NEW YORK – LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors lead their respective conferences and are separated by only 13,285 votes after the third returns of NBA All-Star Balloting 2015 presented by Sprint.  James has 971,299 votes compared with 958,014 for Curry, who trailed by 20,324 votes following the second returns issued a week ago. The New Orleans Pelicans’ Anthony Davis sits in third place overall with 922,381. Balloting concludes on Monday, Jan. 19.

The 64th NBA All-Star Game will tip off Sunday, Feb. 15, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.  The game will be seen by fans in 215 countries and territories and will be heard in 47 languages. TNT will televise the All-Star Game for the 13th consecutive year, marking Turner Sports’ 30^th year of NBA All-Star coverage.

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).

NBA All-Star Balloting 2015 presented by Sprint gives fans around the world the opportunity to vote for their favorite players to start in the All-Star Game 2015. For the first time ever, the official NBA All-Star Ballot presented by Sprint includes all current NBA players.  Fans continue to select two guards and three frontcourt players.

As part of the NBA’s all-digital program, fans can vote on NBA.com; through social media networks, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Sina Weibo and Tencent Microblog; via SMS text; and with the NBA Game Time and the NBA Game Time from Sprint applications.

New to this year’s program is SAP, which integrates daily stats into the online ballot.  Fans can sort players by their current stats from NBA.com/stats powered by SAP HANA.  SAP also hosts a new feature on NBA.com/stats called the SAP NBA All-Star 2015 Game Predictor.  After fans vote, they’re able to see how the East and West starters they picked would match up.  The game predictor compares player statistics and computes a game score based on the fans’ picks.

How to vote:

• The NBA.com ballot is available in 11 languages on NBA.com/asb.  Voters can fill out one full ballot per day on NBA.com/asb from a desktop or mobile browser.
• Twitter voting allows fans to tweet a vote for 10 unique players each day throughout the All-Star balloting period.  The tweet, retweet or reply must include the player’s first and last name or Twitter handle, along with the hashtag #NBABallot.
• Facebook voting allows fans to post a status from their personal accounts.  The posts must include the player’s first and last name, along with the hashtag #NBABallot.  Fans can post votes for 10 unique players per day.
• Fans can use Instagram to vote by posting an original photo and using #NBABallot and the player’s first and last name in the photo caption.  Fans can vote for 10 unique players per day.
• Fans voting via SMS can text the player’s last name to 6-9-6-2-2 (“MYNBA”) on any wireless device.  Fans can vote for 10 different players per day, per phone number via SMS voting by sending 10 separate SMS messages, each one with a different player’s last name. Message and data rates may apply.
• Fans can also access the ballot and vote through the NBA Game Time and NBA Game Time from Sprint applications, available on Android and iOS.  Fans can fill out one full ballot per day.

Starters will be announced live on TNT on Thursday, Jan. 22, during a special one-hour edition of TNT NBA Tip-Off presented by Autotrader.com at 7 p.m. ET, featuring Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith. The special will air before TNT’s exclusive doubleheader featuring the San Antonio Spurs at the Chicago Bulls (8 p.m. ET) and the Brooklyn Nets at the Los Angeles Clippers (10:30 p.m. ET).

NBA All-Star 2015 in New York City will bring together some of the most talented and passionate players in the league’s history for a global celebration of the game. The All-Star Game will air on TNT for the 13^th consecutive year, as will the BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge on Friday, Feb. 13, and State Farm All-Star Saturday Night on Saturday, Feb. 14. The BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge and State Farm All-Star Saturday night will take place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Other events at Barclays Center include the NBA Development League All-Star Game presented by Kumho Tire and the NBA Development League Dream Factory presented by Boost Mobile on Sunday, Feb. 15, airing on NBA TV. Madison Square Garden will host Friday night’s ESPN-televised Sprint NBA All-Star Celebrity Game.

NBA ALL-STAR 2015 BALLOTING PRESENTED BY SPRINT

 

Eastern Conference 

	Frontcourt
1	LeBron James (Cle) 971,299
2	Pau Gasol (Chi) 527,582
3	Carmelo Anthony (NY) 456,186
4	Chris Bosh (Mia) 354,609
5	Kevin Love (Cle) 260,269
6	Marcin Gortat (Was) 155,636
7	Joakim Noah (Chi) 139,307
8	Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) 125,796
9	Al Jefferson (Cha) 77,518
10	Kevin Garnett (BKN) 76,595
11	Nikola Vucevic (Orl) 68,722
12	Paul Pierce (Was) 59,264
13	Paul Millsap (Atl) 55,224
14	Nikola Mirotic (Chi) 52,562
15	Al Horford (Atl) 48,465

 

	Guards
1	John Wall (Was) 564,977
2	Dwyane Wade (Mia) 507,326
3	Kyle Lowry (Tor) 406,974
4	Kyrie Irving (Cle) 372, 065
5	Jimmy Butler (Chi) 263,914
6	Derrick Rose (Chi) 240,092
7	DeMar DeRozan (Tor) 97,093
8	Louis Williams (Tor) 43,652
9	Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) 31,700
10	Bradley Beal (Was) 28,387

 

 Western Conference

 

	Frontcourt
1	Anthony Davis (NO) 922,381
2	Blake Griffin (LAC) 490,786
3	Marc Gasol (Mem) 476,660
4	Tim Duncan (SA) 374,814
5	Kevin Durant (OKC) 330,297
6	LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) 315,405
7	Dwight Howard (Hou) 211,531
8	DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) 209,742
9	Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 186,017
10	Kawhi Leonard (SA) 115,194
11	Rudy Gay (Sac) 97,856
12	DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 75,777
13	Tyson Chandler (Dal) 63,906
14	Nick Young (LAL) 62,502
15	Serge Ibaka (OKC) 60,842

 

	Guards
1	Stephen Curry (GS) 958,014
2	Kobe Bryant (LAL) 862,568
3	James Harden (Hou) 690,843
4	Chris Paul (LAC) 401,945
5	Damian Lillard (Por) 210,794
6	Klay Thompson (GS) 170,827
7	Rajon Rondo (Dal) 165,427
8	Russell Westbrook (OKC) 159,264
9	Jeremy Lin (LAL) 148,763
10	Tony Parker (SA) 75,325

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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