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NBA All Star Game

LONG DISTANCE SHOOTOUT

In 1986 NBA added another element to the party. The last enlargement has been in 1984, and then Dallas had the honour of being the place where this contest began.

The rules are very easy. Players have to shot 25 balls, 5 in each position. The last ball of each position has three colors (red, blue and white), it costs 2 points. The rest of the balls are brown, their value are only one point. 8 players participate in 3 rounds, losing the players with the less puntuation in each round.

At the moment, these are the 16 editions:

1986
The first proof was good. Bird's participation put a high level, Larry was the first winner with a great final.

    RESULTS 

FIRST ROUND                    SEMIFINAL                        FINAL

Craig Hodges .... 25           Larry Bird ....... 18            Larry Bird ...... 22

Trent Tucker .... 19           Craig Hodges* .... 14            Craig Hodges .... 12

Dale Ellis ...... 17           Dale Ellis ....... 14                         

Larry Bird ...... 16           Trent Tucker ..... 13 

Sleepy Floyd .... 13           *Hodges won to Ellis in the extra round

Kyle Macy ....... 13

Leon Wood ....... 13

Norm Nixon ....... 9
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1987
Larry Bird participated for second time, and who won? You' re right.

    RESULTS 

FIRST ROUND                    SEMIFINAL                        FINAL

Detlef Schrempf.. 19           Larry Bird ....... 18            Larry Bird ...... 16

Michael Cooper... 15           Detlef Schrempf... 16            Detlef Schrempf.. 14

Danny Ainge...... 14           Michael Cooper.... 10                       

Larry Bird ...... 13*          Danny Ainge ......  8 

Dale Ellis ...... 13*

Craig Hodges..... 13*

Kiki Vandeweghe.. 12

Byron Scott....... 9

*Bird won in the extra round
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1988
Again, again, again... for the third consecutive time Larry Bird won the contest, this time with his finger he said "I'm the number one".

    RESULTS 

FIRST ROUND                    SEMIFINAL                        FINAL

Byron Scott ..... 19           Larry Bird ....... 23            Larry Bird ...... 17

Larry Bird ...... 17           Dale Ellis ....... 12            Dale Ellis ...... 15

Dale Ellis ...... 16           Byron Scott ...... 11                        

Detlef Schrempf . 15           Detlef Schrempf ..  5

Danny Ainge ..... 14

Mark Price ...... 14

Trent Tucker .... 11

Craig Hodges .....10
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1989
Dale Ellis could win. He taked advantage of Larry Bird's absence, and won his first contest with a regular series. NBA invited to Rimas Kurtinaitis, probably the best european shooter in the 80's. He finished the last, maybe too much distance for him.

    RESULTS 

FIRST ROUND                    SEMIFINAL                        FINAL

Craig Hodges .... 20           Dale Ellis ....... 18            Dale Ellis ...... 19

Dale Ellis ...... 19           Craig Hodges ..... 18            Craig Hodges .... 15

Gerald Henderson  17           Gerald Henderson . 13                         

Reggie Miller ... 15           Reggie Miller .... 11  

Michael Adams ... 12

Derek Harper .... 12

Jon Sundvold .... 12

Danny Ainge ..... 11

Rimas Kurtinaitis  9
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1990
The time of Craig Hodges had begun. The Bulls' player won his first contest after five participations. In the first round Jordan, out of his air, was eliminated with only 5 points.

    RESULTS 

FIRST ROUND                    SEMIFINAL                        FINAL

Craig Hodges .... 20           Reggie Miller .... 18            Craig Hodges .... 17

Reggie Miller ... 16           Craig Hodges* .... 17            Reggie Miller ... 15

Bobby Hansen .... 15           Jon Sundvold* .... 17                        

Jon Sundvold .... 15           Bobby Hansen ..... 14 

Craig Ehlo ...... 14           *Hodges won to Sundvold in the extra round

Larry Bird ...... 13

Mark Price ...... 11

Michael Jordan ... 5
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1991
Hodges won again, and made a huge record, he got 19 consecutive shots in the semifinals!

    RESULTS 

FIRST ROUND                    SEMIFINAL                        FINAL

Craig Hodges .... 20           Craig Hodges ..... 24            Craig Hodges .... 17

Danny Ainge ..... 18           Terry Porter ..... 14            Terry Porter .... 12

Dennis Scott .... 16           Dennis Scott ..... 12                        

Terry Porter* ... 15           Danny Ainge ...... 11   
                               
Tim Hardaway* ... 15           

Hersey Hawkins .. 14

Glen Rice .......  9

Clyde Drexler ...  8

*Porter won to Hardaway in the extra round.
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1992
Three-Hodges. This time less brilliant, but effective.

