a factor you know when you come up here to play I always felt that it's that first burst at first three or four minutes and you feel like you can't get any air once you get that second win you're fine Steve was gasping during our on-camera opening little problem for me when I played I only played four or five minutes the whole game so I never had a chance to get my second win the East in the midst of a 9 3 run it is now a six-point game just under 6 minutes remaining in this first half by Lois that's simply a clear pal good cop one shot in the wall I've always felt like when you were coaching again gets allen iverson you wanted him to have to guard the ball when he was off the ball he totally disrupted your game he could come from the corner his ankle all the way to top intercept to fast and you saw him read that play in the passing lane and he's so quick but that's where he picks up all the steals Allen Iverson the MVP of the 2001 all-star game and in Washington he's won three scoring titles try to make at number four this year averaging twenty nine point nine let's go to David Aldridge before Allen Iverson you know Allen Iverson is going to turn thirty years old in June and I don't think there's any guy on this floor that's matured more in the last few years he said that he used to be bitter about always being in the public eye but now he realizes that that's his life and he's enjoying it more and more as he told me the other day when I look in the mirror I'm okay with all right David Iverson with five points five assists in this first half and he was actually the leader on that team in Athens he was the voice of reason with all those younger players as they were trying to find a way to win that gold medal but you have to admire Nomar view and I did the game in Washington DC to finish that he put on in that game to win that MVP trophy that was one of the better games make it sort of led to the campaign Mutombo being traded for later on in that year has to fold up the 76ers went to the to the NBA Finals yes it can be very impressive in the game amazing how a what performance and show a coach that a guy may have a little more than he thought right I think he had a few other good performances before that morrow dikembe was well established at that point but I do understand [Music] Paul Pierce you are lightheaded trying to get my second wind all right here's caught it for three per game and as we discussed earlier has just turned it around since coming over from the east to the midst of a 19-3 rod looking to add to it Iverson went over the head Jamison able to save it here's Pierce yes so the great thing about an all-star game is a 20-point deficit in the second quarter is maybe like 2 or 4 the regular season it means nothing you seen at 18 points swing west flip by as many as 13 coming up on three and a half remaining in this first half here is M cows kiss talking about grant Hill's coming back from injuries habits at Venice a Gauss kiss Houston he's healthy these last three years he's broken each of his feet at least twice 17 ohh [Music] [Music] [Music] hello hi hi dancing to my own tune my American Express card always backs me up cold hard fact only Coors Light is frost brewed and ice cold temperatures stored colds and when beer starts out this cold it ends up this refreshing Coors life our goal the coldest tasting beer in the world I'm not in trying to be hard if you asked me about that on the basketball court then I said yeah I'm hard I'm tough on the basketball court but off the court that ain't who I want my kids to feel like their daddy is that's just my environment that's why I came from I can't be somebody else all I can be is the best Allen Iverson that I could cold hard fact the higher the elevation the lower the temperature that's why every single Coors Light is born right here in the Rockies when beer starts out this cold it ends up this refreshing Coors Light our goal the coldest tasting beer in the world drama is Friday more to avenge who is he my name is gladiator father to a murdered son husband to a murdered wife I will have my vengeance three nights in a row gladiator starting March 11th at 8:00 on TNT we know drama in this first half the East red hot with a 50 to 45 lead over the less stomach up the Verizon Wireless halftime report with Ernie Johnson along with Kenny Smith Magic Johnson and jaws Barkley Charles has the voice back live years with the performances by Leon Rimes and Big and Rich to save leann rimes but Charles got more than 45 minutes of sleep last night at the trailer good good for him you know everybody's talking about it being Charles's birthday today the big birthday to be if my grandson Ryan's two today so I know Charles is being celebrated but I'm celebrating my grandson when we go the East with 17 unanswered points the last two minutes in 43 seconds 23 2 3 run since the West led by 13 [Music] [Applause] we're gregg popovich absolutely adore steve - he was just raving about it in our talk Kobe Bryant - Sean Barie the unsung hero of open three all-stars believes a guy who changed positions move from the small four to the power forward where the leading rebounders in the league does a lot of the dirty work it's good to see him here Paul Pierce downtown there's Jameson and pushing it over so excited to be here as an all-star in fact he flew his family in from Argentina maybe the most grateful all-star I have ever seen this Irish had knocks down the jumper and John the chance to visit with bodies just so refreshing to see how happy he is disease you say all these segues we would talk about it guys they're scoring on the next play it's like this is choreographed walk you I know Ginobili the huge star back home in Argentina two-time MVP of the Italian league and it blossomed in his third NBA season exclusive 2005 NBA all-star game post game coverage tune into NBA TV that'll be immediately following the game the East now leads by one the West is led by as many as 13 the East at one point led by seven his Bryant Pierce able to poke it away that filled Tracy McGrady play I think he's done that four times in all-star games Iverson Iverson has had a terrific first half nine points for Iverson Ginobli spinning uh no golf keys Pierce it counts and the foul does he get an assist to himself does he get a shot attempt at an offensive rebound how do you score they talking about that today I hate into the shot of rebound and a tours and assists in a basket you know I don't know what to find that out checks with the official scores I believe it's a shot a rebound at a school not a system we'll head to the line looking back at that move by Vince Carter thirst is a banshee once again see but he's talking about it Vince Carter let's get Jason Richardson let's get all these dunkers Kobe Bryant and let's have a dunk off next year wouldn't be bad to Ross would it here's Iverson that shot what received official word takes it to the rim that moved by Carter it is scored officially as a single shot nothing that's it no rebound don't worry about that does that mean all the other stuff didn't happen it's like a tree falls in the forest door what are you getting philosophical on he passed through himself with me but he didn't Ivarsson [Music] [Applause] in this first half of the East leading the West 61-59 the high point man is Tim Duncan five of seven eleven points Allen Iverson with nine points and eight assists Vince Carter had the play of the game he has eight points let's go to Craig with the answer well where did you find the answer to catch your breath earlier you said you couldn't get it next thing you know you have nine point eight three but eight assists don't matter I still can my brother playing out here we just stand there I knew it was gonna be a head play in a couple days so I know my teammates at home shot to see me breathing like this way your teammates unconscious and Allen Iverson's never runs out of breath I mean I usually don't if you throw the ball up I'm alright but right now I'm struggling what about the play by