Feb 262012
RECAP: After the West scored 88 points in the first half (the most by an All-Star team) and held a 19-point lead, the East stormed back with hot 3-point shooting from the Nets’ Deron Williams (20 points) and LeBron James (a team-high 36 points). With about 1:30 remaining in the game, D-Will had a steal and then a layup to bring the East the closest they had been since the first quarter, 148-147, but the West held on, 152-149.
The Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony, a first-time East member, scored 19 points.