Here are some fun facts about NBA All-Star Weekend…
Kobe Bryant holds the crown for youngest NBA star to be on the starting lineup during an All-Star game.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar holds the crown for the oldest NBA star to play in an All-Star game, at age 41; and he also holds the record for being the most chosen player, appearing on 19 All-Star teams.
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Instead of the league’s star players from the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference going for the win this year, this is the first All-Star tournament where team captains are allowed to pick their own teams. This year’s captains are LeBron James and Stephen Curry.
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The most attended All-Star game was in 2010, at Cowboys Stadium, with 108,713, people attending.
All-Star Weekend has been a recurring occasion for 67 years — there’s just one year that the game was canceled, which was during the 1999 NBA lockout.
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The Eastern Conference stands at 37 wins, and the Western Conference stands at 29 wins, with the Western Conference winning the last three.
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Kobe Bryant holds the record for youngest player to win the slam dunk contest, at age 18.
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The most points ever scored in an All-Star game stands at 196, won by the Western Conference. At halftime, they were at 104 points.
Source: Jim McIsaac / Getty
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