Vince Carter thanks like it 1st half Allen Iverson leading the comeback nine points eight assists and we'll be back with a halftime report AJ in the game from Denver running telecast at the National Basketball Association is intended solely for the entertainment of our audience and any retransmission reproduction with broadcast or other use of dissemination of this telecast for the pictures descriptions or accounts of this game without the express written consent of the National Basketball Association [Music] America kid over to Janet Jackson to go back to Paul McCartney's an icon yeah just me nice Charles 9 save a horse ride a cow for a walk and talk about what you saw here guys and let the bill touchin easy this about be that as it may the team from the Longines to allen iverson magic well you know very well and he set the tone for the father really Chuck over and did his thing I tell you change the see that must be the new Shack that yeah you know big things are happening down on that base 61-59 game you were sitting up here saying boy the East better slow this down because they're down 13 or they're gonna get run out of the building then they going on 17 nothing wrong seems like when the West got the big lead things kind of shut it down if you look at Murphy's right Allen I wasn't play the great first half he got the tempo spin up and that's the difference no matter how many great sinners and powerful as there are in the world the all-star game is magic knows as a guard game I don't care if it's a junior high school all-star game or high school on NBA let's control the game and control it simple and that's what Allen Iverson was able to do and get everybody involved and then the big men don't have to touch the ball 61-59 is the halftime score what do you look for in the third quarter and in the fourth year magic I look now for I think Kenny said it earlier that Allen Iverson gonna go for the MVP or him of Vince Carter and in the West they showed that domination early and seemed like they just pullback but I look for a close game and in a good open floor game I hope that the game is played like the last three minutes of the half because you saw both teams in transition doing very well and I just hope whoever put the half sound together that give me a resume ready only one two player in double figures and that is Jim through the loss of the West hey did the hip hop weekend I'll take you from escalating 16 points and two rebounds taking some big 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regret miniaturizing myself not at all sighs is all mental introducing vcast for the first time the most dangerous comedy of the year apologize to my wife's cousin crater bt their teams don't Friday March 4 come on it baby [Music] the all-new Hemi power Jeep Grand Cherokee with more power and torque than anything in its class it can turn a quarter mile of pavement into a jeep trail the offer of legend continues on-road get zero plus zero percent financing plus February bonus cash for total savings of up to forty seven hundred dollars on Grand Cherokee [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] welcome back to the Pepsi Center Denver Colorado Marv Albert Steve Kerr Doug Collins great Center David Aldridge as we head to the second half at the East 61 and the West 59th looking back at this first half the most memorable plays of the half pulled off by the New Jersey Nets Vince Carter and this was out of the pages of Tracy McGrady who did it twice in all-star competition there is Tracy but the pass to himself off flash actually Vince's distant cousin so maybe this is something in the family but this is the kind of plays that dance fun to see they look at this tonight he gets up so high and he is so strong and Serena just lit up when he made that play as for the first half the West at one point led by as many as 13 the East led by as many as seven two-point game right here well Marvin was really the rebounding the first 15 minutes the West 27 to 11 on the boards are up 13 in the last nine minutes the east leads on the boards 12 the five they end up with a 15-point run there to end the half so it's rebounding really good send this to Taylor tape here for both teams a look at the stat line the Jeep game summary East at 48% the West 49% that's customary you rarely go to the free-throw stripe in all-star play twenty three assists for the West and 16 for the East led by Allen Iverson who has eight 13 turnovers committed by the West that allow the East to get back into it and the West has had the edge off the boards 32 to 23 and the 17 straight run by the East got them back into it overall a 23 to 3 spurt and so it is a 2 point lead here at the half east 61 the West 59 let's check in with Craig white halftime Gregg Popovich told his team that offensively they need to move the ball better they got off to a good start be said you have to change sides they kind of went to the first guy shooting the ball in the second quarter he also said that Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan who played just 9 minutes of he plans to rest them throughout the entire fourth quarter kevin garnett bothering a little bit by knee tendonitis and Tim Duncan and ankle Annie had a hip injury so we may see the best of Duncan and Garnett here in the third quarter and they plan to arrest him in the fourth although I would think if it's a close game there will be temptations memory Popovich said before the game it's the ultimate test of discipline for him as a coach can t keep these two guys out of the lineup here's Kobe Bryant off the steel inductive the West has tied it but with that said if that's gonna be the case I think it's the imperative for the West to try to get a little bit of breathing distance here in this third period with these two guys playing both teams back to their starting lineups the East with Grant Hill Vince Carter Shaquille O'Neal on the front line out alive or cinema bran James the backcourt foul on Brian's his second and here's that strange matchup we had at the beginning of the game Tim Duncan guarding Vince Carter out on the perimeter every started out the game with a 3 because Duncan is so used to guarding the basket [Music] Westwood their starting lineup kevin garnett Tim Duncan Yao Ming up front Kobe Bryant Tracy for three at the guards pass deflected he thought he was fouled hope he still looks a little rusty Dundee I mean missed a good portion of the season 14 games with the ankle injury and the back there's the rebounding once again this is the this is the rebounding group that dominated the first part of the game which gave the West the big lead 15 points Tim Duncan from 41% last yearís Barnett gets the dunk to 49 this year and watching him I see such better balance with that jump shot he's got quite a wider base he's not shaving away another last year done he chewed that Michael Jordan fade away but he didn't have a foundation to his jump shot he's really building it down he looks quick he has gotten better as the season got on that's gone on he got off to a little bit of a slow start but his numbers are just picking up dramatically Jack his checkpoints but gradient yes [Music] reflected and hid underneath the backboard 67 66 [Music] Carter for 3 thanks Cara have done it from inside from outside don't you talk about Ray Allen shooting that three so easily Vince Carter makes it look so smooth Tilley is just so strong and athletic he just flicks that ball having difficulty controlling the dribble and step down you know he talked about that yesterday that he doesn't have a great handle on the ball yet when when I coach ran in Detroit he was my point guard and one of the best in the league and he still turning to get that handle he said a stammers not quite there doesn't feel as good with the basketball yet [Music] six points for Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Chippewa to be interesting to watch Minnesota dug down the stretch here with Kevin McHale coaching the team now they're playing with live passion lot of fire