The stat sheet: All-Star Game - basketball - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included

Basketball Digest, March, 2002

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Paul Westphal is sixth all-time in All-Star shooting percentage. His 68 attempts are more than anyone else in the top 10.

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Magic Johnson is tied for eighth all-time in All-Star free-throw percentage. His 42 attempts are more than anyone else in the top 10.

(5)

Of 15 Long-Distance Shootout winners, only five players have won the contest only one time: Dale Ellis (1989), Glen Rice (1995), Tim Legler (1996), Steve Kerr (1997), and Ray Allen (2001).

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The All-Star Rookie Game has endured several formats in its short history. Eight different names for the game's teams have been used, including the 1994 debut pairing of Phenoms vs. Sensations.

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The top scoring total in any single ABA All-Star Game was Larry Jones' 30 in the 1970 game in Indianapolis. Denver Rockets' teammate Spencer Haywood's 23 points and 19 rebounds overshadowed Jones for MVP honors in the West's 128-98 win vs. the East.

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With 41 free throws made, David Robinson of the San Antonio Spurs is the only active player in the all-time All-Star top 10.

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Wilt Chamberlain holds the all-time All-Star single-game scoring record of 42 points, set in 1962. Chamberlain's East squad was nonetheless crushed by the West, 150-130.

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With 91 rebounds, Hakeem Olajuwon of the Toronto Raptors is the only active player in the all-time All-Star top 10.

(153)

The highest non-overtime points totals by an NBA All-Star squad is 153, set by the West in both the 1961 and 1992 games.