All-Star Game: Western vs. Eastern: Result: 146-119 on Sunday: Basketball, SportsYA in English Together for Western success The Western Conference took a 146-119 triumph over the Eastern at the All-Star Game; Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal meeting was the highlight at the big NBA event.
The 58th All-Star Game finished with a 146-119 triumph for the Western Conference over the Eastern. The event, which was held at the US Airways Center, Phoenix, was not interesting at all, but the attendance wanted to see just how LA Lakers' Kobe Bryant and Phoenix Suns' Shaquille O'Neal shared the MVP award at the end of the event.
This is so even when O’Neal wasn't the most important player at the beginning of the 21st century; indeed, Kove deserved it more, but it was like an accolade instead of an award.
As for the game, it was not good. The Western Conference win (the sixth in the last ten years) was not the outcome of the performances of the two MVP (27 points from Kobe, 17 points from Shaq) but of the great display of their teammates.
Hornets' Chris Paul got a double-double; Suns' Amare Stoudemire had 19 points and six rebounds, while Pau Gasol showed how he evolved from his debut in 2006.
The Spaniard player, Tony Parker and Brandon Roy scored 14 points each, while Spurs' Tim Duncan and Rockets' Yao Ming were like ghosts.