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Curry closes on LeBron in ASG voting
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All posts by Alan DraperUpdated11 hours ago on April 24, 2024
Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors closed the gap on All-Star Game leading vote-getter LeBron James to only 13,285 votes.
James has 971,299 votes compared with 958,014 for Curry, who trailed by 20,324 votes following the second returns issued last week. The New Orleans Pelicans’ Anthony Davis sits in third place overall with 922,381. Balloting ends Monday, Jan. 19.
Fans vote for two guards and three frontcourt players in the new balloting format.
The 64th NBA All-Star Game is Sunday, Feb. 15, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
James, the Chicago Bulls’ Pau Gasol (527,582) and the New York Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony (456,186) pace the Eastern Conference’s frontcourt players. The Washington Wizards’ John Wall (564,977) is the East’s leading vote-getter in the backcourt, followed by the Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade (507,326).
Curry is joined in the Western Conference backcourt by the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant (862,568). The West frontcourt is led, in order, by Davis, the Los Angeles Clippers’ Blake Griffin (490,786) and the Memphis Grizzlies’ Marc Gasol (476,660).
