NBA 2012 All-Star Saturday Night

Haier Shooting Stars

Four teams competed for this years Haier Shooting Stars competition.  Allan Houston, Landry Fields and Cappie Pondexter made up Team New York.  TNT's Kenny Smith, Chandler Parsons and Sophia Young suited up for Team Texas.  Team Atlanta was represented by Steve Smith, Jerry Stackhouse (who replaced Joe Johnson) and Lindsey Harding.  Lastly, the host city included Dennis Scott, Jameer Nelson and Marie Ferdinand-Harris.

Team New York won by beating Team Texas with two best times of the competition, 38.7 seconds in the first round and 37.3 in the final.  Allan Houston, who hasn't played an NBA game in over seven years, hit the half-court shot in both rounds.

2012 Skills Challenge Competition

Participants for this year's Skills Challenge were San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker, New Jersey Nets' Deron Williams, Boston Celtics' Rajon Rondo, Washington Wizards' John Wall, Oklahoma City Thunder's Russell Westbrook and Cleveland Cavaliers Kyrie Irving.  

Deron Williams recorded the fastest time in the first round, 28.3 seconds.  Followed by Tony Parker (29.2 seconds), Rajon Rondo and John Wall (32.8), Russell Westbrook (33.8) and Kyrie Irving (42.2).

Westbrook and Irving were eliminated while Rondo and Wall went into a tiebreaker where Rondo easily won to advance to the final round.

In the last round, Parker clocked 32.8 seconds to win the competition.  Rondo was second with 34.6 and Williams was third with 41.4

Foot Locker Three-Point Contest

Six sharp shooters joined the Three-Point Contest which included the Timberwolves' Kevin Love, Thunder's Kevin Durant, Heat's James Jones (defending Three-Point champion) and Mario Chalmers, Magic's Ryan Anderson and the Nets' Anthony Morrow.

In the first round, Jones (the defending Three-Point Champion) led the contestants with 22 points.  Followed by Durant (22), Love and Chalmers (18), Anderson (17) and Morrow (14).  Love and Chalmers went into a tiebreaker where Love won 5-4.

In the final round, Love and Durant were tied with 16 points eliminating Jones (12).  They went on another tiebreaker where Love won scoring 17 points against Durant's 14.

Sprite Slam Dunk Contest

In this year's Slam Dunk Contest, the winners will be chosen solely through fan voting.  Participants include Chase Budinger (Houston Rockets), Jeremy Evans (Utah Jazz), Paul George (Indiana Pacers) and Derrick Williams (Minnesota Timberwolves).

The fans voted Jeremy Evans as the winner with 29% of the votes.