NBA All-Star Game Live Blog


WashingtonWizards.com editor Andrew Rosen will be blogging tonight’s NBA All-Star Game live from New Orleans at 8:00 p.m. ET. Andrew will be able to answer all your questions about the weekend as well as give you his thoughts on tonight’s game.

7:54 EST
Hey everyone, Andrew Rosen here at NEW ORLEANS ARENA! I will do my best to live up to the blogging that Dave and Glen give you on a nightly basis. I hope you have all been enjoying the blog and all the All-Star coverage on washingtonwizards.com. We are about 25 minutes away from the start of the All-Star game. Hopefully the game can live up to what we got last night. Anyway, please join me in the blog and I would love to hear your thoughts on last night and answer any questions you might have, whether it’s Wizards, All-Star or even New Orleans related.

* For more exclusive coverage check out the 2008 NBA All-Star Index on WashingtonWizards.com!

157 Responses to “NBA All-Star Game Live Blog”

  1. SportzWiz Says:

    Hey everybody, starters are being announced and by far the loudest cheers have been for all the New Orleans guys, David West, Chris Paul and Byron Scott. And if you like Jazz music you would love it here, they have been blasting it since the players walked out. And to me that’s a good thing!

  2. SportzWiz Says:

    And that could be last we have seen from Kobe for the evening just 2 minutes and 42 seconds in.

  3. FantasticWiz Says:

    A lot of energy from the East front line. Good start for the East.

  4. SportzWiz Says:

    You can say that again FantasticWiz! they are running right past the west

  5. SportzWiz Says:

    AND ANTAWN HAS ENTERED THE GAME

  6. babsforlife Says:

    Hey, is anyone wearing the new Jordan XXIII’s?

  7. FantasticWiz Says:

    Jamison is on the coourt now for the East. Go Wizards!!

  8. babsforlife Says:

    How has Caron Butler handled not being able to play tonight?

  9. SportzWiz Says:

    Hey babs, I am not sure, unfortunately from my seat, seeing shoes is EXTREMELY difficult. Glad you could join us.

  10. FantasticWiz Says:

    Too much dribbling from Iverson…

  11. babsforlife Says:

    Really? I guess I have a better seat in front of my 50 inch HD TV.

  12. babsforlife Says:

    I keep thinking Iverson is still in the East…

  13. FantasticWiz Says:

    Five turnovers for the West starting PG.

  14. babsforlife Says:

    Fantastic, you think that ATL is going to be a better team now that they have Bibby?

  15. SportzWiz Says:

    Babs what did you think of Caron’s new shoes?

  16. babsforlife Says:

    Not sure, haven’t had a good look yet. Do you have a link?

  17. SportzWiz Says:

    TWAN IS ON THE BOARD!

  18. babsforlife Says:

    Haywood got the shaft

  19. FantasticWiz Says:

    Jamison for two from Pierce!!

  20. babsforlife Says:

    He should be a backup at least

  21. SportzWiz Says:

    http://www.nba.com/wizards/news/allstar08_dailyblog.html#4

  22. babsforlife Says:

    Do they glow in the dark? From that angle they look like they have some personality, from what I read, it’s a “shoe parade” and the NBA lifts all rules for shoe requirements…Back to Caron’s shoe’s I need another angle

  23. SportzWiz Says:

    As for the Hawks that team has always needed a true point and that’s what they get with bibby. It definitely helps their guard play at starter with Johnson and Bibby. The big issue with the trade is they took Shelden Williams 5 oveerall just a couple years ago and he obviously hasn’t lived up to the expectations. He was taken one pick ahead of All-Star Brandon Roy.

  24. Wizards4Life Says:

    i wish he would dunk it… give us a wind mill i know tho’s old legs got it in em

  25. SportzWiz Says:

    Try this video, more angles of the shoe. http://www.nba.com/wizards/multimedia/eastpractice2_080217.html

  26. SportzWiz Says:

    Hey Wiz4Life thanks for joining us.

  27. FantasticWiz Says:

    SportzWiz - What’s the difference in terms of the arena atmosphere between this year’s all-star and last year’s in vegas?

