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| Date | February 19, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Smoothie King Center | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | New Orleans | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Anthony Davis (West) | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Jon Batiste (American) Nikki Yanofsky (Canadian)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | John Legend | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 15,701 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Network | TNT, TBS (United States) Sportsnet (Canada) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Marv Albert, Reggie Miller, Chris Webber, David Aldridge, and Kristen Ledlow Kevin Harlan, Ernie Johnson, Reggie Miller, Kenny Smith, and Shaquille O'Neal (All-Star Saturday Night) Matt Winer, Grant Hill and Chris Webber (Rising Stars Challenge) | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on February 19, 2017, during the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2016–17 season. It was the 66th edition of the NBA All-Star Game, and was played at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, home of the New Orleans Pelicans. The Western Conference defeated the Eastern Conference, 192–182. Anthony Davis was named the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player after scoring 52 points, at the time the most ever by a player in an NBA All-Star Game. The game was televised nationally by TNT and TBS in the United States.[2]
The NBA initially planned to hold the 2017 All-Star Game at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, home of the Charlotte Hornets; it would have been the second time that Charlotte hosted the All-Star Game, following the 1991 event at the now-demolished Charlotte Coliseum.[3] On August 19, 2016, the NBA chose to move the 2017 All-Star Game to New Orleans, due to controversy surrounding North Carolina's "bathroom bill", commonly known as HB2.[4][5] It was the first major sporting event in the United States to be relocated for political reasons since 1990; in that instance, the National Football League (NFL) relocated Super Bowl XXVII out of Tempe, Arizona, because the state did not recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day.[6]
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- ^ "NBA All-Star Game Nets 7.8 Million Total Viewers Across TNT & TBS". February 20, 2017.
- ^ "Hornets to host NBA All-Star Weekend in 2017". NBA. June 23, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
- ^ "NBA All-Star Game pulled from Charlotte over HB2 law". Sports Illustrated. July 21, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
- ^ "New Orleans selected to host NBA All-Star 2017". NBA. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- ^ "FTW explains: Why is the NBA moving the All-Star Game?". July 21, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2017.