James, Bryant to highlight Las Vegas's All-Star audition
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The Las Vegas audition for an NBA  team concludes Sunday with the annual All-Star game, an  offense-only exhibition designed to highlight the talents of  Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and the rest of the game's elite  players.
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Usually the one with his feet off the floor, LeBron James has everyone else hanging. With the NBA's All-Star dunk contest in Denver just a few days away, the Cleveland Cavaliers star forward hasn't decided whether he'll take part against the league's other premier leapers.
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David Beckham is expected to make his final appearance of the year for the Los Angeles Galaxy against a team with quite a different set of stars Â from Hollywood.
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Detroit Pistons forward Rasheed Wallace has been named to replace the Boston Celtics' Kevin Garnett in the February 17 NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans, the NBA said on Sunday.
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The NBA All-Star weekend has taken on  the look of a class reunion in recent years with the top picks  of the 2003 draft hogging centre stage.
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Kobe Bryant is a wrecking ball for the Western Conference, earning MVP honors with 31 points, 6 assists and 6 steals in a 153-132 rout of the East in Sunday's NBA All-Star game in Las Vegas.
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Prosecutors and defense attorneys in Kobe Bryant's sexual assault case get a chance this week to see potential jurors eye-to-eye for the first time.
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Detroit Pistons forward Rasheed  Wallace has been named to replace the Boston Celtics' Kevin  Garnett in the February 17 NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans,  the NBA said on Sunday.
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Miami's Dwyane Wade and San Antonio's Manu Ginobili were among six players picked as NBA All-Stars for the first time when reserves were announced Tuesday.
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Adam Morrison headed to Las Vegas on Thursday to take part in All-Star weekend festivities as the second-leading rookie scorer in the NBA. He might be leading the league if not for those home games.
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Ramon Sessions usually is content to let his Nevada teammates be the stars. When California pushed the Wolf Pack to a tight finish at the Pete Newell Challenge, the point guard found that the spotlight fits him pretty well.
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Byron Scott of the New Orleans Hornets will coach the Western Conference at this year's NBA All-Star Game, the league said on Thursday.
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Seattle's Ray Allen and Utah's Mehmet Okur were chosen Tuesday by commissioner David Stern as injury replacements for the All-Star game.
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HOUSTON, Dec. 7 -- For the second time in the eventâs history, Houston has been selected as the host city for NBA All-Star. The 55th annual All-Star Game will be played at the Toyota Center, home of the Houston Rockets on Feb. 19, 2006.
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When the N.B.A. hit Las Vegas, it took along thousands of sponsors, reporters, officials, family members and entourages. Dwayne Wade brought his brand.
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Kobe Bryant will play Sunday in the National Basketball Association All-Star Game but the Los Angeles Lakers guard pulled out of a 3-pointer contest after bad news about an injured finger.
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BASKETBALL Carmelo Anthony is going to the All-Star Game after all. The NBA's leading scorer was picked by commissioner David Stern yesterday as an injury replacement and will make his first All-Star appearance Feb. 18 in Las Vegas. Stern also added Dallas forward Josh Howard to the Western Conference team. He needed to replace Houston center Yao Ming and Utah ...