NEW DELHI, July 6, 2008 -- This was the day when campers went all out to prove themselves as the best and most deserving to be selected as the East and West All-Stars, to lay out all they had learned over the past three days and ultimately be crowned the 2008 Basketball without Borders Asia All-Star.

The morning started out with a flurry of activities, where NBA players joined camp director Dean Cooper to host a Jr. NBA/ WNBA clinic at the Siri Fort Sports Complex for over 100 children who had been invited by the Basketball Federation of India. Kids arrived almost an hour before the clinic began and even though it soon started raining, it couldn’t dampen their excitement of receiving NBA-style training in their own backyard.

Kids were broken down into groups and taken through shooting and rebound drills, while players cautioned them to be careful on the slippery courts. Kyle’s station was especially rowdy, when they had to

Back at the American Embassy School, campers attended the second session of the HIV/AIDS education and prevention life skills seminar hosted by the Modicare Foundation. They were reminded that as young athletes, they are going to be role models for the people at home, and they have a social duty to behave responsibly. After classes, they took to the courts for a last round of games to warm-up and simply enjoy the last morning of drills and training with their fellow campers from all over Asia.

Where Basketball without Borders Asia All-Stars Happens

The 2008 BWB Asia All-Star game was a spectacle to behold. It contained not only the best 24 players of the camp, but a half-time show and a rocking crowd. In front of 300 plus fans, the East and West Stars were neck-and-neck, by half-time the West Stars were leading by a 32-29.

Four contestants took to the courts during half-time for the 3-point contest. Park Jung Hoon from Korean beat Yuki Mitsuhara from Japan in the first round by 8-5; while Lim Ming-Hui from Chinese Taipei edged out Ivan Makarchuk from Kyrgyzstan by 7-5. Lim and Park proceeded to the final round but tied it at 6 shots, but Lim proved himself to be the Ray Allen from Chinese Taipei and knocked Park out by one at 7 to 6. Kyle Korver was no threat to Lim’s title as he defeated Kyle 7-3.

It was a blow-out when the West Stars continued to dominate the second half of the game, with Lim Jong Ill leading the team to victory at 74:53 and was crowned Nike MVP of the All-Star Game.

Dong Hanlin from China won the Frequent Flyer Award presented by American Airlines, recording the highest jump amongst all campers. The DHL Playmaker award went to Joseph Zaloum from Lebanon, and Xu Tao from China was given the sportsmanship award by Tata Consultancy Awards. But it was India’s own young talent Vishesh Bhriguvanshi who won the loudest cheer and applause in the gym, becoming a hero when he was named Nike MVP of the Basketball without Borders Asia camp!