Yao still leads NBA All-Star balloting (Xinhua) Updated: 2006-01-24 10:53
Houston Rockets' Chinese center Yao Ming still leads the NBA All-Star race in
the 4th run of balloting, according to the NBA.
A Chinese
basketball fan shows off a poster of Yao Ming in Beijing, in 2004. Yao
Ming's injury absence from the National Basketball Association has only
made his fans' hearts grow fonder, judging from early returns in All-Star
balloting. [AFP/File] |
| Kobe
Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers joins Yao Ming to lead the Western Conference,
while Shaquille O'Neal of the Miami Heat and LeBron James of the Cleveland
Cavaliers leads the Eastern Conference in votes received after the fourth
returns of the 2006 NBA All-Star balloting program.
The balloting program will conclude on Sunday, January 22. The 2006 All-Star
Game will be played in Houston on Sunday, February 19th.
The All-Star starters will be announced on Thursday, February 2nd.
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