Hawks’ Paul Millsap and Al Horford finished 10th and 11th, respectively, among Eastern Conference frontcourt players in the final NBA All-Star Game balloting revealed Thursday. Jeff Teague finished eighth among backcourt players.
The league announced the final voting and revealed the five starters for each conference. They are:
East: John Wall, Kyle Lowry, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Pau Gasol
West: Stephan Curry, Kobe Bryant, Blake Griffin, Anthony Davis and Marc Gasol
Curry overtook James as the leading vote-getter in the final balloting.
Millsap finished with 121,938 votes. Horford was right behind with 114,995 votes. Teague, who did not appear in any of the balloting updates, finished with 83,900 votes.
Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer will direct the East squad and Warriors coach Steve Kerr will direct the West squad.
Reserves, as voted on by coaches, will be announced on Jan. 29. This year’s All-Star Game will be played at Madison Square Garden in New York on Feb. 15.
The final results are:
Eastern Conference
Frontcourt
1. LeBron James (Cle) 1,470,483
2. Pau Gasol (Chi) 974,177
3. Carmelo Anthony (NY) 647,005
4. Marcin Gortat (Was) 570,005
5. Chris Bosh (Mia) 542,006
6. Kevin Love (Cle) 386,208
7. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) 231,741
8. Joakim Noah (Chi) 203,718
9. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) 129,293
10. Paul Millsap (Atl) 121,938
11. Al Horford (Atl) 114,955
12. Al Jefferson (Cha) 110,980
13. Kevin Garnett (BKN) 106,820
14. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) 103,645
15. Andre Drummond (Det) 86,717
Guards
1. John Wall (Was) 886,368
2. Kyle Lowry (Tor) 805,290
3. Dwyane Wade (Mia) 789,839
4. Kyrie Irving (Cle) 535,873
5. Jimmy Butler (Chi) 455,756
6. Derrick Rose (Chi) 379,994
7. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) 159,123
8. Jeff Teague (Atl) 83,900
9. Lou Williams (Tor) 82,135
10. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) 55,014
Western Conference
Frontcourt
1. Anthony Davis (NO) 1,369,911
2. Marc Gasol (Mem) 795,121
3. Blake Griffin (LAC) 700,615
4. Tim Duncan (SA) 546,817
5. Kevin Durant (OKC) 545,226
6. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) 498,131
7. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) 465,334
8. Dwight Howard (Hou) 348,275
9. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 292,557
10. Rudy Gay (Sac) 144,702
11. Kawhi Leonard (SA) 132,150
12. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 117,816
13. Serge Ibaka (OKC) 107,223
14. Draymond Green (GS) 99,039
15. Tyson Chandler (Dal) 98,654
Guards
1. Stephen Curry (GS) 1,513,324
2. Kobe Bryant (LAL) 1,152,402
3. James Harden (Hou) 1,069,368
4. Chris Paul (LAC) 551,167
5. Damian Lillard (Por) 365,417
6. Klay Thompson (GS) 314,254
7. Russell Westbrook (OKC) 248,758
8. Rajon Rondo (Dal) 219,506
9. Jeremy Lin (LAL) 216,246
10. Mike Conley (Mem) 103,015
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