but they've got a long way to go talk with the Kevin the other night doing the Minnesota the Cleveland game as Garnett takes it to the rim we asked Kevin to be checked with some of his former teammates and former coaches before he took the job as head coach following the departure of Flip Saunders they said yes I did and I said what did he want he say what did they say [Music] Flip Saunders a wonderful coach and did a great job there Minnesota he's gonna end up somewhere you know that he's a brilliant coach Phil Jackson the two out there but he's speaking about now Grady off the rebound finding Garnett you know Mark just to follow up on that Minnesota going in now you know it's interesting they were the number one seed last year in the East if the playoffs started today they would not be in that Lakers are in the eighth spot it's going to be interesting to see which one of those two teams I think wins because that'd make you see Houston's gonna be in Memphis Dallas Sacramento Phoenix Seattle and San Antonio so that eight spot to me is the one that's open and don't count Denver out because Denver has a better home schedule coming up although they're under 500 right now they've played a lot more road games that will take its but that will change in the second part of the season the negative 1/7 Duncan talking about the Lakers a moment ago before that let's go to David Aldridge smart you mentioned it you feel and Doug mentioned as well Lakers have the eight spot in the West and they want to make sure that they maintain that I'm told that owner Jerry Buss has mandated that his team picked the playoffs this year and to that end the two Lakers have been looking at a number of possible trades now one trade that everybody has been talking about here during all-star weekend that they have heard and I've heard also from sources that was at least discussed was Lamar Odom going to Sacramento for Peja Stojakovic and Bobby Jackson now both the Kings and the Lakers went contacted denied that such talks took place which usually means they took place guys the Lakers point of view I could certainly understand that because getting these similar players down you know I never felt like when they were playing together that they ever got in sync Lamar Odom a sketball on top of the floor to make some plays in the post and he didn't get it much but the Kobe's did a lot of dominating in the basketball and they really haven't played much together this season because of Kobi Simmons you guys go for every hundred traits that are discussed about one of them actually goes through so who knows this could be this conjecture at this point is that a slap that David alders nearly a statement that I think is true I think Doug would agree but feel free but just try to get you in a little trouble here I checked to the line where he has a nickname Marv be agitated everybody's got a nickname you go you know with the absence of bizarre there's a need for it somewhere and you know what we really got to talk about Mike fratello the job he's done down there in Memphis taking over for you B Brown and how well that team has played the sole has been heard Fonzie well James Posey and they play great basketball they're coping with the reverse and the West Nile eat 77 71 sweet magic check back yet like Popovich Bullock y'all bang [Music] three offered up by LeBron James [Music] I've never seen a good shooter ever scissor his legs like that like Mike Tracy does on his shot Iverson allen iverson 13 points along with 8 assists I think McGrady and Vince Carter both through that little scissor kick and some of these guys Duggar so HAP lennick and speaking fun [Applause] to bring the east within 211 points LeBron is it looked like the West was getting a little cushion that pushed at the six back-to-back baskets by the east sloppy play here LeBron James getting into passing lead one of the late leads and steals finishing him off powerful mature this guy Frankie [Music] NBA players understand that giving back to the community is the most important thing we do that's why it all starts 2005 in Denver the best action took place off support whether it's reading to children visiting kids in the hospital teaching young people the value of sportsmanship for opening reading and learning centers the NBA family is touching lives and inspiring kids so be an all-star make a difference in your community a 210 horsepower powertech v6 - available four-wheel drive systems 5000 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TNT we know drama we're back in Denver the West is led by as many as 13 turn around by the east of the second quarter it's now a two-point game with 618 left in the third another look at the various personalities have turned out for all-star weekend that is Chris Tucker the Dave Fox Terrell Owens of the Philadelphia Eagles and Puff Daddy with me sure that an oversized cell phone [Music] all right let's check in again with David Aldridge David hey guys with Duane wait here wait have you enjoyed your first all-star experience it's been great it's been everything that I have a dreamed it would be this is ice snow in case we get the plane off that game in front everybody I'm just having fun what's better the playing or the hanging out the plane is better than FOP that's what that's what we do play basketball but the hanging out is great you get to hang out with people that you know you grew up watching people that you don't see y'all it's a fourth great is there any one guy who after the game thanks very much good like the second half back to you Marv I had a wonderful second season the Dwyane Wade who averaged 24 points seven assists Garnett able to get inside on the West Coast 79-77 advantage waitwait called by his teammate Shaquille O'Neal flash and they have teamed up to lead the Miami Heat to the best record and the Eastern Conference here is Iverson and that comes Brian Dryden match now work the backcourt for the West right with the driving hook [Music] Pierce backs it up Jermaine O'Neal has returned on visa that's Romanian along with Shaquille O'Neal on the front line with Paul Pierce LeBron James out onto the bar scene Paul Pierce out on the floor makes me think of the Eastern Conference race that third spot whoever goes when C Atlantic Division and we see the drive here by Jermaine O'Neal another team that would like to find a way to get back into the playoffs with all the injuries and the suspensions but that third spot would be so vital you'll play six even though you wouldn't have the home court advantage but eight gets one which would be Miami you do not just want to have to do that so winning that Atlantic is very important like there was some contact on at the same time that the race at the bottom is gonna be persist I mean it's gonna be dying to get number six the probably of the home for LeBron James O'Neal with six points well this is why this guy is so highly regarded around the league LeBron James is a past first superstar and you see the finish there buys Jermaine O'Neal but it's so rare to have a guy bat athletic these things pass first you know most guys are little they have to pass he could do whatever he wants he still thinks passed well think about Jermaine O'Neal you talk about respect these young players have for this game he could have broken Reggie Miller's Indiana scoring record this year he had a chance to do that took himself out of the game and he said you know what that's Reggie's record I don't you know the game is over here about two minutes to go he could have he could have broken the record he said that's Reggie's he deserves that I know it says a lot about the respect that these young guys do have for some of these super players for the years just came back and he's fouled by Antoine Jamison checking in for the ease of placing LeBron James here comes Gilbert Arenas for LeBron with 13 points 7 of the 13 here in the third quarter James with 5 rebounds and 4 assists point number 5 for Manu ginóbili what a year for Manu sparking Argentina to the gold and the