MIAMI, January 29 – The NBA announced tonight that HEAT players Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade were selected as reserves for the Eastern Conference All-Stars in a vote by NBA head coaches for the 2015 NBA All-Star Game. This marks Bosh and Wade’s fifth consecutive season being selected as All-Star’s together, the longest streak a pair of teammates have been selected since Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal accomplished the feat from 1999-2004. The 64th NBA All-Star Game, which will air live on TNT and reach fans in more than 215 countries and territories in more than 47 languages, will be played at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, February 15.

This marks Bosh’s 10th time being selected as an All-Star. In his previous eight All-Star appearances (he was selected in 2009, but did not play due to injury), he has averaged 11.0 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 20.5 minutes while shooting 51.3 percent from the field. Bosh has appeared in 37 games (all starts) with the HEAT this season averaging 21.3 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 35.4 minutes. He leads the team in points (789) and rebounds (276) this season and scored the 16,000thpoint of his career on January 25 at Chicago and grabbed his 7,000th career rebound on November 22 at Orlando. He connected on at least one three-point field goal in a career-high 10 consecutive games from November 16 through December 5 and scored his fifth 30-point game of the season on January 16 at Sacramento, improving Miami’s record to a perfect 17-0 all-time when he hits the 30-point mark.

Wade, the 2010 NBA All-Star MVP, was selected as an All-Star for the 11th-straight season, the most by a HEAT player in franchise history. In his previous 10 All-Star appearances, he has averaged 17.3 points, 4.8 assists, 3.7 rebounds, 2.50 steals and 25.2 minutes while shooting 64.2 percent from the field. He posted a 24-point, 10-rebound, 10-assist triple-double in the 2012 All-Star Game and hit the game-winning field goal in the 2006 All-Star Game. Wade has appeared in 35 games (all starts) this season averaging 21.4 points, 5.4 assists, 3.8 rebounds, 1.09 steals and 32.3 minutes while shooting 48.7 percent from the field. He shot at least 50 percent from the field in 11 consecutive games from November 2 through December 7, tying the second-longest such streak of his career and scored his 500th point of the season in just his 22nd game, marking the sixth time in his career he has achieved the 500-point plateau in 22-or-fewer games and the fastest since the 2009-10 season. His victory against Cleveland on December 25 improved his Christmas Day career record to 9-1 (.900), no other player in NBA history owns a higher winning percentage on Christmas Day with at least 10 games played. Additionally, Wade is averaging 7.0 points in the fourth quarter this season, the second-highest average in the league this year.