  28. SportzWiz Says:

    After a flurry of dunks to start the game has seemed to take some order, and just as i type that we get a dunk

  29. SportzWiz Says:

    Good question Fantastic, the main thing here is that most of the crowd is pro West/New Orleans. Last year nobody was really pulling for one player or one team, theres a definite difference in that regard. Also, last years game got out of hand very quickly which led to a quiet crowd after the first quarter.

  30. SportzWiz Says:

    Harry Connick Jr. will perform at halftime

  31. babsforlife Says:

    Thanks for the additional angles, after seeing those, I’m a fan and would buy them, but Nike doesn’t really release All-Star shoes…

  32. Wizards4Life Says:

    any one heard if Caron will be back right after the brake or is he going to sit one or two more?

  33. SportzWiz Says:

    I’ll see what i can find out over the next week and see if they are for sale

  34. babsforlife Says:

    Great thanks!

  35. SportzWiz Says:

    Wiz4life real good question. Ernest Eugene one of the wizards trainers, came down here to give Caron treatment over the break. I actually had dinner with ernest on Friday and we talked real shortly about it, basically the key is he needs to be 100%. If he’s 90% and comes back it will act up very quickly on him. And it’s really day to day. Caron really wants to come back.

    \I guess after all that I really didn’t tell u much. But we probably won’t know 100% one way or the other until tuesday.

  36. SportzWiz Says:

    Quick stat that was pretty crazy, The East had 13 assists in the first quarter!

  37. FantasticWiz Says:

    Except for the SF matchup between LBJ and Melo, I think the East are more athletic and faster than the West team. Clearly the West bench are playing better than their starters.

  38. SportzWiz Says:

    It’s officially a dunk a thon

  39. SportzWiz Says:

    WOW!

  40. Wizards4Life Says:

    yeah well it dose help i was hoping that he would stay out till his 100% i think we need him but as of right now 100% for the rest of the year is better than 90% for 2-3 games

  41. FantasticWiz Says:

    The combination of LBJ and Dwight Howard are amazing!!

  42. SportzWiz Says:

    You got it Wiz4Life. Combine that with a healthy antonio and Gil and this team could really be clicking come early April

  43. Wizards4Life Says:

    the west has the better teams but no dought the east has the better all around players

  44. FantasticWiz Says:

    Look at the stats line here… LBJ 12 pts, 6 rebs and 7 asts.

  45. SportzWiz Says:

    Just was saying that up here fantastic, definitely something to look at if he can get a triple0-double.

  46. FantasticWiz Says:

    Guess who’s gonna finish the game with the most dunks?? SportzWiz, will you be able to check the stats on dunks made?

  47. FantasticWiz Says:

    Yeah, a triple double in the first half.

  48. SportzWiz Says:

    When I get the full play-by-play I can take a look. I’ll guess Dwight Howard

  49. SportzWiz Says:

    Rasheed shooting left handed, just like practice

  50. FantasticWiz Says:

    I would like to see more accurate 3-point shooting. 3 of 17 from the East… not too good.

  51. Wizards4Life Says:

    dose the team that wins this get payed like a bonus or a charity check or something like that

  52. FantasticWiz Says:

    There you go, RIP.

  53. FantasticWiz Says:

    And Rasheed… They heard me.

  54. SportzWiz Says:

    ANd once again Sheed shooting lefty! That is incredible!

  55. Wizards4Life Says:

    lol he is doing it with his left hand thats got to be hard to do being right handed an all

  56. SportzWiz Says:

    As i said in my blog a couple days ago, he was doing it throughout shooting drills and he knocks in an incredible percentage.

  57. SportzWiz Says:

    Halfway Home

  58. FantasticWiz Says:

    What is the NBA All-Star record for scoring in a half?

  59. SportzWiz Says:

    Hey everyone, we just put up about 6 more videos at washingtonwizards.com. Halftime is a great time to check em out.

    http://www.nba.com/wizards/news/allstar08_index.html

  60. FantasticWiz Says:

    Thanks for the videos. I want that Agent-0 license plate.

  61. SportzWiz Says:

    1st half Dunk Stats for the East

    Lebron - 2
    Howard - 2
    Bosh - 4
    Wade - 1

  62. SportzWiz Says:

    I dont know the high for a 1/2 although i know it’s more than 74. The three highest scores for regulation all-star games is 153. With different teams scoring 154 and 155 in overtime games.