Olympic Games and in Athens all-star selection 27 years old these will be the most popular athlete in Argentina the East please 5 3 that Ginobili has really changed that's first team and talking to Gregg Popovich before the game that's the Minsky's knocks down the three he said you know I've had to learn to live with mono because my instinct as a coach is to control things and I've got to let him go because he does so many things well and you've got to give up a couple of turnovers couple a bad place because he's so effective with what he does and tied at 84 just under four minutes with anything in the third quarter Pierce and last touched by the East Sea bash so anxious to get the ball on the break-up court ginobili throws without balance there's one of those plays yeah other than that but when you push the ball at the floor you know dark even if nothing's there now you've got about 20 seconds to run your offense and you'll see Nash do that every play with the sun's and even when they don't have that quick - they've got plenty of time to work the clock and get a good shot Grady for the crossover but Brady lost the handle and the ball back to the east and I think when you look at Phoenix they're one of the few teams that runs even after the other team scores they're always going to keep the pressure on you so you can never relax you see that move v McGrady that that was a page out of Genoa please book he's popularized that move down you see more and more guys trying their little crossover with the same home they doneall getting inside the county and across the foul so Jermaine will head to the line mama Nowitzki now Tracy McGrady and Ray Allen makes his return they're made O'Neal looking to complete the three-point play and he does 10 points for Jermaine eight of the 10 here in the FIR the East with a three-point advantage Nowitzki lost the dribble [Applause] [Music] and a timeout is called by Stan Van Gundy [Music] 87 the West 84 [Music] [Applause] streaming video highlights News scores schedules and more NBA action delivered directly to you on select Nokia video phones Nokia connecting people introducing the all-new 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee with an available 330 horsepower Hemi v8 it has best-in-class horsepower and torque the optional electronic stability program that helps maintain control on slippery roads and available quadra-drive to our most advanced four-wheel drive system ever go ahead let 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utility vehicle with standard third row seating for only 399 per month kuryak you're on Central Avenue in Scarsdale curry accurate calm here it is guys a special all-star edition Steve waters brought to you by Titleist dude you've been so busy so many activity not all start with have you had time to wonder I'm having a very difficult time thinking of anything they're working they're like the dog that I was wondering we're here all weekend it's been wonderful here in Denver last time the all-star game was here was in 1984 you know what I wondered I wondered what happened what did happen well the East won 154 145 Isiah Thomas was the MVP scored 21 points all in the second half had 15 assists and 1st Magic Johnson as you would expect how to wonderful get 22 assists in the loss what Denver is also where the introduction of all-star Saturday started and a lot of people remember Larry Nance of the Phoenix Suns beating Julius Erving to win the slam dunk championship that was an upset he dunked two balls remember that is unbelievable Casey Jones coaching the nice piece quad to victory endeavour back at em it's key just under three minutes to play in the third the east with an 87-84 lead Ray Allen Steve match battle Ginobili in a three guard alignment for the West to make better Nowitzki and Stoudemire they work it around nice ball movement Allen for free and that comes Peirce about the Boston Celtics there is Gilbert Arenas Kobe he's a magnificent here in the Washington when Larry used got murked he picked up his numbers the team is 30 and 22 right now battling Cleveland for a home court advantage in the Eastern Conference playoffs what a wonderful year it's been in Washington with me and Antoine Jamison Larry Hughes had a great shot making the all-star team - unfortunately for him the injury occurred but they got a chance to really make a run here in the East I set up so these now leads by 7 points twelve points in the third quarter Allen's pass it away last touch by the east let's go to Craig Sager Craig well remember halftime coach Popovich told us he did not plan to play Kevin Garnett or Tim Duncan in the fourth quarter last timeout he talked to both of them he said you guys are up for the night for the knife I'm not putting any ice on yet I leave as close to the end Duncan may change those plans guys wanna play Marv you come here and you know you you think I'll just make a cameo appearance these guys are great because they're competitors you know what I'm thinking I see Shaq will be there resting I'm seeing him poised for a huge finish here tonight to try to get these these team the victory pierce or cheat on the shot clock wall the west tough matchup here for Oh gaskets with the speed of Stottlemeyer who kind of bails them out with a fall away jumper with 12 points that's his fourth three without Garnett and Duncan assuming they don't play in the entire fourth quarter I think you're looking at a lot of perimeter shooting down the stretch for the west side look for Ray Allen to be out there quite a bit you know it's gonna be interesting to see what Cleveland does you know LeBron James is really lobbying to keep reserve justice they also want to have caps base and the shooter to that team as we know see we talked about them needing another shooter has been disgusting to Bray Allen Joe Johnson Michael Redd maybe Larry Hughes guys who are free agents but they need to keep this big man in the middle so they're gonna have to manage this cap in such a way they can add and help LeBron on the perimeter but at the same time this guy has been great since he's come back he's averaging a career-high 17 and a half points this season and he's been healthy and he gives them the low post presence in the east remaining in the third quarter of the east up by six [Music] well he was looking for a cover there was no cutter there was actually some defense couple guys stopped wallace's roll to the basket forced the turnover running of turnovers committed by the West the Eastwood 11 able to hit that comes Allen picked up by Pierce Allen accelerates and there was a pass that was not a shot although it did not work he'll get a little we've seen to make some acrobatic moves the East 95 the West baby die they're gonna open the floor here for Gilbert Arenas last possession nobody's been able to keep this guy in front of all season long so if you give help look for somebody to spot up and shoot in three either Jameson or more of Paul Pierce [Music] three quarters complaint here at never the Eastman five the third quarter on a 24 to 12 [Music] [Music] you not only have to be tough on the outside you're gonna have to reach out on the inside [Music] the newly redesigned 2005 Jeep Liberty get zero plus zero percent financing plus February Bonus Cash for total savings of up to sixty eight hundred dollars on Liberty [Music] can't say I'll never rap again who knows the talent you know who am i i'm just a man anybody that made successful when we I come from they never came back Sam you of course the most dangerous comedy of the year apologize sorry to and Snow White's coz ready bTW their teams don't Friday March 4th come on it baby and gentlemen my favorite [Applause] find score find tickets on just what they're after with a new more precise MSN search BAM pack skin at 3:30 someone stole my car hold the phone I got my boys at fits a hoop tease the trick out your ride what do you think it's tight right okay that looks exactly the same didn't your mama tell you it's inside check this out first question sprite