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Kobe tops NBA All-Star 2nd round voting, again
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-12-25 11:06
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NEW YORK: Kobe Bryant is leading the NBA All-Star balloting while LeBron James is in second place in the latest voting according to the statistics from the league on Thursday.
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 Kobe Bryant is the overall vote leader with 1,380,383 ballots cast. LeBron is next with 1,351,292.[Agencies]
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Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard who won his fourth NBA crown last season, paces the overall balloting with 1, 380,383 votes while Cleveland star James finishes second overall with 1,351,292 votes.
Voting continues through January 18 for the 2010 NBA All-Star Game, set to be played before a crowd of more than 80,000 at Dallas Cowboys Stadium on February 14.
Bryant and Phoenix's Steve Nash lead the race for starting Western Conference guards with Nash's Suns teammate Amare Stoudemire set to start for West center.
Nash who has garnered 546,064 votes as Houston's Tracy McGrady is trailing the Canadian for by only 4,874 votes.
NBA scoring leader Carmelo Anthony of Denver, who is averaging 30.5 points a game, sets the pace among Western Conference forwards with 1,204,234 votes with Dallas star Dirk Nowitzki of Germany second at 668,243.
Spaniard Pau Gasol of the Lakers is third behind Nowitzki at 565,414 with San Antonio's Tim Duncan fourth on 564,728.
James and Boston's Kevin Garnett with 1,113,213 votes set the Eastern Conference forwards pace with third place Chris Bosh of Toronto having less than half of Garnett's total.
Orlando's Dwight Howard leads East centers with 1,252,786 votes with Cleveland's Shaquille O'Neal second at 455,239.
Miami's Dwyane Wade leads East guards with 1,314,215 votes with Allen Iverson of the Philadelphia 76ers next at 635,084 and Vince Carter of Orlando third at 554,779.
