2005 ABA All-Star Game
{{Short description|Annual mid-season exhibition}}
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The 2005 American Basketball Association All-Star Game was held at the 17,923 seat Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, where West defeated East, 163–149. Lou Kelly of the Las Vegas Rattlers was named the Most Valuable Player. The big names of the event were the former NBA players Lawrence Moten, Joe Crispin, Todd Day and Anthony Miller. The latter who played 7 seasons in the NBA joined Atlanta Vision mid-season from the Atlanta Hawks.
The best players of the 2005 All-Star game
The winning West team was led by Lou Kelly, a UNLV who graduate scored 32 points in the All-Star game and was named the game MVP, Daryl Dorsey from Indiana who added 26 points and Todd Day with 25. The best player for the Eats teams was Randy Gill who performed for 27 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists. Antwain Barbour and Willie Shaw with 25 and 23 points respectively, also shone for the East All-Stars.{{cite web|url=https://www.usbasket.com/ABA/basketball_2005.aspx|title=The ABA All-star game|publisher=abaliveaction.com|accessdate=2005-03-02}}{{cite web|url=https://www.usbasket.com/ABA/basketball_2005.aspx|title=The 2005 ABA All-star game}}
All-Star Teams
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| class="wikitable"
|+East All-Stars | |||
| Pos. | Player | Team | Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="4" | Starters | |||
| G
| Derrick Washington || New Jersey SkyCats || | |||
| C
| Edmund Saunders || New Jersey SkyCats || | |||
| F
| Antwain Barbour || Kentucky Colonels || | |||
| G
| Randy Gill || Maryland Nighthawks || | |||
| F
| Lawrence Moten || Maryland Nighthawks || | |||
| colspan="4" | Reserves | |||
| G
| Detrick White || Mississippi Stingers || | |||
| G
| Tim Henderson || Mississippi Stingers || | |||
| F
| Branden Vincent || Mississippi Stingers || | |||
| G
| Brett Harper || Carolina Thunder || | |||
| F
| Willie Shaw || Harlem Strong Dogs || | |||
| F
| Obadiah Toppin || Harlem Strong Dogs || | |||
| C
| Anthony Miller || Atlanta Vision || | |||
| G | |||
| colspan="4" | Alternates | |||
| F
| David Shelton || Cincinnati Monarchs || | |||
| F
| Dontae' Jones || Nashville Rhythm || |
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| class="wikitable"
|+West All-Stars | |||
| Pos. | Player | Team | Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="4" | Starters | |||
| G
| Donald Harris || Texas Tycoons || | |||
| F
| DeRon Rutledge || Texas Tycoons || | |||
| G
| Chris Davis || Texas Tycoons || | |||
| F
| Kareem Reid || Arkansas RimRockers || | |||
| F
| Todd Day || Arkansas RimRockers || | |||
| colspan="4" | Reserves | |||
| G
| Brian Jackson || Arkansas RimRockers || | |||
| C
| Gene Shipley || Tijuana Diablos || | |||
| G
| Curtis Slaughter || Ontario Warriors || | |||
| C
| Eric Sandrin || Bellevue Blackhawks || | |||
| F
| Robert Day || Portland Reign || | |||
| F
| Lou Kelly || Las Vegas Rattlers || | |||
| G
| Daryl Dorsey || Las Vegas Rattlers || | |||
| G
| Joe Crispin || Kansas City Knights || | |||
| colspan="4" | Alternates | |||
| F
| Kevin Melson || Kansas City Knights || | |||
| G
| Demetrius Porter || Central Valley Dawgs || | |||
| F
| Harold Arceneaux || Utah Snowbears || | |||
| F
| Alex Austin || Utah Snowbears || |
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Former NBA players
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.abalive.com/allstar/ ABALive.com/AllStar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025513/http://www.abalive.com/allstar/ |date=2016-03-04 }} – Official website of the 2005 ABA All-Star Game
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