| The 55th annual NBA All Star Game was won by the | | | | Four Detroit Pistons - Ben Wallace, Chauncey Billups, |
| East team last Sunday 122-120 at the Toyota Center. | | | | Simon Gratz's Rasheed Wallace and Coatesville's |
| Cleveland's LeBron James was named the game's | | | | Richard Hamilton - were on the court at the same |
| MVP after scoring 29 points. As he declares, he | | | | time in the first, third and fourth quarters of the NBA |
| wasn't thinking of winning the MVP but winning the | | | | game. |
| NBA All Star Game game. The NBA player made four | | | | Three players on the East team wore No. 3 - |
| three-pointers, six rebounds and two assists to | | | | Iverson, Ben Wallace and Wade - and fans had no |
| become the youngest NBA All-Star MVP at age 21. | | | | trouble telling them apart. |
| Tracy McGrady of the NBA Houston Rockets led the | | | | After missing his first five shots, Iverson made his |
| West team with 36 points, but shot an air ball on a | | | | first point with 10:35 left in the third quarter on a |
| potential game-tying basket with 9.9 seconds left. | | | | turn-around jumper over Phoenix's Steve Nash. That |
| James admitted afterward that he hit McGrady on | | | | seemed to ignite Iverson, who entered the game |
| the arm on the shot, but no foul was called. | | | | averaging 18.2 points in his previous six NBA All-Star |
| By halftime, the West led, 70-53. Former President | | | | appearances. |
| George Bush who was present at the NBA game, | | | | Iverson shot 4 for 5 in the third quarter and entered |
| seemed to enjoy the West's offensive ability, | | | | the fourth period with nine points. The NBA East |
| although the East was offering little to no defensive | | | | team had narrowed the deficit to 97-94 entering the |
| resistance. | | | | fourth quarter. |
| Interesting NBA notes: | | | | |