never each by the way you owe $37,000 welcome back to the mile-high City Denver Colorado tonight's aerial coverage be presented in high definition we're of animals brought to you by air force now look at Eastern Conference head coach Stan Van Gundy of the Miami Heat his first all-star game longtime assistant under Pat Riley took over as the head coach last season following an O and seven star Miami fell 11 games under the 500 mark they turned around and with 17 of their final 21 they finished some signs and how about my hobby this year is the restructure the club off the knee a trade involving Shaquille O'Neal will count the basket count says the outside official bill spooner and a loose ball foul is coach's influences in the game like this after timeouts coming out of quarter breaks you could see the play set up that standing gonna be set up for us Gilbert Arenas they drive baseline kick it along that sideline at the plate a team's love to make that play and he hits the three but are these timeouts that's where you're gonna see it and then all hell breaks loose for the next 11 minutes that's a jump ball the basket counted a moment ago on the tip and then he'll Gauss kiss away from the ball called for the foul on Marion so he shot him just the the one free throw and now though jump it up go mark talking about Stan Van Gundy can you imagine if you told him when he was on 7 a year ago it said next year you'll be coaching the all-star game and Shaq will be on your team he would've thought you were nuts sweet dreams stand talking about how fragile this business is wait fires want up siding flips alters the coach of the Western squad last give it a soda with 58 games a year ago let's call this a loose ball in fact once again Amazon arenas and you take a guy like Rick Carlisle who coached the game here last year you see what's happened to Indiana this year with the suspensions and all that's going on there right now they're not even in the play they're not even the playoffs here is Cal bang and rebound handled by Ben Wallace LeBron James back on the floor barely out of bounds are pushed now Jack nice says a push getting close to that magical aids in it mark in an all-star game that's when the switch gets turned and that's when the coaches start getting guys in and out of games very shortly we will see the return of Shaquille O'Neal [Music] [Applause] wen Yan Bing comes over to block a shot it leaves the basket area wide open you look at the small line up the West has out there during trouble on the boards here's y'all off the pass for Marion and a half gone by in this fourth quarter of bar belted duck column Steve Kerr breaks ager David Aldridge on the sidelines a jump ball we check in with David all guys Doug mentioned earlier about the genesis of gasca's being a free agent talked to him before the game and he said look the one reason the biggest reason why he wants to stay in Cleveland stands about 6-8 to 45 said that LeBron James gets him two or three layups every game he said for a big guy like me it's so important to get into a rhythm early and LeBron does that for me guys he's controlling that Nepal marinas not able to hit a gas kissed with the Bahama Bank attempt on the save but that comes for shard Lewis for the West and it's stolen [Applause] East is making a little push here is gregg popovich going to be able to resist Duncan and Garnett coming back into this game area with the runner Shawn Marion the Phoenix Suns averaging 19 points 11 rebounds which is a career I wanted three sons to make the all-star team in the open arenas beginning to heat up he missed his first five shots without show inside a little nervous you know this is his first time to be here on this kind of stage but this guy can get a shot anytime he wants this did not work laughing his way back down the court possession they lead by nine Kobe Bryant getting set to make his return [Music] backdoor but Wade's not able to hang on here comes Kobe Bryant the mark one of the teams we haven't talked much about today is the Detroit Pistons Ben balls we saw a little follow up for a dunk good a couple plays ago but they are now playing the kind of basketball they play going into the playoffs to win the championship last reserve boys to make that run once again Pistons of one ten games gently for three Detroit in Miami really look like the class of the east of course the policemen will have something to say about it but it's looking more and more like a clash between the heat and the Pistons so they drove us to a couple two years back in his all-star debut so only four minutes of play has the factory state points Ginobli cuts it to a nine point each way well it'll be interesting also with Miami so much speculation that Alonzo Mourning is Safi fastest physical will be joining that team to give them another presence in the lane you know we try to draw the charge which he usually does so well and a half to play [Music] protect you from taste loss take the taste challenge question one what should a real light beer look like like fear that's right Miller Lite has a rich golden color question two what should a real light beer taste like like beer correct the Miller Lite has a satisfying great taste and finally how do you fight taste loss with antibiotics no drink a great tasting Miller Lite with more taste than Bud Light and half the carbs get the facts 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one good thing and one good thing leads to another simple affairs from Delta good goes around to the 2005 all-star game where you think I'll start games you have to think of fashion because the all-star game for many memorable moments with the shoes worn by the all-star players maestro and they Chris Webber 2002 with a chrome detta Supremes in 2003 with his old brand Shaq shoes that by the way actually did the flight office and then we had Yami in 2003 with the baby blue Nike shocks to premises and a year goes on our tests actually wearing two different shoes where we focus on the data sprees and then tonight here LeBron James with his new air zoom generation - Yao Ming resurrecting the Reebok pump and that Gilbert Arenas with the Gil adidas but the best shoe of all I think is the one we see right there this is Shaq's shoe and Jack it looks like there's a radio in here does it really work and who came up with this idea something I came up with everybody knows I'm a weird reaction phone is a very operable phone we should be getting a call as a matter of fact as a matter of fact it's ringing right now I want you to answer that the world a city that's rather this beauty he's running up your long distance charges unless you have free roaming you know I like Lucy today oh thanks what about my shoes great great Belgian really we're just falling operable calling me on any time what about this game here eats up 108 97 are you through the evening there's a fun very well it was a fun to attend I'm very impressed with the young you've changed the power structure our TMT schedule reflects that we'd be doing a lot of Miami games back to back games in March the advocates Minnesota and the 10th and then the Lakers in the 70 what about your playoff proof spurt here in the second half and what you have to do well we've just got a lot of people to talk to yes of course you can thanks kind of a handy so phone to carry around only fits in your car or meself big that shoe is what you call take demand they lead it 108 to 99 Rashard Lewis unable to hit from three-point land Allen Iverson is back Iverson [Music] ten assists for Iverson 14 points 7 rebounds the slow Costas has quietly worked himself into a nice game Brian rechecked it by Ilgauskas now Brian over James for 20 it's an eight-point beastly cow skits not able to handle that pass Marian with a trailer Lois kept alive by Rashard Lewis no reset well Ryan decides to fire if you need to come back I don't know if there's a better player in the league to get the ball to the Kobe Bryant's guys it more big wooden mortar shots in the last year than anybody seven of