  63. LilGil Says:

    Great videos SportzWiz!! I was hoping you would put the practice videos!!
    About the game honestly it’s not amazing as for now even though we lived about 2 crazy minutes in the first half (back to back alley oops) I hope we’ll get some more crazyness in the second half (and some more Antawn Jamison!!).

  64. SportzWiz Says:

    I think we can all agree with that last part lilgil. As for the practice the biggest issue was they really didn’t do anything. It was 45 minutes, with 20 minutes of shooting drills, 5 minutes running out of bounds plays and then 20 minutes of half court shots. Nothing like shaq’s robot last year!

  65. LilGil Says:

    Yeah that’s what I was thinking, we’re feeling shaq, kobe, carter and I believe even gil’s absence tonight and this weekend….

  66. SportzWiz Says:

    Dwight Howard has really stepped up in their absences. Between the dunk contest and his personality he is made for all-star weekend.

  67. LilGil Says:

    I’m glad he’s there, just imagine this weekend without him….. Whatever happens in this second half I will never forget yesterday’s dunk contest :)

  68. SportzWiz Says:

    Agreed. Being around Antawn this whole weekend you can see how much it means to him to be at this event and playing in this game.

  69. SportzWiz Says:

    sloppy start to the 2nd.

  70. FantasticWiz Says:

    Yao for three… no good. Duncan missed a dunk. Just play your game!

  71. Wizards4Life Says:

    it looks a little more like a game now not just a dunk fest

  72. FantasticWiz Says:

    AI tries to take over for the West.

  73. FantasticWiz Says:

    Yao…No more threes.

  74. SportzWiz Says:

    looks like antawn will come it at the next stoppage in playl

  75. SportzWiz Says:

    nevermind!

  76. SportzWiz Says:

    now he’s in

  77. babsforlife Says:

    My projection for the MVP of the game: AI in the West and Bosh in the East

  78. FantasticWiz Says:

    OK. James… 19 - 8 - 8. He wins my MVP vote for the All-Star game.

  79. LilGil Says:

    Well I’ll go with queen labron for mvp.

  80. babsforlife Says:

    No Wizards fan can give the traveler a vote for MVP, come on Fantastic!

  81. FantasticWiz Says:

    Good effort by AJ.

  82. LilGil Says:

    I’m definitely not voting!!!!
    Btw seems like the wiz (recently are definitely not meant to score at the ASG

  83. SportzWiz Says:

    Fantastic is just calling it like he sees it.

  84. FantasticWiz Says:

    Sportzwiz, who’s your MVP so far?

  85. babsforlife Says:

    I think Gil had a rough time at All Star Game last year…

  86. SportzWiz Says:

    don’t be surprised if the west wins that C. Paul would somehow win it

  87. FantasticWiz Says:

    I guess there’s no traveling rule in the All-Star game.

  88. babsforlife Says:

    SportsWiz and Fantastic are in Cahoots for Lebron J!

  89. SportzWiz Says:

    Im sorry guys!!! 19, 8 and 8

  90. LilGil Says:

    Paul’s showing some good things out there!!

  91. babsforlife Says:

    I’m just getting ahead of myself….When LBJ hits the phone booth in the Postseason, it’s going to be different….

  92. SportzWiz Says:

    Personally I really want an East win

  93. LilGil Says:

    We’re two SportzWiz ;) Eventhough I’m still wondering what the heck Sheed’s doing out there??

  94. SportzWiz Says:

    Chris Paul is amazingly quick, i cant wait for New Orleans on March 2nd, hopefully our guys will be up to the challenge that day.

  95. SportzWiz Says:

    he’s shooting lefty :)!

  96. FantasticWiz Says:

    babsforlife… personally I hope we won’t see LBJ again in the postseason. But if we do, i am with you. Wax the floor of the Verizon Center!!

  97. SportzWiz Says:

    that’s what he’s doing.

  98. SportzWiz Says:

    I’ll take it in the Eastern Conference finals fantastic :)

  99. SportzWiz Says:

    What better way to get revenge

  100. LilGil Says:

    Pierce thought he was Gil for a second ;)

  101. SportzWiz Says:

    He thought he was reliving 2002 when he did it over Al Harrington

  102. FantasticWiz Says:

    Did Pierce say “Hibachi” on the release?

