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LeBron James Dunk On Dirk Nowitzki - 2008 All Star (video)
LeBron James Dunk On Dirk Nowitzki - 2008 All Star (video)
LeBron Dunk On Dirk Nowitzki in 2008 All-Star Game.
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They Shoot, They Score
ChicksInTheHuddle.com — We’re not exactly foaming at the mouth when it comes to basketball. But watching the NBA All-Star game is not so much like watching basketball as it is like watching a well choreographed dance scene from the unreleased musical “Grease 3: Dunk is the Word.”  Everyone is in sync at the All-Star game. Enemies become frenemies, if only for one night. And the end result is a treat for all the senses to admiring fans and faux fans like us. Our hero of the game is not surprisingly the guy who earned the MVP honors. Lebron James was all over the freakin’ place. He was setting Dwight Howard up for amazing slam dunks. And when it mattered most, he put the East over the top ...

The Best All-Star Game in Sports
The Painted Area — I enjoyed yesterday's NBA All-Star Game. Seems like there's a fair amount of hand-wringing by folks wondering what can be done to make the players play harder. My first reaction is: Geez, it's an All-Star Game, for Jesus Shuttlesworth's sake. It's not going to be playoff intensity, it's just meant to be, you know, fun. ...

NBA All-Star Weekend
Liberty Ballers — Who you got? It's not like you win anything, but make you're picks anyway. Mine are... Celebrity Game: I'm not sure who the teams are, or who the players are, except for a certain favorite of mine. My prediction is that T.O. repeats as MVP.   Rookie Challenge: I'm going with the Rookies in an upset. Derrick Rose for MVP.   3-point Shootout: A Jason Kapano 3-peat. ...

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blog.cleveland.com 2/18/2008 — "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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wdkx.com 2/18/2008 — "Toss some leftover Mardi Gras beads toward the East. LeBron James and his crew earned them."
LeBron leads East to win
ohio.com 2/18/2008 — "LeBron James probably did not come to the Big Easy to make a case for season-ending Most Valuable Player honors. But the 57th NBA All-Star Game Sunday night certainly showcased James as more than just the league's leading scorer."
Voting Early and Often for LeBron James
myespn.go.com 2/18/2008 — Several TrueHoop readers have pointed out that fan voting for the All-Star Game MVP started at the beginning of the fourth quarter -- before most of Ray Allen's heroics. If the voting had started after the game, might the fourth quarter king, and ...
Allen, MVP James key East's All-Star win (AP)Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 2/18/2008
In a proud city still restoring its unique beauty, the Eastern Conference repaired its own image. Ray Allen scored 28 points, making three straight 3-pointers in the final 3:15, and LeBron James added 27 as the East, widely considered the NBA's weaker ...
LeBron's All-Star MVP Performance Helps East Edge WestNBA.com: News 2/18/2008
Ray Allen scored 28 points, making three straight 3-pointers in the final 3:15, and LeBron James added 27 as the East, widely considered the NBA's weaker half, beat the Western Conference 134-128 in Sunday night's All-Star Game.
LeBron, Allen lead East to All-Star Game winFOXSports.com News for NBA 2/18/2008
The East blew a huge All-Star Game lead. But Ray Allen and MVP LeBron James proved too much for the West, Mike Kahn says.
Ian Thomsen: New Orleans helps NBA rediscover its soulSI.com - NBA 2/18/2008
Sure, the East captured the All-Star Game and LeBron James was the MVP. But Ian Thomsen says the true story of the weekend was New Orleans helping the NBA rediscover its soul.
NBA All-Star Game | East gets its groove back with winThe Seattle Times: Sports 2/18/2008
Toss some leftover Mardi Gras beads toward the East. LeBron James and his crew earned them. Outdunking, outpassing and outperforming their...