ten sixteen points for Kobe Bryant yeah with the rebound Ginobli in the backcourt showers up from Kobe akin from downtown yeah with Luis and Miriam behind the five is called a reach-in foul on Luis looks like the chats coming in Duggars that magic time you talked about that last spurt it's a post game games on the line now the coaches and or the lineup they they can whip man O'Neal Shaquille O'Neal and check in Wayne Wade is back Ray Allen is come on for the West has Dirk Nowitzki at Amar'e Stoudemire and Gregg Popovich staying with the thought of resting Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett because both have been playing hurt taking black popper gritty [Applause] but a half remaining here before [Applause] so explosive he reminds me like about running back in football he's so powerful low to the ground powerful minute he now McGrady looking to post Iverson was battling for position and was able to break it up timeout fault 519 left in this fourth quarter it's a 112 107 Eastern Conference ladies well we saw some of this at the slam dunk contest last night Amar'e Stoudemire grabbing the LOB and look at the reverse unbelievable athleticism I love this game for energy the heart [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] chikka selects from McDonald's smell that they want us to think they smell like that they do smell like that yeah it was all part of the plan it's a brilliant elaborate scheme that is not gonna work okay fine let's see what happens okay excuse me would you like to try some chicken selects those are good she's obviously a plant she's good [Music] my Sherpa my equipment my Basecamp my trail oh why Everest and my favorite part the dissent my life takes me to the edge my American Express heart always goes with me [Music] Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks television a six-week television of bad the West Miss June on TNT floppy three floppy through hey go to work down there boy Mac her past Mac gonna go was always about the game now and Kobe Bryant prominent in the West come back last three possessions he's hit two from downtown and he through and out of you - Amar'e Stoudemire it can be interesting to see the Lakers now down the stretch Doug because Kobe is now back obviously this 14 games but they've struggled without him do they have enough to make that push and secure that a playoff spot in a hold Minnesota off I think that he and Lamar Odom are gonna have to play well together that's gonna be the key then Ron Butler can follow and Chucky Atkins and the rest of that team Chris man but those two guys have to play well Bryant 7 of 11 16 points also has six assists here Bryant for three rebounded by Jermaine O'Neal Gregg Popovich is down there saying you make all of those down the stretch against us why aren't you making them now [Music] Brian pounding Iverson but once their fourth team foul and now with 502 remaining in the fourth quarter becomes a regular season game well you saw the defense at Kobe was playing on a liar so look at the difference right now he's glued to him [Applause] seven-point lead for these 10 points to Wade pass intended for stottlemyre his Wade was the keep on Nowitzki got a piece of it Debbi defense has picked up noticeably you're seeing guys rotate over gone four steals is helping didn't see any of that the first 40 minutes [Music] with 20 on the shot clock wild pass in a bad pass though by Iverson here's Allen taking it to the record Allen Iverson has played exceptionally well here tonight 15 points 10 assists but he just flunked that one over his head leading to the bucket 114 109 the East with the lead as we come up on four minutes to go in this fourth quarter who was had an outstanding game done his damage in the second half 14 points in all for Jermaine last touch by the Eastern plane is Kobe on a cross over setting it up from a Grady chat with the outlet for his teammate ray Superman to flash that smoking scene from Miami that's why they are one of the favorite to needs those two players 118 109 the East on top Allen Shaq come out to play Allen and Stottlemeyer foul by Jermaine O'Neal very balanced scoring on both sides you see the leading scorer in the game is miss Oakley Bryant with 16 nobody on the East has more than 15 you see the minutes are very evenly displayed so both coaches I think are doing an excellent job really letting everybody have a chance to show what they can do reminder NBA rivalry week starts Tuesday night on NBA TV Lakers hosting the suffix and then on Wednesday on ESPN it's Houston San Antonio [Music] how about by McGrady they each 1:33 NBA all-star games the West has bought 20 however the West with three straight that's fine just under three and a half remaining in the fourth Shaquille O'Neal [Applause] margretta saw the opening [Applause] the time to pull that play off but he he saw he happy the gap wait wait again and draws the foul I think when you play Dwayne wait you've got to get one foot out of bounds he zips on that baseline and you can't stop in then what happens is you get offensive rebounds you get that ball up on the rim McCrady we've seen it two other times in 202 in 2002 2004 we saw Vince Carter with a powerful dunk early in the first half and this is just a George Gervin finger roll there at the finicky 13 points for Wade nine of the 13 here in the fourth quarter waitwait in his second NBA season out of Marquette his first all-star game I don't know if anybody knew how good weight was gonna be there were questions about whether he could play the point guard spot questions about his outside shooting he's been absolutely phenomenal for Miami Brian not able to hit on the reverse [Applause] that's key stop the fire coming up short Blanche touched by the each well you know Marv if we're going to get a lot of chatter from Shaq if the East holds on to the win he said you he's gonna be the difference four out of the last five to the West when I was on the West I move over the east and it looks like we're going to get this once enough [Music] national bird was the beginning of a news from sea to sea with the truth of this will be the era of American greatness we have been almost exterminated we're going upriver to the ship of death great on April 8 join an expedition beyond imagination unlock from this of our future you got 72 hours from the International best-selling novel 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Dwyane Wade is come on late as head tomato Neal five from downtown this game's not over yet Abreu and it took you four controls he might be the inmates right mother's 5 of 8 from the omelet three-point line here comes the west-allen from way downtown backed up by the bits key McGrady past on the three Allen in position for free 11 right over he's an assist Nowitzki he draws the foul I spoke too soon I said this game was over it's only an eight point game there's two minutes to go and Nowitzki is gonna go to the line so this is far from over it's not like anybody's gonna use the clock I mean these days like this now there's no clock you know that things are gonna go Dean set up four corners right now now they're not gonna use the shot clock Vince he missed the free-throw Ray Allen missed a couple open threes trying to carve into this lead Ray Allen now has 19 points five from beyond the three-point line the all-star game record is six mark price holds it he hit six in 1993 I think he had five of them in one quarter if I'm not mistaken he was on fire that night the East for the 7 point lead with the basketball Iverson protecting against Bryant's hears ways to remain olena [Music] you got a new clock but they went right back to the basket so they're gonna keep attacking they're not going to play the clock they doneall to the line filed by Kobe Bryant for both teams are over the foul limit although this in the end Jermaine O'Neal qualies had a nice night 14 points 5 rebounds 6 of 10 from the floor so just so much balance in this game I think you have to give the coaches a lot of credit as well as the players