Stephen Curry Voted Starter for 2014 NBA All-Star Game
1/23/2014 7:58:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The 63rd NBA All-Star Game will be exclusively televised on TNT from New Orleans Arena on Sunday, February 16, 2014.
Curry earned the most votes of any Western Conference backcourt player, receiving a total of 1,047,281.
Curry is averaging career-highs of 23.5 points, 9.2 assists and 4.6 rebounds to go with 1.88 steals and 37.9 minutes in 40 games this season, and he set the NBA single-season record with 272 three-pointers in 2012-13.
Curry has helped lead the Warriors to a 26-17 record, including a 10-game winning streak from Dec. 21 to Jan. 7, despite playing a league-high 25 of their first 43 games on the road. Golden State tied a franchise-record by winning seven consecutive road games from Dec. 23 to Jan. 7.
Joining Curry in the Western Conference starting lineup are Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers), Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder), Blake Griffin (Los Angeles Clippers) and Kevin Love (Minnesota Timberwolves). The Eastern Conference starters include Dwyane Wade (Miami Heat), Kyrie Irving (Cleveland Cavaliers), LeBron James (Miami Heat), Paul George (Indiana Pacers) and Carmelo Anthony (New York Knicks). Curry was one of four players to receive over one million total votes, joining James (1,416,419), Durant (1,396,294) and George (1,211,318).
At Davidson, Curry led the nation in scoring with 28.6 points an outing and led the Southern Conference in assists (5.6/gm) and steals (2.5/gm) in 2008-09. He became Davidson's and the Southern Conference's career scoring leader and finished with 2,635 points.
He was a Consensus First-Team All-America selection in his final season (The Sporting News, Associated Press, NABC and USBWA), the first Davidson player to earn the honor since Fred Hetzel in 1965, and a Consensus Second-Team All-American in 2008. Curry helped the Wildcats to an 85-20 record and three postseason appearances during his three-year career, and Davidson averaged 28.3 wins a season. The 6-foot-3 junior averaged 32 points a contest during Davidson's memorable run to the Elite Eight in the 2008 NCAA Tournament, where he was named Most Outstanding Player of the Midwest Region.