NBA All Star Game Tickets

The NBA All Star Game was first put together by the NBA in the Boston Garden on March 2, 1951. From than on, the game has contested the best players in the East against the best players in the West. The NBA All Star Game was encouraged by annual mid-season of the MLB All-Star Game, league public relations director Haskell Cohen proposed that the NBA should theater a related game. The NBA's president, Maurice Podoloff, agreed, and Boston Celtics owner Walter Brown offered the use of Boston Garden at no charge.

The first All Star Game was played in 1951 attracted 10,094 fans. In 1984, the day before a slam-dunk competition was added the game and a three-point shooting competition was added in 1986. Jordan was given a starting spot by Vince Carter, and at half time was honored. But while he passed Kareem for first on the All-Star scoring list, MJ's would-be game-winner was negated by a last-second foul and the East fell in double OT. Buy NBA All Star Game Tickets. Commissioner David Stern announced on Tuesday that Houston will host the 2006 NBA All-Star Game on February 19, NBA.

"Houston has distinguished itself as a sports center," Stern tolling the media at a news conference in the Toyota Center, Houston, where the Rocket's home court is located. This is the second time the city is the host at the midseason event. In 1989, the All Star Game Tickets was held at the Astrodome. (NBA Allstar Game Tickets) NBA All-Star has turned into a week-long celebration. The contest tips off on Friday as the League's top rookies and second-year players square off in the Rookie Challenge.

The enthusiasm of the game continues the next day with NBA All-Star Saturday featuring the Shooting Stars, a shooting competition featuring NBA, WNBA players and NBA legends; Skills Challenge, a competition of top guards working against the clock to complete a series of passes, long-rang shots and agility drills; and the Three-point Shootout, where six of the NBA's best shooters competeagainst eath other and versus the clock in the test of three-pointshooting accuracy. The evening's great finale is the Slam Dunk Contest. The week ends with the NBA Allstar Game Tickets 2005 on Sunday taking place before a worldwide television audience that reaches more than 200 countries and regions.