they've really looked to get each other involved in this game they've been very very well played the turnovers have been kept down to a minimum although the West does have 24 turnovers which has led to 19 points which could be the difference in the game [Music] I'll stop by oh really nowhere to go glass stuck by Shack [Music] and the West to put it in play they have 14 on the shot clock see if they can run an out-of-bounds player they probably just put one in during practice and now I don't get much from that let's keep trying to set a stream and reset the clock once again the West with 14 on the 24th it's like gregg popovich gonna take a timeout and he carries cards Marv with him when he coaches the Spurs and he has set plays for certain guys that he likes to run in this situation we'll see what he pulls out maybe to get a Ray Allen the jumper [Music] of Amtrak's skin at 3:30 someone stole my car hold the phone I got my boys at fix-it hooped is the trick out your ride what do you think it's tight right okay that looks exactly the same didn't your mama tell you it's the inside of town check this out lean first question sprite never had a reach my motto by the way you owe $37,000 [Music] turn any to wait five protein hot to the target you got Stottlemeyer Chopin not playing hard enough get on the glass all of you let's go [Music] mark you got to go the money angle right now if your stand ban gun when I was in Cleveland coaching the game we were down 20 in the first half and I was in a timeout and I said to Michael Jordan said Michael you realize the winners get 12,000 the losers get six and his eyes got real big and the 20-point lead was was evaporated immediately we went on to win really was more said because the coaches get the same amount and that difference is a lot more to the coaches and it is the footage sometimes you got to go to the money routine though you know Big Mike was having trouble paying the rent and wasn't that big of a deal I think use all right Doug cutting right to the wall from a motivational lady trying a three-pointer kept alive by stottlemyre Allen challenged O'Neal and Iverson is on it with just under one minute remaining [Music] did not work that did not work throw the ball back to the West we ran out of 40 seconds Doug I see you staring at your MVP ballot II you don't know where to take you have no idea who to pick at the MVP the East has been so balanced and I want to vote for a guy on the east who's won and here's ray out and once again trying to tie that record on Christ with six three-pointers in an overtime look out Brian called for the foul and able to help no player with 20 points behind that in the game 17 the last time in all-star game 1981 my man Dennis Johnson and Paul Westphal they each had 19 thug about to prepare his bounty I'm waiting for that statute to change and it's not changing weird out of 15 seconds laneway flipping it out come on [Applause] as defeat of the West 125 to 115 before then so that three-game Western Conference winning streak and we'll be punch who exactly has one of the most valuable player [Music] who you think you are but we were assigned this case by captain Taylor there's been a change plans but I get to work on a CV in action they'll have a Hollister you can control speed you can control direction you can control everything except your 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very much of it it's my pleasure now to introduce the Commissioner of the NBA David Stern ladies and gentlemen please join me in thanking the city of Denver and beautiful state of Colorado together with the Denver Nuggets and Kroenke sports for doing such a great job hosting our all-star weekend I also want to thank all the NBA players and WNBA players and NBA legends and the NBA family who were around this community doing two things that NBA players in the whole NBA family do all of the time I'd also like you to give these all-stars a hand for the effort today and all weekend but tonight tonight the veteran the star of stars Allen Iverson is the MVP with 15 points 10 assists and 5 steals [Applause] all right I the last time the East won this game you were the MVP how's this feel again feels great um first of all I want to just thank God because without him none of this would be possible I want to thank my teammates in Philly I want to thank my coaching staff in Philly because without those guys I wouldn't be here we hurt you earlier in the night saying that you were getting on I don't know it was lightheaded or a little tired a little winded things are pretty wide open in the thin air here did you get your second wind definitely I eventually caught it you know I said at halftime my teammates is gonna joking me when I get home because I never get tired but I was kind of tired I hated thin air Shaquille O'Neal is that he's the difference maker when he's in the West the west winds he's come to the east how big a difference was a big fellow tonight I mean Shaquille O'Neal the name alone says enough I mean he's the greatest player to ever played his game and it don't get no better than that Allen Iverson the most valuable player again of the 2005 NBA all-star game you want one more yeah and I want to I just want to thank my mom and I want to thank Gary Moore and most of all I want to thank my wife for taking care of me and this is for my my best friend's mother that passed away this for her so this for you face deal I know you watched me rest in peace well thank you very much Alan and congratulations to Allen Iverson the MVP and we will be back to wrap things up from Denver in just a moment the East winning over the West by 10 [Music] tomorrow night on TNT in two hours some cases to great dramas Monday lights belong to TNT watch the wrong order at 10:00 followed by without a trace at 11:00 tomorrow night Monday nights on TNT from Walt Disney Pictures I'm lieutenant Shane wall these commando kids anybody to see why a lot of riders take the role SUVs are big powerful on top of one you feel almost invincible [Applause] being off doors that's the idea right back in Denver where moments ago Allen Iverson was awarded his second all-star game MVP 15 points 10 assists 5 steals in a magnificent performance by Iverson thanks to produce a scooter Pitino director Renato low and our statistician Paul this has been a presentation of TNT sports tomorrow night on T n for questions again we've got bill Mike's around the room first question right here mark and are due to the philadelphia inquirer allen did you come in with a pass first mentality tonight it looked like you were really looking to to set up the players more and more so than thinking about scoring what I mean this dogs that game you know I'm not I'm not playing on the team that I usually play with they need me to do a lot more things than then I have to do out here but I mean I'm playing with the greatest players in the world and I'm playing with four other all-stars so I mean in a game like this you just let it come to you however the games flowing and that's the way you play and the game is easy for me like this just having four other guys I didn't get double-teamed all night you know I didn't get the attention that I used to get and it just makes it that much easier for me Liz Robbins New York Times Ellen you didn't get a lot of the attention because you had other guys doing that like Shaq and and LeBron with Shaq now in the east and LeBron coming on do you think that the balance of power has really shifted towards the east yeah absolutely when you take section killer nail from the West and then branding the east you know 9 times I think you can say to the east is stronger regardless the other four guys you have on the floor I mean cuz you're gonna make everybody so much better and he's gonna do so much 14 and it's not what is just his scoring or his passing ability always rebound anything like that is his presence you know you got a guy on the floor and so many people give him that much attention it just makes the game easy for you he's the easiest