Curry among 4 first-timers to start NBA All-Star game, LeBron top vote-getter

Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors will start in his first NBA All-Star Game, having secured the top spot among Western Conference backcourt players after the final returns of NBA All-Star Balloting 2014.

Curry (1,047,281) is joined in the West backcourt by the L.A. Lakers' Kobe Bryant (988,884), who was selected to play in his 16th All-Star Game, second all-time behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (19).

LeBron James of the Miami Heat was the leading overall vote-getter with 1,416,419 votes, followed closely by Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder, who finished with 1,396,294 votes.

Kevin Love, Paul George and Kyrie Irving were also voted NBA All-Stars Thursday, putting four first-time starters in the Feb. 16 game in New Orleans.

Final returns of NBA All-Star Balloting 2014

Eastern Conference Starters

  • Carmelo Anthony, New York
  • Paul George, Indiana
  • Kyrie Irving, Cleveland
  • LeBron James, Miami
  • Dwyane Wade, Miami

Head coach: Frank Vogel, Indiana

Western Conference Starters

  • Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers
  • Stephen Curry, Golden State
  • Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City
  • Blake Griffin, L.A. Clippers
  • Kevin Love, Minnesota

Head coach TBA

Eastern Conference

Frontcourt

  1. LeBron James (Mia) 1,416,419
  2. Paul George (Ind) 1,211,318
  3. Carmelo Anthony (NYK) 935,702
  4. Roy Hibbert (Ind) 524,809
  5. Chris Bosh (Mia) 406,867
  6. Kevin Garnett (Bkn) 209,398
  7. Joakim Noah (Chi) 181,145
  8. Andre Drummond (Det) 163,798
  9. Tyson Chandler (NYK) 137,512
  10. Luol Deng (Cle) 121,754
  11. Jeff Green (Bos) 121,040
  12. Carlos Boozer (Chi) 103,502
  13. David West (Ind) 95,363
  14. Paul Pierce (Bkn) 95,034
  15. Josh Smith (Det) 75,433

Backcourt

  1. Dwyane Wade (Mia) 929,542
  2. Kyrie Irving (Cle) 860,221
  3. John Wall (Was) 393,129
  4. Derrick Rose (Chi) 359,546
  5. Ray Allen (Mia) 250,909
  6. Rajon Rondo (Bos) 174,654
  7. Lance Stephenson (Ind) 148,382
  8. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) 131,228
  9. George Hill (Ind) 129,533
  10. Deron Williams (Bkn) 126,423

Western Conference

Frontcourt

  1. Kevin Durant (OKC) 1,396,294
  2. Blake Griffin (LAC) 688,466
  3. Kevin Love (Min) 661,246
  4. Dwight Howard (Hou) 653,318
  5. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) 609,172
  6. Tim Duncan (SA) 492,657
  7. Anthony Davis (NO) 286,247
  8. Andre Iguodala (GS) 266,611
  9. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) 255,005
  10. Pau Gasol (LAL) 247,323
  11. David Lee (GS) 232,210
  12. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 201,873
  13. Chandler Parsons (Hou) 174,512
  14. Omer Asik (Hou) 130,344
  15. Andrew Bogut (GS) 127,947

Backcourt

  1. Stephen Curry (GS) 1,047,281
  2. Kobe Bryant (LAL) 988,884
  3. Chris Paul (LAC) 804,309
  4. Jeremy Lin (Hou) 628,818
  5. James Harden (Hou) 470,381
  6. Russell Westbrook (OKC) 317,338
  7. Damian Lillard (Por) 280,966
  8. Tony Parker (SA) 258,751
  9. Klay Thompson (GS) 162,984
  10. Ricky Rubio (Min) 124,230