  103. SportzWiz Says:

    Just a quick reminder the fans vote for MVP, so you can text in whoever you want to win the MVP of the game. And the most text will decide the winner.

  104. LilGil Says:

    mmmmh will I spend 100$ on voting for ‘tawn?? no so I won’t vote lol.

  105. SportzWiz Says:

    LilGil, sorry about the international rates.

  106. SportzWiz Says:

    Fourth quarter now we’ll see if the game starts getting a little more serious.

  107. FantasticWiz Says:

    What’s the txt number to vote?

  108. LilGil Says:

    it’s alright, the real problem is the fact that it’s 4:46 am in here and I have class a in about three hours !!

  109. SportzWiz Says:

    LOVE IT LILGIL!

  110. SportzWiz Says:

    I don’t have the # but you can also vote online by clicking here

  111. FantasticWiz Says:

    That was a nasty facial…by Stoudemire

  112. SportzWiz Says:

    The whole crowd gave a loud gasp after that one.

  113. LilGil Says:

    Yeah you gotta love Stoudemire’s power, let’s hope Howard pays back :D

  114. FantasticWiz Says:

    I called it “Spiderman” over “Superman” dunk.

  115. SportzWiz Says:

    For voting by phone, text the last name to 38657.

  116. SportzWiz Says:

    here comes the west, tied at 110!

  117. FantasticWiz Says:

    It’s getting excited now. Game is tied at 110.

  118. LilGil Says:

    wow Stoudemire’s slaming, Paul’s stealing, Dirk’s scoring the East gotta wake up right now

  119. SportzWiz Says:

    CP3 and the sell-out crowd going after LEBRON after that airball

  120. FantasticWiz Says:

    East is in trouble now… West is playing with more poise now… and less dribbling.

  121. SportzWiz Says:

    East went back to a lineup thats gotten a lot of results, kidd, howard, lebron, dwade and now Ray allen, going a little smaller.

  122. SportzWiz Says:

    West is countering by going big. I like this for the East if the east can keep it out of the half court style

  123. LilGil Says:

    wow hugggggggggggggggggggggge and 1….

  124. SportzWiz Says:

    The move is not workin out for doc rivers and the east. West keeping it in a slow place.

  125. LilGil Says:

    even bigger 3…

  126. FantasticWiz Says:

    East have some tired legs

  127. LilGil Says:

    You know what, if it was Caron in there, he would have got those 3 pointers WITH A FOUL lol.

  128. SportzWiz Says:

    Ray allen goign off!

  129. FantasticWiz Says:

    Wooooo….. back 2 back 2 back threes from R. Allen

  130. SportzWiz Says:

    NO DOUBT LIL GIL! NO DOUBT

  131. FantasticWiz Says:

    West bench outscore the starters by a ton.

  132. SportzWiz Says:

    If the east doesn’t win i hope it’s chris paul that is the reason.

  133. FantasticWiz Says:

    What a jam…

  134. SportzWiz Says:

    The entire Press row jumped after that one

  135. SportzWiz Says:

    Lebron Wow!

  136. SportzWiz Says:

    DAGGER!

  137. FantasticWiz Says:

    Wade … and 1

  138. LilGil Says:

    Wow that’s what you need to win an allstar game!!!

  139. FantasticWiz Says:

    Did Ray Allen just travel?

  140. LilGil Says:

    never seen anyone walking with a ball in his hands more than allen just did lol.

  141. SportzWiz Says:

    even Lebron LilGil? :)

  142. SportzWiz Says:

    Ok everyone it’s been fun, time to head out! Thanks so much for joining me and I hope I didn’t let dave and Glenn down!

  143. LilGil Says:

    Okay I maybe forgot about him ^^.
    You know what, I’m sure Lebron was running up and down the floor thinking “boy allen’s about to steal that mvp from me, I need something to get back on top” and he threw that nasty dunk.

  144. FantasticWiz Says:

    Good finish… I guess Ray Allen stole the MVP trophy from LBJ.

