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Saturday 2 February 2019

LORD

of the

Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade
reacts after sinking a three- RING
point basket during the first
half of the NBA basketball
game against the New York
Knicks, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019,
in New York.
Associated Press
NBA adds

Wade,

Nowitzki

to All-Star

player pool

MIAMI (AP) — Dallas' Dirk
Nowitzki and Miami's Dwy-
ane Wade are both NBA
champions, NBA Finals
MVPs and longtime am-
bassadors for the game of
basketball. And now, one
more time, they're All-Stars.
By special order of NBA
Commissioner Adam Silver,
Wade and Nowitzki were
added Friday to the pool
of players for the All-Star
Game that will be played
in Charlotte on Feb. 17.
Each team will now have
13 players instead of the
customary 12, and LeBron
James — one of the cap-
tains — will be the one who
decides which side Wade
and Nowitzki will be joining.
"Dirk Nowitzki and Dwyane
Wade embody the best of
the NBA: remarkable skill,
drive and professionalism Lakers outlast Clippers in OT 123-120
as well as a deep devotion
to strengthening their com-
munities and growing the Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James stands on the court during the first half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Los
game around the world," Angeles Clippers on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, in Los Angeles.
Silver said. Associated Press
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