1995 NBA All-Star Game

	1	2	3	4	Total
East	28	28	25	31	112
West	31	41	32	35	139

Date

February 12, 1995

Arena

City

National anthem

Attendance

18,755

Network

NBC
TNT (All-Star Saturday)

Announcers

Marv Albert, Matt Guokas and Steve Jones
Bob Neal, Doug Collins and Hubie Brown (All-Star Saturday)

West

East

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The 1995 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game played on February 12, 1995, at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, home of the Phoenix Suns. It was the 45th edition of the National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game, held during the 1994–95 NBA season. This was also the second time that Phoenix has hosted the All-Star Game; the city had previously hosted the event in 1975 at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, the Suns' previous home arena.

The Western All-Stars won the game 139–112 over the Eastern All-Stars. Mitch Richmond of the Sacramento Kings was voted MVP of the game.

The 1995 NBA All-Star Game was broadcast by NBC the fifth consecutive year.

Background information

Charles Barkley was the main host of the event. During a break in the game near the fourth quarter he even wanted to shoot himself out of a catapult, but his coach made sure he didn't do it because he did not want his star player to get injured.^[1]

Grant Hill of the Detroit Pistons was the first rookie in NBA history to lead the league in votes for this year's All-Star game.^[2] Hakeem Olajuwon led the Western Conference voting.^[2] Karl Malone and David Robinson were both questionable for the game due to injuries but they ended up playing limited minutes.^[2] Dominique Wilkins and Clyde Drexler were not selected.^[2]

Larry Johnson came back to the All-Star lineup after missing last year's game due to a serious back injury. It meant a lot for him to come back from the injury and make the All-Star Game the next season. He came back as a reserve this year.^[2] Penny Hardaway played his first game as a starter for the Eastern conference team this year.^[3] Cedric Ceballos was selected as a reserve, but did not play due to being injured beforehand by Dikembe Mutombo in a regular season game. Mutombo replaced Ceballos.^[2]

Michael Jordan missed the game as he was still in the midst of his first retirement from basketball.^[4]

Brian Hill, head coach of the Eastern Conference leader Orlando Magic, coached the Eastern All-Stars. Paul Westphal, head coach of the Western Conference leader and game host Phoenix Suns, coached the Western All-Stars.

Roster

**Eastern Conference All-Stars**
Pos	Player	Team	No. of selections	Votes
Starters
G	Penny Hardaway	Orlando Magic	1st	999,327
G	Reggie Miller	Indiana Pacers	2nd	908,493
F	Scottie Pippen	Chicago Bulls	5th	1,134,525
F	Grant Hill	Detroit Pistons	1st	1,289,585
C	Shaquille O'Neal	Orlando Magic	3rd	1,263,451
Reserves
F	Vin Baker	Milwaukee Bucks	1st	—
G	Dana Barros	Philadelphia 76ers	1st	—
G	Joe Dumars	Detroit Pistons	5th	826,935
C	Patrick Ewing	New York Knicks	9th	728,331
F	Tyrone Hill	Cleveland Cavaliers	1st	—
F	Larry Johnson	Charlotte Hornets	2nd	698,931
C	Alonzo Mourning	Charlotte Hornets	2nd	664,927
Head coach: Brian Hill (Orlando Magic)

**Western Conference All-Stars**
Pos	Player	Team	No. of selections	Votes
Starters
G	Latrell Sprewell	Golden State Warriors	2nd	861,223
G	Dan Majerle	Phoenix Suns	3rd	868,115
F	Charles Barkley	Phoenix Suns	9th	1,046,105
F	Shawn Kemp	Seattle SuperSonics	3rd	1,027,451
C	Hakeem Olajuwon	Houston Rockets	10th	1,125,032
Reserves
F	Cedric Ceballos ^INJ	Los Angeles Lakers	1st	259,464
F	Karl Malone	Utah Jazz	8th	526,741
C	Dikembe Mutombo ^REP	Denver Nuggets	2nd	594,789
G	Gary Payton	Seattle SuperSonics	2nd	567,324
G	Mitch Richmond	Sacramento Kings	3rd	—
C	David Robinson	San Antonio Spurs	6th	1,046,364
F	Detlef Schrempf	Seattle SuperSonics	2nd	391,451
G	John Stockton	Utah Jazz	7th	798,219
Head coach: Paul Westphal (Phoenix Suns)

^INJ Cedric Ceballos did not participate due to injury.
^REP Dikembe Mutombo replaced Cedric Ceballos.

Box score

Eastern Conference

Player	Min	Fg	3pt	Ft	Reb	Ast	Pts
Grant Hill, DET	20	5-8	0-0	0-0	0	3	10
Scottie Pippen, CHI	30	5-15	2-6	0-0	7	3	12
Shaquille O'Neal, ORL	26	9-16	0-1	4-7	7	1	22
Penny Hardaway, ORL	31	4-9	0-2	4-6	5	11	12
Reggie Miller, IND	23	3-9	3-6	0-0	0	2	9
Joe Dumars, DET	21	5-8	1-2	0-0	0	6	11
Patrick Ewing, NYK	22	4-7	0-0	2-2	3	1	10
Dana Barros, PHI	11	2-5	1-3	0-0	1	3	5
Larry Johnson, CHA	20	2-3	1-1	2-2	4	2	7
Alonzo Mourning, CHA	19	4-9	0-1	2-3	8	1	10
Vin Baker, MIL	11	0-2	0-0	2-4	2	0	2
Tyrone Hill, CLE	6	1-1	0-0	0-0	4	0	2
Total	240	44-92	8-22	16-24	41	33	112

Western Conference

Player	Min	Fg	3pt	Ft	Reb	Ast	Pts
Charles Barkley, PHO	23	7-12	1-4	0-0	9	2	15
Shawn Kemp, SEA	23	4-6	0-0	5-6	2	2	13
Hakeem Olajuwon, HOU	25	6-13	1-1	0-2	11	1	13
Dan Majerle, PHO	20	4-12	2-7	0-0	5	3	10
Latrell Sprewell, GSW	22	4-9	0-2	1-1	4	4	9
Gary Payton, SEA	23	3-10	0-3	0-0	5	15	6
Mitch Richmond, SAC	22	10-13	3-3	0-0	4	2	23
David Robinson, SAS	14	3-5	0-0	4-6	3	2	10
Detlef Schrempf, SEA	18	4-11	1-4	0-0	4	5	9
Dikembe Mutombo, DEN	20	6-8	0-0	0-0	8	1	12
Karl Malone, UTA	16	6-6	0-0	3-4	3	1	15
John Stockton, UTA	14	2-6	0-3	0-0	1	6	4
Total	240	59-111	8-27	13-19	59	44	139

Match data

Score by period	1	2	3	4	Total
East	28	28	25	31	112
West	31	41	32	35	139

References

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