Kobe Bryant Raih MVP ke 4

LOS ANGELES, Kompas.com - Kobe Bryant terpilih sebagai pemain terbaik (MVP) NBA All Star Game untuk keempatkalinya setelah membawa wilayah barat mengalahkan timur 148-143, Minggu.

Dalam pertandingan tersebut, pemain veteran Los Angeles Lakers ini  melesakkan 37 poin dan 14 rebound dalam pertandingan yang berlangsung di markas Lakers di Staples Center, Los Angeles.

Kobe meraih penghargaan MVP pada 2002,  2007 dan 2009. Ia sekaligus menyamai rekor yang sebelumnya dipegang legenda basket NBA, Bob Pettit.

Dalam NBA All Star game kali ini, pemain Miami Heat, LeBron James mencatat 29 poin dan 12 rebound buat wilayah timur.

Berikut daftar MVP NBA All Star Game sepanjang masa:
2011 — Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers
2010 — Dwyane Wade, Miami
2009 — Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers; dan Shaquille O’Neal, Phoenix
2008 — LeBron James, Cleveland
2007 — Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers
2006 — LeBron James, Cleveland
2005 — Allen Iverson, Philadelphia
2004 — Shaquille O’Neal, LA Lakers
2003 — Kevin Garnett, Minnesota
2002 — Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers
2001 — Allen Iverson, Philadelphia
2000 — Tim Duncan, San Antonio; dan Shaquille O’Neal, LA Lakers
1999 — Tidak ada pertandingan
1998 — Michael Jordan, Chicago
1997 — Glen Rice, Charlotte
1996 — Michael Jordan, Chicago
1995 — Mitch Richmond, Sacramento
1994 — Scottie Pippen, Chicago
1993 — Karl Malone dan John Stockton, Utah
1992 — Magic Johnson, LA Lakers
1991 — Charles Barkley, Philadelphia
1990 — Magic Johnson, LA Lakers
1989 — Karl Malone, Utah
1988 — Michael Jordan, Chicago
1987 — Tom Chambers, Seattle
1986 — Isiah Thomas, Detroit
1985 — Ralph Sampson, Houston
1984 — Isiah Thomas, Detroit
1983 — Julius Erving, Philadelphia
1982 — Larry Bird, Boston
1981 — Tiny Archibald, Boston
1980 — George Gervin, San Antonio
1979 — David Thompson, Denver
1978 — Randy Smith, Buffalo
1977 — Julius Erving, Philadelphia
1976 — Dave Bing, Detroit
1975 — Walt Frazier, New York
1974 — Bob Lanier, Detroit
1973 — Dave Cowens, Boston
1972 — Jerry West, Los Angeles
1971 — Lenny Wilkens, Seattle
1970 — Willis Reed, New York
1969 — Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati
1968 — Hal Greer, Philadelphia
1967 — Rick Barry, San Francisco
1966 — Adrian Smith, Cincinnati
1965 — Jerry Lucas, Cincinnati
1964 — Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati
1963 — Bill Russell, Boston
1962 — Bob Pettit, St. Louis
1961 — Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati
1960 — Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia
1959 — Elgin Baylor, Minneapolis; dan Bob Pettit, St. Louis
1958 — Bob Pettit, St. Louis
1957 — Bob Cousy, Boston
1956 — Bob Pettit, St. Louis
1955 — Bill Sharman, Boston
1954 — Bob Cousy, Boston
1953 — George Mikan, Minneapolis
1952 — Paul Arzin, Philadelphia
1951 — Ed Macauley, Boston