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| The 1997 NBA All-Star Game, played at Gund Arena in Cleveland on Sunday, February 9, 1997 at 6 p.m. Selected to the East All-Star team, in addition to Tim Hardaway and Dikembe Mutombo, are Cleveland's Terrell Brandon at guard, Milwaukee's Vin Baker, Atlanta's Christian Laettner and Charlotte's Glen Rice at forward and Miami's Alonzo Mourning at center. Unfortunately, Mourning was suffering from plantar fasciatis of the right heel. That's why he had been replaced by Detroit Pistons guard Joe Dumars who was selected by NBA Commissioner David Stern. |  Magic captured the All-Star Game MVP trophy for his 25-point, 9-assist performance. |
 John Stockton and Karl Malone fittingly shared the MVP award in front of their home fans at the 1993 All-Star Game in Salt Lake City. | The Western Conference reserves are Malone and Minnesota's Tom Gugliotta at forward, O'Neal at center, and Houston's Clyde Drexler, the L.A. Lakers' Eddie Jones, Sacramento's Mitch Richmond and Golden State's Latrell Sprewell at guard. Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Chris Gatling of the Dallas Mavericks have been selected to replace injured All-Stars Clyde Drexler of the Houston Rockets who aggravated a strained right hamstring injury and Shaquille O'Neal of the Los Angeles Lakers who suffered a sprained right medial collateral ligament. |
| The East All-Star starters, as voted by NBA fans in the McDonald's All-Star balloting program and via NBA.com, are forwards Grant Hill of Detroit and Scottie Pippen of Chicago, center Patrick Ewing of New York, and guards Michael Jordan of Chicago and Anfernee Hardaway of Orlando. Chris Webber of the Washington Bullets has been selected to replace injured All-Star Patrick Ewing of the New York Knicks and Dikembe Mutombo as the starter center. Chris Webber, a fourth-year pro who was named the Schick Rookie of the Year for the 1993-94 season, is averaging 19.8 points, 9.8 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 2.00 blocked shots and 1.53 steals per game in 39.8 minutes per game this season. |  Scottie Pippen helped establish himself as a superstar in his own right by winning the 1994 MVP in Michael Jordan's first season of retirement. |
 1995 All-Star Game MVP Mitch Richmond is back for his fourth All-Star appearance. | West All-Star starters are Houston's Charles Barkley and Seattle's Shawn Kemp at forward, Houston's Hakeem Olajuwon at center, and Seattle's Gary Payton and Utah's John Stockton at guard. Seattle SuperSonics forward Detlef Schrempf has been selected by NBA Commissioner David Stern to replace injured Houston Rockets forward Charles Barkley who was suffering from a sprained right ankle. Detlef Schrempf, a 12-year pro who was born in Leverkusen, Germany, is averaging 16.9 points, 6.8 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.07 steals in 36.9 minutes per game this season. And so, Karl Malone replaced Barkley as starter forward. |
 Eddie Jones played a big part in leading the West to a 23-point advantage midway through the second quarter. | Doug Collins of Detroit coached the East All-Stars and Rudy Tomjanovich of Houston coached the West All-Stars based on their teams' record through games of Sunday, Jan. 26, 1997. Chicago's Phil Jackson, whose team has the best record in the Eastern Conference at 37-5, coached in last year's All-Star Game; coaches are prohibited from coaching in consecutive All-Star games. |  Anfernee Hardaway goes left as the West's Hakeem Olajuwon and Chris Gatling can only watch. |
 MVP Glen Rice set two All-Star Game records, scoring 20 points in the third quarter and 24 of his 26 in the second half. | MVP Glen Rice set All-Star Game records with 20 points in the third quarter and 24 in the second half, as the East defeated the West, 132-120. Rice was named MVP, edging Michael Jordan, who posted the first-ever triple-double in All-Star history - 14 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. This is Jordan first triple-double since coming out of retirement, March of 1995. |  Michael Jordan shows he can still get up despite being one of the senior members of the All-Star classic. |
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 Steve Kerr outshot defending champion Tim Legler 22-18 in the finals to take home the trophy. | Steve Kerr earned the title of best shooter in the NBA by gunning down defending champion Tim
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 Damon Stoudamire earned the MVP award for his performance in last year's Rookie Game. | Damon Stoudamire of the Toronto Raptors, last year's Schick Rookie of the Year, firmly established himself as
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 Allen Iverson pulled down MVP honors with a 19-point, nine-assist performance | The first player picked in the 1996 NBA draft picked apart his fellow young pups Saturday and was picked as 1997 MVP of the Schick Rookie Game. Philadelphia 76ers
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 Marcus Camby finishes the 360 degree dunk.
Wearing a headband over hair braided in cornrows, Iverson overcame a sloppy start and ignored the boos from the Gund Arena crowd to earn the MVP award.
"Coming into the game, I felt everybody probably figured I would come out and try to shoot up all the balls, try to think I had something to prove, win the MVP trophy," Iverson said.
| After saying Saturday that he was the best rookie in this class, Iverson proved it. He became the fourth guard in as many rookie games to win the MVP.
To do so, he had to overcome Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers. Bryant scored 31 points, a record in the four-year history of the contest, but played on the losing team.
East forward Marcus Camby played a terrific all-around game and scored 18 points for the East. Walker led the East with 20 points. Vancouver Grizzlies forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim had 17 points, and Lakers guard Derek Fisher added 16 for the West.  Lorenzen Wright powers home two of his seven points.
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 1996 Slam Dunk Champion Brent Barry | Brent Barry of the Los Angeles Clippers landed a pair of stunning jams off of foul-line launches to take the Nestlé Crunch Slam Dunk championship during the 1996 All-Star Weekend in San Antonio. Barry proved that there is no such thing as "White man can't jump". Barry will not be defending his crown this year. |  Michael Jordan won his second consecutive Slam Dunk title on 1988. He also get his nickname "Air Jordan". |
 After scoring a game-high 31 points in the Rookie Game earlier in the evening, Kobe starts his competition with this gravity-defying jam. | Kobe Bryant finally earned his due. Edged by Allen Iverson for the Most Valuable Player award in the Schick Rookie Game despite a rookie game-record 31 points, Bryant reached into his bag of tricks, and pulled out a fabulous through-the-legs dunk to win the Nestlé Crunch Slam Dunk, putting an exclamation point on an exciting All-Star Saturday. With a running start, the Lakers' rookie crossed over his dribble from right to left, jumped high as he brought the ball down through his splayed legs, and back up and through with his right hand. The spectacular dunk earned him a score of 49 of a possible 50. He is now 1997 Slam Dunk Champion. |
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