NBA All-Star Game | East gets its groove back with win

 
Toss some leftover Mardi Gras beads toward the East. LeBron James and his crew earned them. Outdunking, outpassing and outperforming their... [link]

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Rainy Seattle washes out as NBA city

Word from the NBA commissioner at the All-Star Game is that the Sonics are leaving Seattle for sure, probably just as soon all the lawyers are onboard and the taxi gets there. So here's the question. Who's going to break the news to the half-million or so local residents who won't look up from their Starbucks tall latte long enough to notice?
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Stern seems convinced they'll be gone; only question is when club will leave Seattle

This is an actual question from Stern's All-Star Game press conference Saturday night in New Orleans: "Are you more or less equally pessimistic about the situation in Seattle than you were this time last year?”
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NBA Betting: LeBron James Named MVP as East Beats West in All-Star Game

"Off the court, LeBron James keeps insisting Kobe Bryant is the best player in the NBA. On the floor, though, James' play says something different."
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LeBron James MVP in East victory at All-Star Game

"He's fun to coach," Rivers said. "He's just a powerful player with great speed, and that's tough to coach. [Actually,] you don't."
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2008 NBA All-Star Game Recap

"Toss some leftover Mardi Gras beads toward the East. LeBron James and his crew earned them."
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