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1997 NBA All-Star Game

1997 NBA All-Star Game
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1 2 3 4 Total
West 34 26 27 33 120
East 21 36 40 35 132
Date February 9, 1997
Arena Gund Arena
City Cleveland, Ohio
MVP Glen Rice
National anthem Amanda Marshall (CAN)
Brian McKnight and David Sanborn (USA)
Referees Hugh Evans, Bill Oakes, Ron Garretson
Halftime show Presentation of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players
Attendance 20,562
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The 1997 NBA All-Star Game was the 47th edition of the All-Star Game and commemorated the 50th anniversary of NBA. The game was played on February 9, 1997, at Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The winner of the MVP award was Glen Rice of the Charlotte Hornets who played 25 minutes and scored 26 points while breaking two records in the process, 20 points in the third quarter and 24 points in the second half. Rice's 20 points in the period broke Hal Greer's record (19), set in 1968. Rice's 24 points in a half surpassed the previous mark of 23, owned by Wilt Chamberlain and Tom Chambers. Michael Jordan's 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists were the first and, until the 2011 NBA All-Star Game, the only triple double in NBA All-Star Game history (LeBron James (2011) and Dwyane Wade (2012) have also achieved this). Five players (Charles Barkley, Alonzo Mourning, Patrick Ewing, Clyde Drexler, Shaquille O’Neal) who were voted or selected for the team opted out due to injury, opening the doors for the annually neglected and the new stars—Joe Dumars, Detlef Schrempf, Chris Webber, Chris Gatling and 20-year-old second-year man Kevin Garnett took their spots.


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