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DENVER, Jan. 29 -- Denver Nuggets guard Chauncey Billups was named a Western Conference reserve for the 2009 NBA All-Star Game, the league announced today. Billups was voted to the team by Western Conference coaches.
Billups, whom the Nuggets acquired from Detroit via trade on Nov. 3, is averaging a career-best 18.8 ppg (including 19.0 ppg with Denver), 6.5 apg and 1.45 spg through 44 games this season. He is shooting .387 (89-230) from three-point range and .903 (262-290) from the free-throw line (seventh-best in the NBA).
The Denver-native and 2004 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player will be making his fourth NBA All-Star appearance and first as a member of the West. He has been selected as a reserve in each of the last four seasons.
Billups becomes the 13th different Nuggets player to earn All-Star status and his appearance will mark the third-straight year that the Nuggets have been represented in the midseason classic.
The 2009 NBA All-Star Game will be played on Feb. 15 at US Airways Center in Phoenix, Ariz.
Listed below is a look at what Billups has done in his three previous NBA All-Star Game appearances:
| YEAR / SITE | MIN | FG | FGA | FG PCT. | 3FG | 3FGA | 3FG PCT. | FT | FTA | FT PCT. | REB | AST | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| 2006 / Houston | 16 | 6 | 10 | .600 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 2007 / Las Vegas | 16 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2008 / New Orleans | 18 | 3 | 10 | .300 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 Games / Averages | 16.7 | 12 | 28 | .429 | 2 | 14 | .143 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 9.7 |
