1998 NBA All-Star Game

1998 NBA All-Star Game

1 2 3 4 Total West 25 33 33 23 114 East 33 34 34 34 135
Date	February 8, 1998
Arena	Madison Square Garden
City	New York City, New York
MVP	Michael Jordan
Referees	Hue Hollins, Bernie Fryer, Bob Delaney.
Halftime show	Broadway All-Stars (featuring cast members from Phantom of the Opera, Chicago, Cats, Smokey Joe's Cafe, Bring'n Da Noise Bring'n Da Funk, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Titanic, Jekyll and Hyde, Miss Saigon, Les Miserables, 1776)
Attendance	18,323
Network	NBC TNT (All-Star Saturday)
Announcers	Bob Costas, Isiah Thomas and Bill Walton
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The 1998 NBA All-Star Game was the 48th edition of the North American National Basketball Association All-Star Game. The event was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The East won the game 135–114. This game was the All-Star Game debut of Kobe Bryant, the youngest all-star in NBA history at 19 years of age, and rookie Tim Duncan. Bryant had a team-high 18 points. Michael Jordan earned MVP honors, scoring 23 points, grabbing 6 rebounds, and dishing out 8 assists despite having the flu. The Game featured four all-stars from the Los Angeles Lakers. The Western Conference was coached by George Karl from the Seattle SuperSonics and the Eastern Conference was coached by Larry Bird of the Indiana Pacers. This marks the only All-Star game to feature both Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan in which Jordan was with the Chicago Bulls. Jordan came out of retirement in 2001 and played two more seasons (and selected to the All-Star team both years) for the Washington Wizards.

The halftime show featured the Broadway All-Stars.

Boxscore

Western Conference

Team	Player	Min	Fg	3pt	Ft	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Pf	St	To	Bs	Pts
UTA	Karl Malone	17	2–4	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	2	1	2	0	0	4
MIN	Kevin Garnett	21	6–11	0–1	0–0	1	3	4	2	0	2	3	1	12
LAL	Shaquille O'Neal	18	5–10	0–0	2–4	2	2	4	1	2	0	2	0	12
LAL	Kobe Bryant	22	7–16	2–3	2–2	2	4	6	1	1	2	1	0	18
SEA	Gary Payton	24	3–7	1–3	0–0	2	1	3	13	0	2	4	0	7
SEA	Vin Baker	21	3–12	0–0	2–2	6	2	8	0	1	1	0	0	8
LAL	Eddie Jones	25	7–19	0–7	1–2	7	4	11	1	1	2	0	0	15
SAS	David Robinson	22	3–4	0–0	9–10	2	4	6	0	1	2	2	2	15
SAC	Mitch Richmond	17	4–11	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	8
PHO	Jason Kidd	19	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	9	2	0	2	0	0
SAS	Tim Duncan	14	1–4	0–1	0–0	1	10	11	1	0	0	2	0	2
LAL	Nick Van Exel	20	5–14	1–6	2–2	1	2	3	2	0	0	2	0	13
	TOTAL	240	46–113	4–23	18–22	24	37	61	34	9	13	18	3	114

Eastern Conference

Team	Player	Min	Fg	3pt	Ft	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Pf	St	To	Bs	Pts
CLE	Shawn Kemp	25	5–10	0–1	2–2	2	9	11	2	2	4	4	0	12
DET	Grant Hill	28	7–11	1–1	0–0	0	3	3	5	1	1	0	0	15
ATL	Dikembe Mutombo	19	4–5	0–0	1–2	1	6	7	0	3	0	0	1	9
CHI	Michael Jordan	32	10–18	1–1	2–3	1	5	6	8	0	3	2	0	23
ORL	Anfernee Hardaway	12	3–5	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	6
MIA	Tim Hardaway	17	3–8	2–5	0–0	0	1	1	6	0	0	6	0	8
NJN	Jayson Williams	19	2–3	0–0	0–0	3	7	10	1	2	0	0	0	4
IND	Rik Smits	21	3–7	0–0	4–4	2	5	7	4	3	0	0	2	10
IND	Reggie Miller	20	6–8	1–2	1–2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	14
CHA	Glen Rice	16	6–14	4–6	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	16
ATL	Steve Smith	16	6–12	2–5	0–0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	14
BOS	Antoine Walker	15	2–8	0–3	0–0	1	2	3	3	0	1	1	0	4
	TOTAL	240	57–109	11–25	10–13	13	39	52	32	13	10	15	3	135

Score by periods

Score by Periods:	1	2	3	4	Final
Western Conference	25	33	33	23	114
Eastern Conference	33	34	34	34	135

• Halftime— East, 67–58
• Third Quarter— East, 101–91
• Officials: Hue Hollins, Bernie Fryer, Bob Delaney.
• Attendance: 18,323

External links

• 1998 NBA All Star Game Box Score
• 1998 NBA Rookie Challenge Game Box Score
• 1998 NBA All Star Game Recap and Box Score
• 1998 NBA All Star Game Coverage