2004 All-Star Weekend
By InsideHoops.com / Feb. 7, 2005
A glance at what happened in Los Angeles for the 2004 NBA All-Star Weekend:
2004 ALL-STAR FRIDAY / Feb. 13
See InsideHoops.com recap of NBA
Celebrity game.
Amare Stoudemire dominated Rookie Challenge game, leading Sophomores to
big 142-118 win. LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony dazzled fans for the rookie
team.
2004 NBA Rookie Challenge: AP recap |
Box score (other site).
LeBron James postgame interview.
Amare Stoudemire postgame interview.
The Rookie Challenge, 9 p.m. EST on TNT television, Rogers Sportsnet
television and ESPN Radio, features top NBA rookies vs. top sophomores.
ROOKIE TEAM ROSTER
Rookies Team Pos. Ht. Wt. School/Country
Carmelo Anthony Denver F 6-8 230 Syracuse
Chris Bosh Toronto F 6-10 225 Georgia Tech
Udonis Haslem Miami F 6-8 230 Florida
Jarvis Hayes Washington G/F 6-7 220 Georgia
Kirk Hinrich Chicago G 6-3 186 Kansas
Josh Howard Dallas F 6-5 210 Wake Forest
LeBron James Cleveland F 6-8 258 St. Vincent-St. Mary HS
Chris Kaman L.A. Clippers C 7-0 268 Central Michigan
Dwyane Wade Miami G 6-4 212 Marquette
SOPHOMORE TEAM ROSTER
Sophomores Team Pos. Ht. Wt. School/Country
Carlos Boozer Cleveland F 6-8 258 Duke
Mike Dunleavy Golden State F 6-8 230 Duke
Manu Ginobili San Antonio F 6-6 210 Argentina
Marko Jaric L.A. Clippers G 6-7 217 Serbia-Montenegro
Ronald Murray Seattle G 6-3 197 Shaw
Nene Denver F 6-11 260 Brazil
Tayshaun Prince Detroit F 6-9 215 Kentucky
Amare Stoudemire Phoenix F 6-10 245 Cypress Creek HS
Yao Ming Houston C 7-5 296 China
ALL-STAR SATURDAY / Feb. 14, 8 p.m. ET
NBA All-Star weekend Saturday is on TNT and Rogers Sportsnet
television.
See recap of NBA
All-Star Saturday events.
1) Shooting Stars (new event: four teams of an
NBA player, WNBA player and NBA legend in a timed one round shooting event. )
DETROIT: Chauncey Billups (Pistons), Cheryl Ford (Shock),
John Salley (Pistons) - (Ret.)
L.A. CLIPPERS: Marko Jaric (Clippers), Nikki Teasley (Sparks), Terry Cummings
(Clippers)-(Ret.)
L.A. LAKERS: Derek Fisher (Lakers), Lisa Leslie (Sparks), Magic Johnson (Lakers)
(Ret.)
SAN ANTONIO: Emanuel Ginobili (Spurs), Jennifer Azzi (Silver Stars) (Ret.), Steve
Kerr (Spurs) (Ret.)
WINNER: LA Lakers team.
2) Skills Challenge (four NBA players running through
a timed obstacle course that will include dribbling, passing and shooting stations.
This is the second year this competition will be held. Jason Kidd won last year.)
Earl Boykins, Denver Nuggets G 5’5” 133
Baron Davis, New Orleans Hornets G 6’3” 223
Stephon Marbury, New York Knicks G 6’2” 205
Gary Payton, Los Angeles Lakers G 6’4” 180
WINNER: Baron Davis
3) Three-Point Shootout
(Six of the NBA’s top long distance shooters in a two-round competition.
Stojakovic won last year.)
The 2004 three-point shooters:
Peja Stojakovic
(Sacramento) |
Brent Barry
(Seattle) |
Chauncey Billups
(Detroit) |
Voshon Lenard
(Denver) |
Rashard Lewis
(Seattle) |
Cuttino Mobley
(Houston) |
WINNER: Voshon Lenard. Runner-up: Peja Stojakovic
4) Slam Dunk competition
(Four of the league’s youngest high-flyers in a two-round competition.)
| Jason Richardson (G.State) |
Fred Jones (Indiana) |
| Ricky Davis (Boston) |
Chris Anderson (Denver) |
WINNER: Fred Jones. Runner-up: Jason Richardson
See recap of NBA
All-Star Saturday events.
ALL-STAR SUNDAY / Feb. 15, 8 p.m. ET
NBA All-Star Weekend Sunday is on TNT television and Rogers
Sportsnet television.
The All-Star game. See final
fan voting results for the starters.
Complete 2004 All-Star
teams - Fans chose the starters. NBA coaches chose the reserves.
EAST STARTERS: A.Iverson, T.McGrady, V.Carter, J.O'Neal,
B.Wallace
Coach: Rick Carlisle (Indiana)
EAST BENCH: B.Davis, J.Kidd, M.Redd, P.Pierce, V.Carter,
K.Martin, J.Magloire
WEST STARTERS: K.Bryant, S.Francis, K.Garnett, T.Duncan,
Y ao Ming
Coach: Flip Saunders (Minnesota)
WEST BENCH: S.Cassell, R.Allen, P.Stojakovic, A.Kirilenko,
D.Nowitzki, B.Miller, S.O'Neal
The West won the 2004 NBA All-Star game by a score of
136-132.
Shaq won MVP for the game.
See final 2004 All-Star
game notes and box score.
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