News from February 20. The Basketball Hall of Fame announced the nominations for the class of 2005. The nominees are: Players Maurice Cheeks played 15 seasons in the NBA, with the Philadelphia 76ers 78-79 - 88-89 Adrian Dantley played 15 seasons in NBA with 7 teams, 23,177 career points Joe Dumars played 14 seasons with the Detroit Pistons, won NBA championship in 1989 and 1990 John Issacs early basketball player, played 25 years for Harlem Rens, won World Professional Basketball title in 1939 and 1943 Dennis Johnson played with the Seattle Sonics 76-77 - 79-80, the Phoenix Suns 80-81 - 82-83, the Boston Celtics 83-84 - 89-90, won NBA championship in 1979, 1984, and 1986 Bernard King 16 seasons in the NBA, lead league in scoring 84-85 with 32.9 points Hortencia Marcari long time member of Brazilian Women's National team, won 9 championships in various international events including the gold medal in the 1994 World Championship Chet Walker played with the Syracuse Nationals 62-63, the Philadelphia 76ers 63-64 - 68-69, and the Chicago Bulls 69-70 - 72-73 Dominique Wilkins played 14 season in NBA, 11 with the Atlanta Hawks, lead league in scoring in 85-86 with 30.3 points Coaches Jim Boeheim 29th season coaching Syracuse, won NCAA championship in 2003, record of 698-239 Hubie Brown 13 seasons coaching in NBA, NBA coach of the year in 1978 and 2004 Van Chancellor coached Houston Comets (WNBA) to 4 straight titles, won 439 games as coach of University Mississippi Jim Calhoun 32 seasons college coach including at UConn (in 18th season) and Northeastern, won NCAA championship in 1999 and 2004 Sandro Gamba Italian national coach 1979-1985, coached Olympic team 4 times Sue Gunter coached LSU 1982-2004, coached Stephen F. Austin 1964-1980, 708 coaching wins Contributors Johnny Kerr played with Syracuse Nationals 54-55 - 62-63, played 3 with more season in NBA, won championship in 1955, 31 seasons TV broadcaster for Chicago A nominee needs at least 18 of 24 votes from the Honors Committee to be inducted. The announcement for the new inductees will occur April 4. All-Star Game East 125, Wast 115 at Denver 1st 2nd 3rd 4th - Final 2FG 3FG FG% FT% East 27 34 34 30 - 125 .484 .353 .464 .750 West 33 26 30 26 - 115 .500 .310 .451 .364 MVP: Allen Iverson (Phi) Halftime: East 61-59 3rd Q: East 95-89 Refs: Bill Spooner, Jack Nies, Ken Mauer East REB Player MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS O-T AST TO PF STL BLK Grant Hill (Orl) 18 3-6 0-0 0-0 6 1-3 2 1 1 1 0 Vince Carter (NJ) 18 4-8 3-5 0-0 11 0-3 1 2 0 0 0 Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) 25 6-11 0-1 0-3 12 0-6 1 0 2 3 3 Allen Iverson (Phi) 32 4-13 0-0 7-7 15 0-4 9 7 0 5 0 LeBron James (Cle) 31 6-13 1-4 0-1 13 1-8 6 3 0 2 0 Dwyane Wade (Mia) 23 6-13 0-1 2-2 14 2-3 1 1 2 2 1 Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) 19 6-10 0-0 3-4 15 1-5 1 1 1 1 1 Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) 17 5-8 0-0 2-2 12 3-7 1 1 2 0 2 Ben Wallace (Det) 15 3-7 0-0 0-0 6 4-7 0 2 2 0 0 Gilbert Arenas (Was) 15 3-11 1-3 0-0 7 1-2 2 0 1 0 0 Paul Pierce (Bos) 14 4-7 0-2 1-1 9 0-3 3 0 2 2 0 Antawn Jamison (Was) 13 2-5 1-1 0-0 5 1-4 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 48 52-112 6-17 15-20 125 14-55 28 18 13 16 7 West REB Player MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS O-T AST TO PF STL BLK Tim Duncan (SA) 16 7-10 1-1 0-1 15 2-9 2 2 0 0 0 Kevin Garnet (Min) 16 5-8 0-0 0-1 10 0-3 2 2 2 0 0 Yao Ming (Hou) 22 5-9 0-0 1-2 11 3-8 5 1 1 0 1 Kobe Bryant (LAL) 29 7-14 2-5 0-0 16 3-6 7 4 5 3 1 Tracy McGrady (Hou) 24 4-13 0-4 0-0 8 1-5 5 3 1 3 2 Ray Allen (Sea) 23 6-16 5-11 0-0 17 0-4 1 1 2 0 0 Manu Ginobili (SA) 22 3-6 0-2 2-2 8 2-3 1 3 3 1 1 Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 21 4-10 1-3 1-2 10 3-7 2 3 1 4 4 Amare Stoudemire (Pho) 20 3-11 0-0 0-2 6 4-9 2 1 2 1 0 Steve Nash (Pho) 17 1-2 0-1 0-0 2 0-0 6 3 0 0 0 Shawn Marion (Pho) 16 5-7 0-0 0-1 10 3-3 4 1 0 0 0 Rashard Lewis (Sea) 14 1-7 0-2 0-0 2 1-4 1 1 2 1 0 Totals 48 51-113 9-29 4-11 115 22-61 38 25 19 13 9