An All-Star Game with Playoff Intensity!

"All the players are ready!"

"With more than ten thousand New York fans watching! With countless celebrities watching! The game is about to begin!"

"New York's number one fan, Spike Lee, is sitting courtside! He's chatting and laughing with Nixon. Could they be discussing the production of their next film together?"

"Reed, Dr. J, Oscar Robertson! Hall of Fame superstars and more have gathered together! Sitting courtside and watching the NBA's unprecedented golden age, would they be overwhelmed with emotion?"

"The game begins! Javie tossed the ball high into the air!"

"Mine!" O'Neal roared!

With an overpowering leap, he soared into the air!

His massive palm slapped the ball toward the Western Conference All-Stars.

Before the game, Kobe had said they were going to play for real!

They were going to crush those smug Eastern Conference All-Stars!

O'Neal was more than happy to oblige!

Kobe took the ball, ignored Payton calling for it beside him, and pushed forward.

Hardaway grinned as he stopped Kobe at the three-point line. Penny had yet to realize that half the players on this court had come in determined to win!

"Pick-and-roll! A pick-and-roll between Kobe and Garnett!"

"A pick-and-roll between the Black Mamba and the Wolf King!"

"Penny got careless! He failed to dodge!"

"Using the screen with ease, Kobe drove right in!"

"Like a dragon plunging into the sea! Kobe charged into the paint and went straight at the Eastern Conference interior defense!"

"Webber was held up by Garnett! Dikembe Mutombo was shoved aside by O'Neal! Neither of them had expected the Western Conference All-Stars to play like this right from the opening!"

"He's up! He's flying!"

"Little Flying Hero!"

"Kobe twisted his body like a spinning top! A standing 360-degree tomahawk dunk!"

"The Dunk King!"

"Graceful!"

"Violent!"

"Elegant!"

"It's hard to imagine