News from February 8.
 
The results from the Legends Shootout
George Gervin 17 points
Randy Smith 12 points
Jo Jo White 8 points
Lisa Leslie 6 points
Leslie was a last minute replacement for Nate Archibald.
[Thanks to jazz@compusmart for this info.]
 
Steve Kerr (Chi) won the Long Distance Shootout.  Tim Legler (Was)
finished 2nd, Glen Rice (Cha) 3rd, Walt Williams (Tor) 4th, John Stockton
(Uta) 5th, Dale Ellis (Den) 6th, Terry Mills (Det) 7th, and Sam Perkins
(Sea) 8th.  1st place was worth $20,000; 2nd place $10,000; 3rd place
$5,500; 4th place $2,500; and 5th - 8th place $1,000.
Results:
1st round
  Walt Williams 18       John Stockton 13
  Tim Legler 17          Dale Ellis 12
  Glen Rice 16           Terry Mills 11
  Steve Kerr 15          Sam Perkins 8
2nd round
  Steve Kerr 21          Glen Rice 14
  Tim Legler 19          Walt Williams 12
Finals
  Steve Kerr 22          Tim Legler 18
 
Kobe Bryant (LAL) won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest.  Chris Carr (Min)
finished 2nd, Michael Finley (Dal) 3rd, Darvin Ham (Den) 4th, and Ray
Allen (Mil) and Bob Sura (Cle) tied for 5th.  1st place was worth
$20,000; 2nd place $10,000; 3rd place $5,500; 4th place $2,500; and 5th
and 6th place $1,000.
Results:
1st round (3 attempts, judges give one score based on two of the dunks)
  Chris Carr 44.0        Darvin Ham 36.0
  Michael Finley 39.0    Ray Allen 35.0
  Kobe Bryant 37.0       Bobby Sura 35.0
Finals (2 dunks, each judged separately, highest dunk counts)
  Kobe Bryant 49.0, 35.5
  Chris Carr 42.0, 45.8
  Michael Finley 33.0, 30.5  [missed both, but they were creative]
 
NBA Rookie Game
East 96, West 91
MVP: Allen Iverson
 
      1st 2nd - Final    2FG  3FG  FG%  FT%  [2 15 minute halves]
East   51  45 -   96    .587 .222 .542 .571
West   36  55 -   91    .519 .313 .471 .571
 
Refs: Nolan Fine, Bill Spooner, Michael Smith
 
East                                                   REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Marcus Camby (Tor)     21   8-13    1-2     1-2    18  2-12  4  0  1   1   1
Antoine Walker (Bos)   23   9-16    0-1     2-4    20  8-9   1  4  3   2   0
Erick Dampier (Ind)    15   5-6     0-0     1-2    11  2-7   1  2  2   1   1
Kerry Kittles (NJ)     24   4-9     1-2     0-2     9  1-2   4  2  1   1   2
Allen Iverson (Phi)    26   7-11    0-0     5-8    19  1-4   9  4  2   3   3
Vitaly Potpenko (Cle)  12   3-4     0-0     0-0     6  0-0   0  0  3   1   0
John Wallace (NY)      15   2-7     0-2     1-3     5  2-3   0  1  1   0   0
Ray Allen (Mil)        14   1-6     0-2     6-7     8  0-2   2  0  3   1   0
Totals                 30  39-72    2-9    16-28   96 16-39 21 13 16  10   7
 
West                                                   REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Shareef
 Adbur-Rahim (Van)     24   8-13    1-2     0-0    17  0-4   1  2  1   1   1
Kobe Bryant (LAL)      26   8-17    2-5    13-16   31  3-8   3  7  3   2   1
Travis Knight (LAL)    20   3-5     0-0     3-4     9  2-4   1  2  4   1   1
Derek Fisher (LAL)     15   5-9     1-2     5-5    16  0-0   6  0  4   0   0
Matt Maloney (Hou)     24   2-10    1-4     0-0     5  1-4   4  3  0   3   0
Roy Rogers (Van)       23   1-3     0-0     0-0     2  1-2   0  0  1   1   2
Lorenzen Wright (LAC)  11   3-6     0-0     1-2     7  2-4   0  1  2   0   1
Steve Nash (Pho)        7   2-5     0-3     0-0     4  0-2   1  0  2   0   0
Totals                 30  32-68    5-16   22-27   91  9-28 16 15 17   8   6