The NBA staged its first All-Star Game in the Boston Garden on March 2, 1951. From that year on, the game has matched the best players in the East against the best in the West.

All-Star Game Results

NBA All-Star Game 2005

Main article: 2005 NBA All-Star Game

Summary

The 2005 edition of the NBA All-Star Game took place at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, on Sunday, February 20, with the East breaking the West's win streak, 125-115. The Western Conference jumped ahead early and looked on their way to a fourth consecutive victory before the East caught up, tying the game and then taking the lead for good. Allen Iverson was named the Most Valuable Player. The display of all the best players in the league excited fans with a game full of many celebrated and crowd pleasing shots.

The Players

Yao Ming led the Western delegation as a center, with Shaquille O'Neal being his Eastern counterpart. These two players both broke the record in terms of the absolute number of votes received in the All-Star Balloting, both with approximately two and a half million votes. Vince Carter, Allen Iverson, Grant Hill and LeBron James were the other Eastern starters, while Tracy McGrady, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, and Tim Duncan completed the lineup of Western starters. The Phoenix Suns had the most overall representatives with 3 (Steve Nash, Amare Stoudemire, and Shawn Marion).

Other All-Star Events

The All-Star Game is the most important event of "All-Star Weekend". Other events include the Rookie Challenge , the Slam Dunk Contest , the Three Point Contest , and the Skills Challenge .

Future Host Locations

2006- Toyota Center, Houston, Texas, the home of the Houston Rockets franchise