Boston's Garnett tops voting for all-star game
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Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett topped the voting for the NBA all-star game line-ups announced on Thursday.
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Reigning league MVP Kevin Garnett has picked up where he left off last season for the Minnesota Timberwolves. The same canât be said for the defending NBA champion Detroit Pistons.
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On many an NBA coach's "to-do" list this month is placing calls to fellow coaches to lobby for a certain player to get All-Star consideration. In the past, Doc Rivers, Jim O'Brien, and Rick Pitino all did it for Paul Pierce, and it usually paid off. Pierce played in five straight All-Star Games from 2002-06.
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Detroit Pistons forward Rasheed  Wallace has been named to replace the Boston Celtics' Kevin  Garnett in the February 17 NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans,  the NBA said on Sunday.
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Houston Rockets center Yao Ming of China was voted into the National Basketball Association All-Star Game by fans for the sixth straight year in balloting for the starters announced on Thursday.
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White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski edged out Minnesota rookie pitcher Francisco Liriano for the final AL All-Star spot, while NL batting leader Nomar Garciaparra earned the last NL slot Thursday in fan voting on the Internet.
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Chris Paul and David West were picked for their first All-Star game Thursday night, giving the hometown Hornets a pair of players for the event New Orleans will host next month.
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NEW ORLEANS - Celtics forward Kevin Garnett has penciled in Tuesday's road game against the Nuggets as the potential date for his long-awaited return.
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The Boston Celtics will have Kevin Garnett back in the lineup against the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday night. Garnett has been sidelined since Jan. 25 with a strained abdominal muscle. The Celtics won seven of nine without him, including five straight before the All-Star break.
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Houston Rockets center Yao Ming  led all NBA players in voting and Miami Heat center Shaquille  O'Neal paced the Eastern Conference, as the starters for the  2005 NBA All-Star Game were announced on Thursday.
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Houston Rockets centre Yao Ming is the early overall leader in fan voting for the NBA All-Star Game. The Chinese star collected 881,223 votes in the first returns announced Thursday.
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Grant Hill of the Orlando Magic edged Indiana's Jermaine O'Neal by slightly more than 65,000 votes for a starting spot on the Eastern Conference All-Star team.
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It's 8 a.m. in "Sin City." Many of the "what happens in Vegas . . ." tourists are either asleep or just getting to their hotels. As for Celtics new star forward Kevin Garnett, he's already up and working out on Labor Day.
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Talk about an East Coast bias! One look at the latest All-Star balloting is enough to make anyone outside New York and Boston cringe. The Mets, Yankees and Red Sox have dominated the fan vote so thoroughly this season that 10 of 16 starters &amp;#151; not including the two pitchers &amp;#151; on July 11 in Pittsburgh could come from those three teams.
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Earlier in the week, when he wasn't in the Red Sox lineup, infielder Alex Cora spent three innings online in the clubhouse, voting for teammate Hideki Okajima in the Major League Baseball All-Star balloting.
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Bostonâs Kevin Garnett, the most valuable player of the 2003 All-Star Game, was the leading vote-getter for this seasonâs game with 2,399,148 votes, according to totals announced Thursday.
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Despite a sluggish start, the Rockets are on their way to being well-represented in the 54th All-Star Game in Denver on Feb. 20. The NBA released its first tabulation of fans votes Thursday