Stephen Curry won a tiebreaker to join Golden State teammate Kevin Durant in the starting lineup, while LeBron James and Kyrie Irving also gave Cleveland two starters in the NBA All-Star game. Toronto guard DeMar DeRozan also won a tiebreaker to earn a spot in the East’s lineup for the game Feb. 19 in New Orleans. James is the leading scorer in All-Star Game history and is set to become just the fifth player to start at least 13 games. DeRozan edged Thomas by about 41,000 votes among fans, which gave him the tiebreaker to join Irving, the MVP of the 2014 All-Star game, which was also in New Orleans. It was the first game Gasol missed due to injury this season.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 20, 2017 00:38 UTC