  145. LilGil Says:

    Thank’s guys for being here tonight, always a great place to chat ;) see ya on tuesday!!

  146. LilGil Says:

    I believe it’s clear who got the mvp honors…
    Bye!

  147. FantasticWiz Says:

    I forgot that most fans txt their MVP vote prior to R. Allen’s shooting spree.

  148. FantasticWiz Says:

    Good night everyone!

  149. Wizards4Life Says:

    thanks for the blog.. i dont think fans should vote for anything too many people out there with posters and no common sense

  150. LilGil Says:

    I was actually gonna ask you if I was the only one worried by the power fans are getting lately?!

  151. FLOYDBT Says:

    I really want the wizards to make a trade and the sonics are open to trade Mickael Gelabale,johan petro,damien wilkens,and wally all good players that the wizards need to pursue….i say trade Darius and etan for johan petro,Mickael Gelabale ,and damien wilkens…

  152. FLOYDBT Says:

    Also another trade would be for francisco elson of the spurs for darius and a 2nd round draft pick…. francisco can be a good back up for brendan and with darius gone andray would be able to play more at the PF position

  153. Tom Mandel Says:

    What makes you think the Sonics or Spurs want to make those trades?

    I might add, btw, that Petro, Gelabale and Wilkins are three of the worst players in the league. Francisco Elson is below average but not as bad as the other three. We have a competent backup center in Etan Thomas as soon as he returns — and as long as Eddie doesn’t coach him and Brendan into fighting w/ each other.

    The nets are about to get much worse, while the Hawks just got a little better. The team that made out unbelievably, however, is Miami — they just acquired one of the best players in the league for Shaq who was great once (but no more).

  154. Tom Mandel Says:

    “one of the best players in the league” — i.e. Shawn Marion.

  155. Tom Mandel Says:

    You guys are going to hate this. Here is Dave Berri’s (of Wages of Wins fame) analysis of NBA rookies at mid-point (i.e. about 10 days ago). Note that this is *not* opinion; it’s statistical analysis using what is, so far, the best method.

    You will notice that Nick Young is the 2d worst rookie on the list. The worst at mid-point was Andre Thornton, but he has picked up his game in the last weeks, so Nick is probably at the bottom.

    http://www.wagesofwins.com/TopRookiesMid0708.html

    Note that for some reason Dave forgot to put Dominic’s numbers in there. They aren’t good, through 41 games, but like Andre he has picked it up a lot.

  156. wiz-skins07 Says:

    From ESPN.com

    WASHINGTON — Gilbert Arenas was cleared to participate in light, non-contact drills by the Washington Wizards on Monday, a step forward in his return from left knee surgery.

    Arenas has said he hopes to return to the Wizards in the coming weeks. The team has not said when he can return to full-contact practice.

    Another injured Wizards player, center Etan Thomas, was cleared to practice for the first time since he had open-heart surgery in October. No timetable has been set for him to play in a game.

    After a routine preseason physical, Thomas was told surgery would be a good idea because of a leaky aortic valve. The biggest impediment to his return to practice had been concern over how much pounding he could take on his sternum, which was broken during the 4½-hour operation.

    Arenas, third in the NBA in scoring in 2006-07, injured his left knee late last season and needed surgery. He returned to action at the start of this season, but needed another operation in November.

    The Wizards (25-27) return from the All-Star break Tuesday night at home against the New York Knicks.

    Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press

  157. Tom Mandel Says:

    Now look at the sophomores at mid-point in the season, analyzed the same way:

    http://www.wagesofwins.com/TopSophsMid0708.html

    Note that six of the top eight were available when we chose Oleksiy. In particular, Jordan Farmar would look very good on our team. He’s a real point guard, and he has a game similar to Antonio’s.

    As to the rookies, it’s obvious in retrospect that Sean Williams was a steal; but, he had a reputation as possibly a bad citizen, and we don’t pick guys like that. Glen Davis, who dropped to round 2 inexplicably, would have been a good choice as well. I believe Paul Millsap, who is going to have a 10 year career was taken 1 pick before we got Vereeemeeenkkko, whoever he is.

    Hindsight is 20-20 as they say. On the other hand, Millsap led the nation in rebounding, Glen Davis won a championship for his college team, and those things were pretty easy to see.

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