2006-04-02T21:10:00.000-07:00

nba-all-star-3-points-meister new articles for Sunday, April 02, 2006MCDONALD'S HIGH SCHOOL ALL-AMERICAN BOY'S GAME: Local star steals show, leads West in victory (Daily Aztec)
The McDonald's High School All-American boy's game is supposed to be a collection of the best high school basketball. The cream of the recruiting crop, the potential NBA All-Stars. And that's what the game is all about: potential. In the first half, it looked like a possible blowout, as the East squad, led by 7-foot-1 center Greg Oden (headed to Ohio State) ran away with the game and were up by

A Ghanaian NBA star in the making? (Ghanaweb.com)
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pops Mensah-Bonsu played like a talented big man who has NBA potential is supposed to perform against one of the nation's weakest major-college teams.

Bryant ties Lakers record (Northern Territory News)
LA Lakers 104 Houston 88 KOBE Bryant scored 43 points to tie a Lakers record for 40-point NBA games in a season today (AEST). The Rockets led 52-51 at half-time after 22 points and 10 rebounds from All-Star centre Yao Ming from China.

76ers Rout Injury-Depleted Knicks (AP via Yahoo! News)
In case Larry Brown somehow forgot what it was like to coach Allen Iverson, the All-Star showed his former coach a reminder of exactly what he's missing in New York.

NBA notebook: Outsiders should take heat off angry players (The Sacramento Bee)
Anger, emotion, intensity and the loss of self-control are parts of life, sports and the NBA.

Iverson leads Sixers to rout of Knicks (Fox Sports)
In case Larry Brown somehow forgot what it was like to coach Allen Iverson, the All-Star showed his former coach a reminder of exactly what he's missing in New York. It was the way he takes over games with clutch points and playing hurt that has Philadelphia still in playoff contention, while the Knicks are flailing at the bottom of the Eastern Conference.

A star player is a start, but help is needed to win title (Houston Chronicle)
The NBA model for building a champion has long been to start with one of those rare players who change lives. Yet, as with the cautionary tales of lottery winners that ended up bankrupt, landing individual stars guarantees nothing but expectations.

Madness will be better in the NBA playoffs (Kansas City Star)
Now that the thoroughly enjoyable NCAA Tournament is just about completed, it’s easier to look forward to the NBA playoffs — and the NBA playoffs will top the NCAA Tournament for excitement and drama.

NBA Insider: Our former Wolves always interesting (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Several Wolves of recent vintage were in the news this week, reminding us that we're missing out on some of the fun this NBA season: • The Wolves missed out what would have been the big grudge game between Stephon Marbury and Wally Szczerbiak last Sunday at Target Center because, of course, Szczerbiak was traded to Boston back in January. That deal came not long after the Wolves played in New

Krauser chosen for Portsmouth NBA camp (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Carl Krauser's second attempt at making an NBA roster begins in earnest this week.

2006-02-22T15:47:00.000-08:00

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.