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NBA Standings at All-Star Break

NBA Standings - Updated: Feb 14, 2014
EAST PLAYOFF RACE	W	L	GB	DIV	CONF
Indiana	42	10	--	6-2	26-5
Miami	39	12	2.5	10-1	24-8
Chicago	26	26	16.0	7-4	19-13
Detroit	25	28	17.5	6-3	21-13
Toronto	24	28	18.0	6-4	15-15
Washington	23	29	19.0	4-2	18-12
Charlotte	23	30	19.5	0-8	15-17
New York	22	30	20.0	5-4	16-17
Cleveland	21	32	21.5	2-10	9-23
Boston	21	33	22.0	6-3	15-17
Orlando	21	33	22.0	5-5	16-17
Atlanta	20	32	22.0	4-7	13-19
Brooklyn	19	32	22.5	4-6	12-21
Philadelphia	15	39	28.0	3-7	10-22
Milwaukee	14	38	28.0	4-6	11-21
WEST PLAYOFF RACE	W	L	GB	DIV	CONF
Oklahoma City	43	12	--	10-4	26-8
San Antonio	40	13	2.0	7-4	22-9
LA Clippers	38	17	5.0	5-4	20-9
Houston	35	18	7.0	9-4	20-14
Portland	34	19	8.0	6-5	18-14
Golden State	33	20	9.0	7-4	18-17
Dallas	31	23	11.5	7-5	17-15
Phoenix	27	24	14.0	7-3	19-13
New Orleans	27	25	14.5	6-5	14-17
Minnesota	24	29	18.0	4-8	12-22
Denver	23	28	18.0	5-6	12-18
Memphis	22	30	19.5	1-12	12-23
Utah	21	31	20.5	4-6	11-23
Sacramento	21	32	21.0	2-8	13-20
LA Lakers	16	37	26.0	4-6	9-21

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NBA League Leaders - Updated: Feb 14, 2014
Points Per Game		PPG	Rebounds Per Game		RPG
	1. Kevin Durant	29.6		1. DeAndre Jordan	14.6
	2. Carmelo Anthony	25.3		2. Dwight Howard	13.1
	3. LeBron James	24.4		3. Andre Drummond	12.7
	4. Kevin Love	23.8		4. Kevin Love	12.3
	5. James Harden	23.6		5. DeMarcus Cousins	11.7
Assists Per Game		APG	Field Goal Percent		FG%
	1. Chris Paul	10.3		1. DeAndre Jordan	62%
	2. Ricky Rubio	8.9		2. Andre Drummond	60%
	3. John Wall	8.9		3. Dwight Howard	59%
	4. Ty Lawson	8.8		4. Andrew Bogut	58&
	5. Stephen Curry	8.1		5. LeBron James	55%
3-Point Field Goal Percentage		3FG%	Free Throw Percentage		FT%
	1. Jose Calderon	45%		1. Ryan Anderson	93%
	2. Marco Bellineli	45%		2. J.J. Redick	92%
	3. Kyle Korver	45%		3. Kevin Martin	91%
	4. Andre Igoudala	44%		4. Dirk Nowitzki	90%
	5. Bradley Beal	44%		5. Manu Ginobili	90%
Steals Per Game		SPG	Blocks Per Game		BPG
	1. Ricky Rubio	2.6		1. Anthony Davis	3.0
	2. Chris Paul	2.2		2. DeAndre Jordan	2.6
	3. John Wall	2.1		3. John Henson	2.3
	4. Paul George	2.0		4. Roy Hibbert	2.3
	5. Michael Carter-Williams	2.0		5. Dwight Howard	2.2

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2014 NBA All-Star Game Rosters
Eastern Conference		Western Conference
Head Coach: Frank Vogel		Head Coach: Scott Brooks
Pos	Starters	Pos	Starters
G	John Wall (1st)	G	Chris Paul (7th)
G	Dwyane Wade (1st)	G	James Harden (2nd)
F	Paul George (2nd)	F	Kevin Durant (5th)
F	LeBron James (10th)	F	Kevin Love (3rd)
F	Al Jefferson (1st)	F	Dwight Howard (8th)
Pos	Reserves	Pos	Reserves
PG	Kyrie Irving (2nd)	PG	Stephen Curry (1st)
PG	Michael Carter-Williams (1st)	SF	Gordon Hayward (1st)
SG	DeMar DeRozan (1st)	PF	Blake Griffin (4th)
PF	Josh Smith (1st)	C	DeMarcus Cousins (1st)
PF	Paul Millsap (1st)	PF	LaMarcus Aldridge (3rd)
SF	Carmelo Anthony (7th)	PF	Anthony Davis (1st)
PG	Brandon Jennings (1st)	PG	Russell Wesbrook (Limited Minutes, 4th)

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Bradley Beal (37 points) dominates as the Elites beat the Stars 129-122 in Rising Stars Challenge.

Paul George wins the 2014 NBA Three Point Contest

Blake Griffin wins the 2014 NBA Dunk Contest

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Durant posts triple-double in West All-Star win
Kevin Durant posted a triple-double (29/10/11) as the West All-Stars beat the East 149-139. Durant was also awarded MVP of the game. Chris Paul also dominated with a mean double-double (19/14) as the West showed their superiority over the East.

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Russell Westbrook returns from injury in All-Star game, Kobe confirms he will play next game for LA
Russell Westbrook who has been out since Christmas day after minor knee surgery returned from injury for the Western Conference in the All-Star game. Oklahoma City have announced that Westbrook is 100% healthy and is ready to come back into a Thunder side that already tops the Western Conference. As well as Westbrooks return, the Western Conference gains another star back from injury as Kobe Bryant confirms on Twitter that he will indeed be back in the starting lineup for LA Lakers against Houston.

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Indiana trade Granger to Toronto
The Pacers have traded injury plagued forward Danny Granger to Toronto Raptors for Kyle Lowry. Toronto wanted to trade Lowry to get his salary off the books after he made it clear he wanted out of Toronto in the 2014 free agency period. Toronto also receive Indiana's 2014 first round draft pick. It isn't known weather Lowry will go into Indiana's starting lineup or play significant minutes off the bench.

Indiana Receive
Kyle Lowry
John Salmons

Toronto Receive
Danny Granger
2014 First Round Pick

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Transaction Report on Run Up to Trade and Signing Deadline
Cleveland - Luol Deng signs new 4 year contract worth $34.14M. The fourth year is a player option.
Lakers trade Pau Gasol to Orlando for Arron Afflalo

Lakers Receive
Arron Afflalo
Jameer Nelson

Orlando Recieve
Pau Gasol
Ryan Kelly