eastern conference won the most nba all star games.
eastern conference won the most nba all star games.
who won the most nba all star games?
eastern conference
on october 17, 2018, walker scored 41 points in a 113–112 loss to the milwaukee bucks, setting a franchise record for points scored in a season opener. it was his 10th 40-point game of his career, tying glen rice for the franchise record for 40-point games. three days later, he scored 39 points, including the game-winning free throw with a half-second left, to lift the hornets to a 113–112 win over the miami heat. during the game, he eclipsed the career 10,000-point mark. walker set the nba record for most three-point field goals through the first three games of a season with 19 (previously held by danilo gallinari with 18 in 2009–10) and became the first player in nba history to make five or more three-point field goals in each of the first three games of a season. he was subsequently named eastern conference player of the week for the first week of the season. on november 17, he scored a career-high and franchise-best 60 points in a 122–119 overtime loss to the philadelphia 76ers. two days later, he scored 43 points in a 117–112 win over the boston celtics. on december 5 against the minnesota timberwolves, walker made his 502nd career start for charlotte, the most of any player in team history, passing muggsy bogues (501). on december 29, he scored 47 points in a 130–126 loss to the washington wizards. on january 24, he was named a starter for the eastern conference in the 2019 nba all-star game, joining glen rice as the only players to represent charlotte in three all-star games and becomes the third hornets player to start an all-star game, along with larry johnson (1993) and eddie jones (2000). on february 6, he had 30 points and a season-high 11 rebounds in a 99–93 loss to the dallas mavericks. on february 9, he hit a season-high nine 3-pointers and scored 37 points in a 129–120 win over the atlanta hawks. on march 11, he had 40 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists in a 118–106 loss to the houston rockets. on march 26, he recorded 38 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds in a 125–116 overtime win over the san antonio spurs. on april 1, he scored 38 of his 47 points in the second half of the hornets' 111–102 loss to the utah jazz. with 32 points, seven assists and three rebounds against the new orleans pelicans on april 3, walker recorded his 26th 30-point game of the season, passing glen rice for the franchise record for 30-point games in a season. he also set the franchise record for 3-pointers made in a season when he made his 244th 3-pointer against new orleans. on april 5, he scored 29 points in a 113–111 win over the toronto raptors, thus joining glen rice as the only players in franchise history to score 2,000 points in a season—rice scored 2,115 points in the 1996–97 season. with his 250th made 3-pointer on april 7 against the detroit pistons, walker became only the ninth different player in nba history to connect on 250+ 3-pointers in a season. he was subsequently named eastern conference player of the week for games played april 1–7, marking his seventh career player of the week award. on april 10, in the hornets' season finale, walker scored 43 points in a 122–114 loss to the orlando magic. following the season, he was named to the all-nba third team, his first all-league selection.
kemba walker
kent benson from indiana university was selected first overall by the milwaukee bucks. walter davis from the university of north carolina, who went on to win the rookie of the year award in his first season, was selected fifth by the phoenix suns. davis was also selected to both the all-nba team and the all-star game in his first season. he collected a total of six all-nba team selections and two all-star game selections. three other players from this draft, second pick otis birdsong, third pick marques johnson and seventh pick bernard king, were also selected to both the all-nba team and the all-star game. birdsong was selected to four all-nba teams and one all-star game; johnson was selected to five all-nba teams and three all-star games; and king was selected to four all-nba teams and four all-star games. jack sikma, the eight pick, won the nba championship with the seattle supersonics in 1979 and was selected to seven consecutive all-star games. rickey green, the 16th pick, norm nixon, the 22nd pick, and eddie johnson, the 39th pick, are the only other players from this draft who were selected to an all-star game. two players drafted went on to have coaching careers in the nba: 33rd pick eddie jordan and 53rd pick john kuester. jordan has coached three teams in nine seasons, including five seasons with the washington wizards.
1977 nba draft