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NBA All-Star Balloting First Returns Announced

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NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2013 – LeBron James of the Miami Heat and Paul George of the Indiana Pacers top the Eastern Conference, while Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers lead the Western Conference after the first returns of NBA All-Star Balloting 2014 presented by Sprint. James, the reigning Kia NBA MVP and Finals MVP, is the overall leader with 609,336 votes, while Durant is second with 607,407 votes.

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The 63rd NBA All-Star Game will be exclusively televised on TNT from New Orleans Arena on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014. The All-Star Game, also broadcast live on ESPN Radio, will collectively reach fans in 215 countries and territories in more than 40 languages.

James, George (489,335) and the New York Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony (424,211) pace the Eastern Conference’s frontcourt players. The Heat’s Dwyane Wade (396,279) is the East’s leading vote-getter in the backcourt, followed by the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kyrie Irving (365,712).

Durant, the NBA’s leading scorer, is joined in the frontcourt in the West by the Houston Rockets’ Dwight Howard (295,120) and the L.A. Clippers’ Blake Griffin (292,925). Bryant (501,215) and the Clippers’ Chris Paul (393,313) pace all Western Conference backcourt players.

NBA All-Star Balloting 2014 presented by Sprint gives fans around the world the opportunity to vote daily for their favorite players as starters for NBA All-Star Game 2014. This year, the NBA expanded social media voting to include Instagram. Fans can use Instagram to vote by posting an original photo, using #NBABallot and the player’s first and last name in the photo caption. Fans can vote for 10 unique players per day.

For the second year in a row, NBA fans can vote via social media networks, including Facebook and Twitter, and Sina Weibo and Tencent Microblog in China. Twitter voting allows fans to tweet a vote for 10 unique players each day throughout the All-Star balloting period. The tweet must include the player’s first and last name, along with hash tag #NBABallot. Facebook voting allows fans to comment on official league, team, or international NBA All-Star Facebook pages by commenting below the post with #NBABallot and the player’s first and last name. Voters can select 10 unique players per day.

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NBA Fans can also access the ballot and vote through the NBA Game Time and NBA Game Time from Sprint applications, available on Android and iOS. Fans can fill out one full ballot per day, through the NBA Game Time and NBA Game Time from Sprint application, the most comprehensive app in the marketplace for NBA fans.

There are several other ways fans can cast their votes as part of this season’s all-digital program including: in 11 languages on NBA.com/asb, through SMS voting by texting the player's last name to 6-9-6-2-2 ("MYNBA") or by visiting NBA.com/asb on any wireless device. Fans can vote for 10 different players per day, per phone number, via SMS voting by sending 10 separate SMS messages, each one with a different player's last name. Message and data rates may apply. Voters can fill out one full ballot per day on nba.com/asb from a desktop or mobile browser.

Balloting concludes on Monday, Jan. 20, and starters will be announced live on TNT on Thursday, Jan. 23, during a special one-hour edition of the Emmy Award-winning pregame show Inside the NBA at 7 p.m. ET, featuring Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith. The special will air prior to TNT’s exclusive doubleheader featuring the Los Angeles Lakers at the Miami Heat (8 p.m. ET) and the Denver Nuggets at the Portland Trail Blazers (10:30 p.m. ET).

NBA All-Star 2014 in New Orleans will bring together some of the most talented and passionate players in the league’s history for a global celebration of the game. TNT will televise the All-Star Game for the 12th consecutive year, marking Turner Sports' 30th year of All-Star coverage. State Farm All-Star Saturday Night will feature Sears Shooting Stars, Taco Bell Skills Challenge, Foot Locker Three-Point Contest, and Sprite Slam Dunk. Other events at NBA All-Star 2014 will include the BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge, Sprint NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, and NBA All-Star Jam Session. The 2014 game will mark the second NBA All-Star celebration in New Orleans. The city also hosted the event in 2008.

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NBA ALL-STAR 2014 BALLOTING PRESENTED BY SPRINT

Eastern Conference

Frontcourt

LeBron James (Mia) 609,336 Paul George (Ind) 489,335 Carmelo Anthony (NYK) 424,211 Roy Hibbert (Ind) 208,369 Chris Bosh (Mia) 156,364 Kevin Garnett (BKN) 102,825 Joakim Noah (Chi) 75,229 Jeff Green (Bos) 55,912 Luol Deng (Chi) 54,340 Tyson Chandler (NYK) 51,738 Andre Drummond (Det) 51,351 Carlos Boozer (Chi) 48,745 Paul Pierce (BKN) 45,145 Brook Lopez (BKN) 37,153 Josh Smith (Det) 32,025

Backcourt

Dwyane Wade (Mia) 396,279 Kyrie Irving (Cle) 365,712 Derrick Rose (Chi) 272,410 John Wall (Was) 124,851 Ray Allen (Mia) 99,464 Rajon Rondo (Bos) 80,889 Deron Williams (BKN) 44,282 George Hill (Ind) 42,536 Evan Turner (Phi) 33,605 Mario Chalmers (Mia) 32,996

Western Conference

Frontcourt:

Kevin Durant (OKC) 607,407 Dwight Howard (Hou) 295,120 Blake Griffin (LAC) 292,925 Kevin Love (Min) 275,506 Tim Duncan (SA) 217,271 Anthony Davis (NO) 149,579 Pau Gasol (LAL) 133,199 LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) 132,818 Andre Iguodala (GS) 109,745 Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 89,093 Chandler Parsons (Hou) 77,179 DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) 60,923 David Lee (GS) 60,015 Kawhi Leonard (SA) 55,023 Omer Asik (Hou) 53,827

Backcourt