2011 NBA All-Star Game
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| Date | February 20, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Staples Center | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Kobe Bryant | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem |
Josh Groban (U.S.) Melanie Fiona (Canadian) |
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| Halftime show | Rihanna, Drake, & Kanye West | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 17,163 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Network | TNT | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers |
Marv Albert, Steve Kerr and Reggie Miller Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller, Mike Fratello, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Dwight Howard (All-Star Saturday Night) Kevin Harlan and Chris Webber (Rookie Challenge) |
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Josh Groban (U.S.)
The 2011 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on February 20, 2011 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, home of the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers. This game was the 60th edition of the National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game and was played during the 2010–11 NBA season. The Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers served as the hosts. The Clippers and Lakers were both awarded the All-Star Game in an announcement by commissioner David Stern on June 9, 2009. This was the second time that the Staples Center had hosted the All-Star Game; the arena had previously hosted the event in 2004. This will be the fifth time that Los Angeles had hosted the All-Star Game; before Staples Center opened in 1999, the city had previously hosted the event in 1963, 1972, and 1983.Rihanna, Kanye West and Drake were the halftime performers, while Keri Hilson, Lenny Kravitz and Bruno Mars were the entertainment for pre-show festivities.
The coaches for the All-Star Game are the head coaches of the teams with the best winning percentage in each conference through the games of February 6, two weeks before the All-Star Game. However, an NBA rule also prohibits a coach from being selected for consecutive All-Star Games, even if his team again holds the conference's best record. Because George Karl and Stan Van Gundy coached in the 2010 All-Star Game, they were not eligible for selection.
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