1995 NBA All-Star Game

1995 NBA All-Star Game
Date	February 12, 1995
Arena	America West Arena
City	Phoenix
MVP	Mitch Richmond
National anthem	Boys Choir of Harlem
Attendance	18,755
Network	NBC; TNT (All-Star Saturday);
Announcers	Marv Albert, Matt Guokas and Steve Jones; Bob Neal, Doug Collins and Hubie Brown (All-Star Saturday);
West	East
NBA All-Star Game
< 1994	1996 >

The 1995 NBA All-Star Game was the 45th edition of the All-Star Game. The Western Conference won 139–112. The city of Phoenix hosted the event for the second time (the only previous All-Star game there occurred in 1975). Mitch Richmond of the Sacramento Kings was voted MVP of the game.

The 1995 NBA All-Star Game was broadcast by NBC the fifth consecutive year.

Background information

Charles Barkley was the main host of the event. During a break in the game near the fourth quarter he even wanted to shoot himself out of a catapult, but his coach made sure he didn't do it because he did not want his star player to get injured.^[1]

Grant Hill of the Detroit Pistons was the first rookie in NBA history to lead the league in votes for this year's All-Star game.^[2] Hakeem Olajuwon led the Western Conference voting.^[2] Karl Malone and David Robinson were both questionable for the game due to injuries but they ended up playing limited minutes.^[2] Dominique Wilkins and Clyde Drexler were not selected.^[2]

Larry Johnson came back to the All-Star lineup after missing last year's game due to a serious back injury. It meant a lot for him to come back from the injury and make the All-Star fame the next season. He came back as a reserve this year.^[2] Penny Hardaway played his first game as a starter for the Eastern conference team this year.^[3] Cedric Ceballos was selected as a reserve, but did not play due to being injured beforehand by Dikembe Mutombo in a regular season game. Mutombo replaced Ceballos.^[2]

Michael Jordan missed the game as he was still in the midst of his first retirement from basketball.^[4]

Roster

**Eastern Conference All-Stars**
Pos	Player	Team	No. of selections	Votes
Starters
G	Penny Hardaway	Orlando Magic	1st	999,327
G	Reggie Miller	Indiana Pacers	2nd	908,493
F	Scottie Pippen	Chicago Bulls	5th	1,134,525
F	Grant Hill	Detroit Pistons	1st	1,289,585
C	Shaquille O'Neal	Orlando Magic	3rd	1,263,451
Reserves
F	Vin Baker	Milwaukee Bucks	1st	—
G	Dana Barros	Philadelphia 76ers	1st	—
G	Joe Dumars	Detroit Pistons	5th	826,935
C	Patrick Ewing	New York Knicks	9th	728,331
F	Tyrone Hill	Cleveland Cavaliers	1st	—
F	Larry Johnson	Charlotte Hornets	2nd	698,931
C	Alonzo Mourning	Charlotte Hornets	2nd	664,927
Head coach: Brian Hill (Orlando Magic)

**Western Conference All-Stars**
Pos	Player	Team	No. of selections	Votes
Starters
G	Latrell Sprewell	Golden State Warriors	2nd	861,223
G	Dan Majerle	Phoenix Suns	3rd	868,115
F	Charles Barkley	Phoenix Suns	9th	1,046,105
F	Shawn Kemp	Seattle SuperSonics	3rd	1,027,451
C	Hakeem Olajuwon	Houston Rockets	10th	1,125,032
Reserves
F	Cedric Ceballos ^INJ	Los Angeles Lakers	1st	259,464
F	Karl Malone	Utah Jazz	8th	526,741
C	Dikembe Mutombo ^REP	Denver Nuggets	2nd	594,789
G	Gary Payton	Seattle SuperSonics	2nd	567,324
G	Mitch Richmond	Sacramento Kings	3rd	—
C	David Robinson	San Antonio Spurs	6th	1,046,364
F	Detlef Schrempf	Seattle SuperSonics	2nd	391,451
G	John Stockton	Utah Jazz	7th	798,219
Head coach: Paul Westphal (Phoenix Suns)

^INJ Cedric Ceballos did not participate due to injury.
^REP Dikembe Mutombo replaced Cedric Ceballos.

Box score

Eastern Conference

Player	Min	Fg	3pt	Ft	Reb	Ast	Pts
Grant Hill, DET	20	5-8	0-0	0-0	0	3	10
Scottie Pippen, CHI	30	5-15	2-6	0-0	7	3	12
Shaquille O'Neal, ORL	26	9-16	0-1	4-7	7	1	22
Penny Hardaway, ORL	31	4-9	0-2	4-6	5	11	12
Reggie Miller, IND	23	3-9	3-6	0-0	0	2	9
Joe Dumars, DET	21	5-8	1-2	0-0	0	6	11
Patrick Ewing, NYK	22	4-7	0-0	2-2	3	1	10
Dana Barros, PHI	11	2-5	1-3	0-0	1	3	5
Larry Johnson, CHA	20	2-3	1-1	2-2	4	2	7
Alonzo Mourning, CHA	19	4-9	0-1	2-3	8	1	10
Vin Baker, MIL	11	0-2	0-0	2-4	2	0	2
Tyrone Hill, CLE	6	1-1	0-0	0-0	4	0	2
Total	240	44-92	8-22	16-24	41	33	112

Western Conference

Player	Min	Fg	3pt	Ft	Reb	Ast	Pts
Charles Barkley, PHO	23	7-12	1-4	0-0	9	2	15
Shawn Kemp, SEA	23	4-6	0-0	5-6	2	2	13
Hakeem Olajuwon, HOU	25	6-13	1-1	0-2	11	1	13
Dan Majerle, PHO	20	4-12	2-7	0-0	5	3	10
Latrell Sprewell, GSW	22	4-9	0-2	1-1	4	4	9
Gary Payton, SEA	23	3-10	0-3	0-0	5	15	6
Mitch Richmond, SAC	22	10-13	3-3	0-0	4	2	23
David Robinson, SAS	14	3-5	0-0	4-6	3	2	10
Detlef Schrempf, SEA	18	4-11	1-4	0-0	4	5	9
Dikembe Mutombo, DEN	20	6-8	0-0	0-0	8	1	12
Karl Malone, UTA	16	6-6	0-0	3-4	3	1	15
John Stockton, UTA	14	2-6	0-3	0-0	1	6	4
Total	240	59-111	8-27	13-19	59	44	139

Match data

Score by period	1	2	3	4	Total
East	28	28	25	31	112
West	31	41	32	35	139

References

^ Nadkarni, Rohan. "NBA All-Star 1995: A celebrity dunk contest, Charles Barkley roast and more". SI.com. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Hill & Co. give big show new cast 1995 NBA ALL-STAR GAME". tribunedigital-baltimoresun. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
^ "Penny Hardaway Player Profile, Miami Heat, News, Rumors, NBA Stats, NCAA Stats, Events Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
^ "Mitch Richmond is the 1995 NBA All-Star Game MVP". Sneaker History. February 12, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2017.

External links

[1] Nadkarni, Rohan. "NBA All-Star 1995: A celebrity dunk contest, Charles Barkley roast and more". SI.com. Retrieved May 5, 2017.

[baltimore-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Hill & Co. give big show new cast 1995 NBA ALL-STAR GAME". tribunedigital-baltimoresun. Retrieved May 5, 2017.

[3] "Penny Hardaway Player Profile, Miami Heat, News, Rumors, NBA Stats, NCAA Stats, Events Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved May 6, 2017.

[4] "Mitch Richmond is the 1995 NBA All-Star Game MVP". Sneaker History. February 12, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2017.

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