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Bryant selected to 12th All-Star game

By Mike Bresnahan
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Lakers guard Kobe Bryant was selected to the All-Star game, joining Phoenix guard Steve Nash, Phoenix center Amare Stoudemire, Denver forward Carmelo Anthony and San Antonio forward Tim Duncan as the Western Conference starters.

It will be the 12th time Bryant plays in an All-Star game, scheduled for Feb. 14 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Tex.

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Lakers center Andrew Bynum finished a distant second to Stoudemire in the voting. Lakers forward Pau Gasol finished fourth among West forwards.

The starters for the East team are Cleveland forward LeBron James, Boston forward Kevin Garnett, Orlando center Dwight Howard, Philadelphia guard Allen Iverson and Miami guard Dwyane Wade.

Bryant had 2.46 million votes but finished second to James (2.55 million) in overall voting.

-- Mike Bresnahan

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

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