NBA ALL STAR VOTING FINAL RESULTS 1997 – CLEVELAND

  • Terrell Brandon (Cle), Chris Gatling (Dal) and Latrell Sprewell (GS) played as reserves despite not being listed in the Top 10 voting results for their positions.
  • Dikembe Mutombo started the game because Patrick Ewing was injured.
  • Since 1975, the NBA All-Star selections have been left to the fans who vote to determine the starting five for each team. NBA coaches complete the rosters.
  • Until 1974, the starters per team and three bench players were chosen by sport writers and sport casters.
  • Until 1973, each NBA team had to be represented with at least 1 player and a maximum of 3 players.

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Ballot 1997 Votes

S=Starter R=Reserve
WEST
GUARDS TM VOTES
Gary Payton  SEA S 1,206,539
John Stockton  UTA S 1,127,250
Clyde Drexler HOU 926,432
Jason Kidd PHO 911,858
Nick Van Exel LAL 447,347
Eddie Jones  LAL R 372,196
Mitch Richmond  SAC R 347,195
Avery Johnson SA 313,349
Jeff Hornacek UTA 300,324
Stephon Marbury MIN 298,706
FORWARDS TM VOTES
Cedric Ceballos PHO 1,877,232
Shawn Kemp  SEA S 1,713,049
Karl Malone  UTA S 1,337,319
Kevin Garnett  MIN R 481,911
Tom Gugliotta  MIN R 280,504
Sean Elliott SA 274,016
Detlef Schrempf  POR R 259,839
Cedric Ceballos PHO 229,787
Michael Finley DAL 209,611
Brian Grant SAC 171,169
CENTERS TM VOTES
Hakeem Olajuwon  HOU S 1,487,310
Shaquille O’Neal LAL 1,305,941
David Robinson SA 753,247
Sam Perkins SEA 187,698
Olden Polynice SAC 172,143
Felton Spencer GS 162,752
Arvydas Sabonis POR 151,775
Bryant Reeves VAN 121,523
John Williams PHO 115,372
Brian Williams LAC/CHI 52,325
EAST
GUARDS TM VOTES
Michael Jordan  CHI S 2,451,136
Anfernee Hardaway  ORL S 1,132,024
Allen Iverson PHI 567,641
Reggie Miller IND 506,553
Joe Dumars  DET R 428,535
Damon Stoudamire TOR 396,863
Tim Hardaway  MIA R 309,220
Jerry Stackhouse PHI 292,669
Glen Rice  CHA R 199,216
Mookie Blaylock ATL 190,348
FORWARDS TM VOTES
Grant Hill  DET S 1,868,020
Scottie Pippen  CHI S 1,683,956
Dennis Rodman CHI 887,483
Chris Webber  WAS R 396,365
Juwan Howard WAS 283,512
Toni Kukoc CHI 273,429
Vin Baker  MIL R 269,994
Otis Thorpe DET 268,793
Christian Laettner  ATL R 225,893
Larry Johnson NY 220,886
CENTERS TM VOTES
Patrick Ewing NY 1,395,759
Alonzo Mourning MIA 1,041,570
Dikembe Mutombo  ATL S 541,528
Marcus Camby TOR 329,522
Luc Longley CHI 301,838
Gheorghe Muresan WAS 235,156
Shawn Bradley NJ 174,123
Rik Smits IND 169,063
Vlade Divac CHA 119,671
Rony Seikaly ORL 83,241

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