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Pau Gasol rounds up frontcourt voting in early All-Star results

Dec. 25, 2014 – LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers and John Wall of the Washington Wizards top the Eastern Conference, while Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors and Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans lead the Western Conference after the first returns of NBA All-Star Balloting 2015.

James, in his first season back with the Cavaliers, is the overall leader with 552,967 votes, while Curry is second with 549,095 votes.

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' 30th year of NBA All-Star coverage.

James, the New York Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony (265,170) and the Chicago Bulls’ Pau Gasol (247,953) pace the Eastern Conference’s frontcourt players. Wall (299,209) is the East’s leading vote-getter in the backcourt, followed by the Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade (265,917).

Curry, whose stellar play has led Golden State (23-4) to the league’s best record, is currently joined in the West backcourt by the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant (521,542). Davis (524,623), the Los Angeles Clippers’ Blake Griffin (307,908) and the Memphis Grizzlies’ Marc Gasol (227,554) lead all Western Conference frontcourt players.

NBA All-Star Balloting 2015 gives fans around the world the opportunity to vote for their favorite players to start in the All-Star Game 2015 and, for the first time ever, the official NBA All-Star Ballot 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; and via SMS text.

Fans can learn how to vote by visiting Bulls.com/votebulls.

Balloting concludes on Monday, Jan. 19. Starters will be announced live on TNT on Thursday, Jan. 22, during a special one-hour edition of TNT NBA Tip-Off at 7 p.m. ET, featuring Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, and Kenny Smith. The special will air prior to 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).

Eastern Conference

Frontcourt

  1. LeBron James (Cle) 552,967
  2. Carmelo Anthony (NYK) 265,170
  3. Pau Gasol (Chi) 247,953
  4. Chris Bosh (Mia) 208,549
  5. Kevin Love (Cle) 169,818
  6. Joakim Noah (Chi) 69,994
  7. Marcin Gortat (Was) 57,715
  8. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) 52,318
  9. Kevin Garnett (BKN) 46,494
  10. Al Jefferson (Cha) 43,230
  11. Paul Pierce (Was) 35,197
  12. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) 33,296
  13. Paul Millsap (Atl) 21,545
  14. Amar’e Stoudemire (NYK) 20,602
  15. Andre Drummond (Det) 19,128

Guards

  1. John Wall (Was) 299,209
  2. Dwyane Wade (Mia) 265,917
  3. Kyrie Irving (Cle) 237,356
  4. Kyle Lowry (Tor) 182,896
  5. Derrick Rose (Chi) 105,465
  6. Jimmy Butler (Chi) 99,984
  7. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) 51,946
  8. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) 17,512
  9. Louis Williams (Tor) 15,329
  10. Bradley Beal (Was) 13,911

Western Conference

Frontcourt

  1. Anthony Davis (NO) 524,623
  2. Blake Griffin (LAC) 307,908
  3. Marc Gasol (Mem) 227,554
  4. Tim Duncan (SA) 198,649
  5. Kevin Durant (OKC) 191,881
  6. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) 152,253
  7. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) 117,003
  8. Dwight Howard (Hou) 104,699
  9. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 100,015
  10. Kawhi Leonard (SA) 74,501
  11. Rudy Gay (Sac) 51,873
  12. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 43,051
  13. Nick Young (LAL) 32,050
  14. Tyson Chandler (Dal) 31,659
  15. Zach Randolph (Mem) 30.147

Guards

  1. Stephen Curry (GS) 549,095
  2. Kobe Bryant (LAL) 521,542
  3. James Harden (Hou) 336,998
  4. Chris Paul (LAC) 257,528
  5. Rajon Rondo (Dal) 107,366
  6. Klay Thompson (GS) 90,957
  7. Russell Westbrook (OKC) 84,686
  8. Damian Lillard (Por) 82,884
  9. Jeremy Lin (LAL) 77,276
  10. Tony Parker (SA) 50,287