    RESULTS 

FIRST ROUND                    SEMIFINAL                        FINAL

Craig Hodges .... 16           Jim Les .......... 20            Craig Hodges .... 16

Jim Les ......... 15           Craig Hodges ..... 15            Jim Les ......... 15

Drazen Petrovic . 13           Mitch Richmond ... 11                       

Mitch Richmond .. 12           Drazen Petrovic ..  8 

Dell Curry ...... 11           

John Stockton ... 11

Craig Ehlo ...... 10

Jeff Hornacek ...  7
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1993
The third participation of Mark Price was very good. He dominated all the series, and won clearly. Hodges won his third extra round, but lost in semifinal.

    RESULTS 

FIRST ROUND                    SEMIFINAL                        FINAL

Mark Price ...... 19           Mark Price ....... 21            Mark Price ...... 16

Terry Porter .... 16           Terry Porter ..... 17            Terry Porter .... 15

Dana Barros ..... 15           Craig Hodges ..... 16                        

Craig Hodges* ... 14           Dana Barros ...... 15

Reggie Miller* .. 14           

Kenny Smith ..... 12

B.J. Armstrong .. 11

Dan Majerle ..... 10

*Hodges won in the extra round.
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1994
Like other players before, Mark Price won the contest for second consecutive time. He made an amazing final with 24 points, for only 13 of Dana Barros.

    RESULTS 

FIRST ROUND                    SEMIFINAL                        FINAL

Dale Ellis ...... 20           Mark Price ....... 21            Mark Price ...... 16

Steve Kerr ...... 18           Dana Barros ...... 17            Dana Barros ..... 15

Mark Price ...... 15           Steve Kerr ....... 13                        

Dana Barros* .... 13           Dale Ellis ....... 10 

Erick Murdock* .. 13           

Dell Curry ...... 12

Mitch Richmond .. 12

B.J. Armstrong ..  8

*Barros won in the extra round.
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1995
A great shooter like Glenn Rice won in a weak contest.

    RESULTS 

FIRST ROUND                    SEMIFINAL                        FINAL

Scott Burrell ... 19           Reggie Miller .... 19            Glenn Rice ...... 16

Reggie Miller ... 17           Glenn Rice ....... 19            Reggie Miller ... 15

Chuck Person .... 15           Scott Burrell .... 17                       

Glenn Rice ...... 14           Chuck Person ..... 16

Steve Kerr ...... 13           

Nick Anderson ... 12

Dana Barros .....  9

Dan Majerle .....  9
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1996
A huge contest by the rookie Tim Legler, allow him to win, maybe in the best contet of the history. The first player with 20 or more points in each round.

    RESULTS 

FIRST ROUND                    SEMIFINAL                        FINAL

Tim Legler ...... 23           Tim Legler ....... 22            Tim Legler ...... 16

Dennis Scott .... 19           Dennis Scott ..... 19            Dennis Scott .... 15

George McCloud .. 18           George McCloud ... 17                         

Steve Kerr ...... 18           Steve Kerr ....... 17 

Dana Barros ..... 18           

Hubert Davis .... 17

Glenn Rice ...... 17

Clifford Robinson 17
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1997
After three attempts, Steve Kerr won the contest. He was better in each round.

    RESULTS 

FIRST ROUND                    SEMIFINAL                        FINAL

Walt Williams ... 18           Steve Kerr ....... 21            Steve Kerr ...... 16

Tim Legler ...... 17           Tim Legler ....... 19            Tim Legler ..... 15

Glenn Rice ...... 16           Glen Rice ........ 14                         

Steve Kerr ...... 15           Walt Williams .... 12   

John Stockton ... 13           

Dale Ellis ...... 12

Terry Mills ..... 11

Sam Perkins .....  8
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1998
Jeff Hornacek won in a weak-regular participation. The second, Hubert Davis, got two great marks. 24 points in the semifinal (best mark with Craig Hodges) and 10 points in the final, the worst puntuation.

    RESULTS 

FIRST ROUND                    SEMIFINAL                        FINAL

Dale Ellis ...... 18           Hubert Davis ..... 24            Jeff Hornacek ... 16

Jeff Hornacek ... 17           Jeff Hornacek* ... 15            Hubert Davis ... 10

Charlie Ward .... 15           Dale Ellis* ...... 15                         

Hubert Davis .... 15           Charlie Ward ..... 11  

Sam Mack ........ 14           *Hornacek won to Ellis in the extra round.

Glenn Rice ...... 13

Tracy Murray..... 12

Reggie Miller ... 12
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2000
Hornacek won again in the (probably) worst contest in the history. The final was ugly, winning Hornacek with only 13 points.
This edition only had two rounds, with three players in the final.
The German Dirk Nowitzki is the tallest player (7 feet) in this kind of contest.