player in the world to play with you know and I found out firsthand and night you know I thought about coming into this all-star game and everybody was talking about you know why is this one so special well one of the main reason is I had opportunity to play with somebody I thought was most dominant player in the world and I missed something that I remember in church back corner Allen Bob Holtzman ESPN just curious the alley-oop to LeBron James in the first quarter how'd that happen he was just on a break and um my man took his eyes off LeBron he came to pick up the ball and once I saw a mom make a move towards me I just do I just do the ball in a hat I mean with LeBron events those guys you don't have to throw a perfect pass I mean there make it look perfect Allen this is second time that your all-star MVP the last time a lot of controversy swirled around you we've seen you go through some ups and downs tell us what's gonna be different about this this all-star MVP Allen Iverson compared to the last one I'm older it's simple as that I mean I you you can't expect me to stay 25 26 years old forever you got to grow up you know a lot of the mistakes that that I made before in my life you know I wish it never happened but um I'm happy that I made those mistakes make sure I don't make them again and learn from it's all just in becoming a man when you're in the NBA and you come to the league everybody expect you to be some God as groomed already grown man and you know cannot make mistakes but I mean I'm from the ghetto and you know people give me a million dollars added 21 years old yeah I mean I I didn't know how to hack you know but I mean I'm a grown man I'm a husband I'm a father you know what three kids and one on the way I mean I got I got a ten-year-old daughter that can read the paper now understand things that she see on TV so I think about that before I make a lot of decisions that I make now and the whole thing is just me maturing and getting older a lot of things that I've done in my life I'm not proud of but I'm proud of the fact that I recognize that you know those things weren't the right things do and I move forward in my life and I'm trying to be a better person first and then a better basketball player Alan Phil Jasmine fell off your daily news on TV you dedicated the game to the passing of your best friend's mother can you expand a little bit on your best friend and what kind of relationship you had with his mom I mean he's my best friend you know we've been friends since I was 14 years old you know you know he's the guy that you know always coming me as no Allen Iverson the friend instead of Allen Iverson a basketball player you know he always kept it real with me like that you know he was always there for me when I was down you know and he's gonna be there when I'm on top but um just just a best friend like anybody else in here has somebody there's not dead blood today close to and felt like their blood that's who he was to me and I know how much he loved his mom and um you know a lot of times I couldn't talk to him I didn't know what to say to him because I never experienced nothing like that I can never imagine anybody losing their mother and for him to go through it you know it was tough for me but you know I I felt good about myself because I did everything that I could to try to help him get through it and I think he loved me even more for that Andre still last question over there um Chris Thomas in Rocky Mountain News could you just talk about LeBron James's play and a lot of people were calling this kind of a coming-out party for him and all that and how was it like lining up alongside him in the backcourt I mean it was good you know I played with him before on the Olympic team and I watched more TV all the time he's a he's a good friend of mine you as well as his mom and rest his friends so you know a lot of times instead of me getting hype about the things he do on the court I just feel good about him being able to do it and and the feet up that he that that he gets from from y'all guys you know I I feel good about you know the things that you people say about them and other people say about them um and it's just a great feeling but you know I always let them know that you know LeBron James right now is on the top of the world you know but don't ever forget that these same people that put you on top of the world it can put you under you know and long as he realized that long she realized the people with the pen and a pad and those cameras in his face not his friends and they just doing their job he'll be all right it's not personal with any of y'all but you know because you're doing your job you got to make a living but be aware of it and don't get caught up you know cuz I thought plenty times that reporters with my friend laughed in my face smile in my face but their first opportunity to knock me down when I made a mistake in my life they were right there at my front step and they weren't smiling so that's the only message that I try to get her to Braun and I hope he never had to go through anything you know people talk about the maturity level that he has hopefully he didn't learn from some of the things that went on in my life or other guys like to whereas he won't have to make mistakes that we made thank you Crayola overrated all right a very candid MVP Allen Iverson talking about basketball life and much much more Ray Allen will be coming up next we expect him to be there momentarily but again great performance by mr. Iverson and talking about a variety of subjects including LeBron James that you have to respect him for more than just basketball a little bit too well you know Allen Iverson when all weekend he's been talking a lot about off the court and Allen Iverson being Allen Iverson and nobody else all right let's get you back to Pepsi Center Ray Allen at the podium first question on the side ray can you just talk about the difference of playing with Shaq and past all-star games and now playing without him you know Shaq is similar to Tim you know you get the ball to Tim Tims around the basket he always get his hand on the ball and he puts back up but with Shaq there's no way with really anybody can stop him so when the ball went down low it was there's not much you could do with it so in years past we always knew we'd give it to him and just let him do his thing and the guys out there in the e state they found out real fast next question on the side Chris Thomas in Rocky Mountain News did it seem like maybe a more team I know you had a couple passes off the backboard but did it seem like a more team-oriented all-star game than normal I mean scoring was balanced I think the West had like 14 assists and 15 baskets in the first yeah and you know I know a lot of people want to see you know a lot of individual players step up and and take the mantle you know crossovers and you know get into the hole and high-flying dunks but I thought overall it was a good display of basketball everybody made a conscious effort at getting their teammates involved and you know with so many people watching this game all over the world you know we definitely had to set an example nothing as much as we'd like to show Balu do so much that's when I had the idea to clone myself hey Betty that with hundreds of pings if I can do anything from helping people with their taxes beautiful brothers no clothes to promoting driver's safety to mentoring young people I mean my wife gets a little confusing sleepy dude but it's definitely made the community a better place if one person could do it alone the world wouldn't need AARP join us today it looks great but don't just watch calories with Special K get whole grain total and watch nutrition to 100 calories plus 100% of 12 vitamins and minerals 100 calories 100% nutrition married two kids don't look for the General Mills whole grain guarantee performance and protection that goes and goes for five thousand seventy five hundred or fifteen thousand miles introducing new Honduran solos for mobile [Music]
