The challenge of the East and the West renewed the absence of Kobe.

Which will continue basketball fans in the world Sunday to follow-up to All-Star game, "Stars" Traditional players combine the western and eastern regions of NBA basketball in the new stadium for the football team Dallas Cowboys and the U.S. in front of 90 thousand spectators (record).
The version of 59 held outdoors in weather conditions permitting, as the roof pitch can be opened and closed according to the engineers who oversaw the construction, but the heavy snowfall on Friday in Dallas last week, starting the celebrations end.
The Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade: "I hope that people can access, and calm down a little snow to enjoy the offer. We are determined to be the first event of its kind."
The All-Star game was held on the football field on two occasions in 1989 in Houston and 1996 in San Antonio, Dallas noted that not embraced this game since 1986.
The Stars won the Western Region in the game last year, the outcome of the 146-119, which was chosen Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal, the best players in the game, after scoring the first 27 points with 4 assists and 4 rebounds, and added a second on 17 points with 5 rebounds, and LeBron James to succeed, who won award the best player last season for the second time after 2006, after leading the team to win the eastern region 134-128 in the game hosted by New Orleans. The win was the 23 last season for the Western Region in the All-Star game against 35 losses.
It seems to pointing out the large number of viewers expected to attend to the pitch, knowing that the record in the All-Star game, was 44.735 spectators in Houston in 1989, while the back record number of viewers of a basketball game in the United States in 2003 between teams Michigan and Kentucky in the top universities in Detroit, attended by 78.129 thousand spectators.
Will represent the Western Region in the starting line distributor of Canadian veteran Steve Nash (Phoenix Suns), Carmelo Anthony (Denver Nuggets), Tim Duncan (San Antonio), Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas Mavericks), Amare Stodamaer (Phoenix Suns).
Will represent the Eastern Region, Joe Johnson (Atlanta Hawks), Dwyane Wade (Miami Heat), LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers), Kevin Garnett (Boston Celtics) and Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic).
Absent from the confrontation of traditional star Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant defending champion injured his ankle, and player PHILADELPHIA Allen Iverson for his daughter's illness, as well as Chris Paul (New Orleans Hornets), Brandon Roy (Portland Trail Blaiziz), and Cleveland giant Shaquille O'Neal not selected.
The total German Nowitzki of Dallas Mavericks on Friday that it will participate core team Western Region instead of Bryant, while Stan Van Gandhi chose to coach the eastern region of Atlanta Hawks player Joe Johnson of the solutions rather than Iverson.
Nowitzki said: "It would be different, particularly in terms of payment to the basket with backgrounds far, but it will be interesting from a historical perspective in the city, which has become my second home."
In the absence of Bryant the best player three times in the All-Star game, will go to the attention of the Cleveland Cavaliers "King" LeBron James is an distinctive faces in recent seasons of the league.
Participate Kevin Garnett (33 years) of the Boston Celtics for the thirteenth time in this match, which will see the participation of nine players for the first time, five from the eastern region are David Lee (Knicks), the Harford (Atlanta Hawks), Gerald Wallace (Charlotte Bobcats) , Rajon Rondo (Boston Celtics) and Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls), and four from the western region are Kevin Durant (Thunder Ockelahuma), Zach Randolph (Memphis Grizzlies), Chris Kaman (LA Clippers) and Deron Williams (Utah Jazz).
Key players have been selected by the public while the task of identifying the players returned to reserve the two coaches, Stan Van Gandhi (Orlando Magic) for the Eastern Region, and George Karl (Denver Nuggets) for the Western Region.
The program includes the end of the week challenge the "Rockies" (conducted) and test three-pointers and crush the ball into the basket and on the pitch of the Dallas Mavericks, before moving on to the game event at the "Cowboys" on Sunday.

Transfer rumors:
At this time, news started to apply transfer window, and reported that Phoenix Suns star Amare Stodamaer required of the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks. Commenting on this player giant News: "I do not understand why every year the news I concentrate on the transfer. It is a business in the end, I can not control what is beyond my control. Stay away from this atmosphere and focus on the pitch."

"Rockies" get over "Sofumur":
In the match between the best new players, "Rockies" and the second year players, "Sofumur", beat Rockies 140-128 after seven losses in a row.
Scored Teric Evans (20 years) for the Sacramento Kings player had 26 points for the winner was selected the best player in the meeting, while Russell Westbrook to the best player in Oklahoma Sofumur with 40 points.

From beyond the arc:
Looks interesting competition in the competition of three-pointers with players such as the Denver Nuggets star Chansi Billups (42% this season), Paul Pierce (Boston Celtics 45%), Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors 43%), Italian Danilo Galinari (New York Knicks 40%) , Channing Frye (Phoenix Suns 43%) and Daicuan Cook (Miami Heat) only won the title previously.

Sahako card:
Competition crushing the ball, "Dunk" is the last exam on Saturday, and breathtaking holiday, after having lived the glorious moments in history, showed great names such as Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins, Isaiah Rider, and Web Spade a member of the judging panel this year.
It remains Nate Robinson New York's strongest contenders for the title, which was crowned by the years 2006 and 2009. The Sinavsh Shannon Brown (Los Angeles Lakers), Gerald Wallace (Charlotte Bobcats), Eric Gordon (LA Clippers) or Demar de Rosen (Toronto Raptors).