    RESULTS 

FIRST ROUND     POINTS  BEST STREAK  3COLOR BALL
Dirk Nowitzki     18	    6		  3
Jeff Hornacek     17        7		  2
Ray Allen         16	    3		  4
Mike Bibby        15	    5		  3
Terry Porter      15	    5		  2
Hubert Davis      14	    7		  2
Allen Iverson     10	    2		  1
Bob Sura           9	    5		  1

FINAL	        POINTS  BEST STREAK  3COLOR BALL
Jeff Hornacek     13	    3		  2
Dirk Nowitzki     11	    2		  4
Ray Allen	      10	    3		  1
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2001
Players were selected for two reasons, the best averages and 3 pointers made. Ray Allen was the best, while Peja Stojakovic almost won two contests in a day (minutes before he won the 2Ball with Ruthie Bolton Holifield), and Dirk Nowitzki repeated final. Allen had only 9 points with 10 balls left, but in that moment he showed why he is one of the top shooters in the NBA, scoring 9 consecutive shots (10 points) that gave him the victory.

    RESULTS 

FIRST ROUND     POINTS  BEST STREAK  3COLOR BALL
Ray Allen         20	    6		  3
Peja Stojakovic   19        5		  3
Dirk Nowitzki     17	    5		  3
Pat Garrity       15	    3		  3
Steve Nash        14	    4		  3
Rashard Lewis     12	    4		  2
Allan Houston     11	    4		  2
Bryon Russell     10	    2		  1

FINAL	        POINTS  BEST STREAK  3COLOR BALL
Ray Allen         19	   10		  3
Peja Stojakovic   17	    4		  3
Dirk Nowitzki     10	    3		  1
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2002
Peja Stojakovic impoved his second place of the past edition, while Ray Allen (the defending champ) fell in the first round.
In the final, Peja and Cavaliers shooter Wesley Person tied with 19 points. Peja won in the 24 seconds tie-break by 9-5.
The surprises were paul Pierce and Steve Smith, with only 8 points in the first round.

    RESULTS 

FIRST ROUND       POINTS  BEST STREAK  3COLOR BALL
Wesley Person       21	      9		    3		 	   	
Peja Stojakovic     20        4		    4 	
Steve Nash          15	      4		    3
Quentin Richardson  14	      4		    3
Ray Allen           14	      6	        1
Mike Miller         10	      2		    2
Paul Pierce          8	      3		    1
Steve Smith          8	      2		    0

FINAL	        POINTS  BEST STREAK  3COLOR BALL
Peja Stojakovic   19*	    5		  1
Wesley Person     19	    5		  2
Steve Nash        18	    5		  2

* In the tie-break, Stojakovic won 9-5.
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2003
Repeating the 2002 contest, Peja Stojakovic won again in the tiebreaker against Wesley Person, in a exciting contest with very high scores.

In the first round, were eliminated Pat Garrity, David Wesley and Antoine Walker, who had a lot of troubles to shoot all the balls because of his slow pace. He almost made a negative record, but he got 5 of 7 points in the last seconds.
Wesley Person didn't shoot well, but he made the minimum (14 points) to enter in the final round. More efective were Stojakovic and Brent Barry, both with 19 points.

In the final, Person began slow but finished on fire with 20 points. Stojakovic's answer was great, reaching the 20 points barrier, but he missed his last 2 shots. Brent Barry only made 17 points, and he'll have to wait until another edition to become the first player to win the slam dunk and the shootout contest.
This edition, the tie-break had a complete minute instead of 30 seconds. Stojakovic shot first, but his serie was a chaos (13 points). He shot while a buzzer started to work, some balls almost hit him on the face ... so the judges decided to cancel this serie.
Person was the first to shoot now, and he only made 16 points. Theoretically, Peja had to be very tired at this moment of the contest, but he keeped surprising people scoring 22 points (Maximum score in a final tied with Craig Hodges) in order to get his second contest.

    RESULTS 

FIRST ROUND       POINTS  BEST STREAK  3COLOR BALL
Brent Barry         19	      5		    4		 	   	
Peja Stojakovic     19        4		    1 	
Wesley Person       14	      4		    2
Pat Garrity         13	      4		    1
David Wesley        12	      4	        2
Antoine Walker       7	      3		    1

FINAL	          POINTS  BEST STREAK  3COLOR BALL
Peja Stojakovic     20	      4  	    3
Wesley Person       20	      7		    3
Brent Barry         17	      4		    2

TIE-BREAK	   POINTS  BEST STREAK  3COLOR BALL
Peja Stojakovic     22	     5		    4
Wesley Person       16       4	        1
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