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1997 NBA Rookie Challenge

East 96, West 91

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Date: Saturday, Feb 8, 1997
Location: Gund Arena, Cleveland, OH
Attendance: 20,562

MVP: Allen Iverson
Coaches: Red Auerbach (East) and Red Holzman (West)

Scoring

  1 2 T
East 51 45 96
West 36 55 91

East

Player Tm MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Allen Iverson PHI 26:00 7 11 .636 0 0 5 8 .625 1 3 4 9 3 3 4 2 19
Kerry Kittles NJN 24:00 4 9 .444 1 2 .500 0 2 .000 1 1 2 4 1 2 2 1 9
Antoine Walker BOS 23:00 9 15 .600 0 1 .000 2 4 .500 8 1 9 1 2 0 4 3 20
Marcus Camby TOR 21:00 8 13 .615 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 2 10 12 4 1 1 0 1 18
Erick Dampier IND 15:00 5 6 .833 0 0 1 2 .500 2 5 7 1 1 1 2 2 11
John Wallace NYK 15:00 2 7 .286 0 2 .000 1 3 .333 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 5
Ray Allen MIL 14:00 1 6 .167 0 2 .000 6 7 .857 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 3 8
Vitaly Potapenko CLE 12:00 3 4 .750 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 6
Team Totals 150 39 71 .549 2 9 .222 16 28 .571 16 23 39 21 10 7 13 16 96

West

Player Tm MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Steve Nash PHO 7:00 2 5 .400 0 3 .000 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 4
Kobe Bryant LAL 26:00 8 17 .471 2 5 .400 13 16 .813 3 5 8 3 2 1 7 3 31
Shareef Abdur-Rahim VAN 24:00 8 13 .615 1 2 .500 0 0 0 4 4 1 1 1 2 1 17
Matt Maloney HOU 24:00 2 10 .200 1 4 .250 0 0 1 3 4 4 3 0 3 0 5
Roy Rogers VAN 23:00 1 3 .333 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 2
Travis Knight LAL 20:00 3 5 .600 0 0 3 4 .750 2 2 4 1 1 1 2 4 9
Derek Fisher LAL 15:00 5 9 .556 1 2 .500 5 5 1.000 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 4 16
Lorenzen Wright LAC 11:00 3 6 .500 0 0 1 2 .500 2 2 4 0 0 1 1 2 7
Team Totals 150 32 68 .471 5 16 .313 22 27 .815 9 19 28 16 8 6 15 17 91