Curry closes gap on James for All-Star Game votes lead

LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors lead their respective conferences and are separated by only 13,285 votes after the third returns of NBA All-Star Balloting 2015 presented by Sprint.

James has 971,299 votes compared with 958,014 for Curry, who trailed by 20,324 votes following the second returns issued a week ago. The New Orleans Pelicans' Anthony Davis sits in third place overall with 922,381. Balloting concludes on Monday, Jan. 19.

James, the Chicago Bulls' Pau Gasol (527,582) and the New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony (456,186) pace the Eastern Conference's frontcourt players. The Washington Wizards' John Wall (564,977) is the East's leading vote-getter in the backcourt, followed by the Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade (507,326).

Curry is joined in the Western Conference backcourt by the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant (862,568). The West frontcourt is led, in order, by Davis, the Los Angeles Clippers' Blake Griffin (490,786) and the Memphis Grizzlies' Marc Gasol (476,660).

NBA All-Star Balloting Third Returns:

Eastern Conference

Frontcourt:

  1. LeBron James (Cle) 971,299
  2. Pau Gasol (Chi) 527,582
  3. Carmelo Anthony (NYK) 456,186
  4. Chris Bosh (Mia) 354,609
  5. Kevin Love (Cle) 260,269
  6. Marcin Gortat (Was) 155,636
  7. Joakim Noah (Chi) 139,307
  8. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) 125,796
  9. Al Jefferson (Cha) 77,518
  10. Kevin Garnett (BKN) 76,595
  11. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) 68,722
  12. Paul Pierce (Was) 59,264
  13. Paul Millsap (Atl) 55,224
  14. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) 52,562
  15. Al Horford (Atl) 48,465

Backcourt:

  1. John Wall (Was) 564,997
  2. Dwyane Wade (Mia) 507,326
  3. Kyrie Irving (Cle) 406,974
  4. Kyle Lowry (Tor) 372,065
  5. Jimmy Butler (Chi) 263,914
  6. Derrick Rose (Chi) 240,092
  7. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) 97,093
  8. Louis Williams (Tor) 43,652
  9. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) 31,700
  10. Bradley Beal (Was) 28,387

Western Conference

Frontcourt:

  1. Anthony Davis (NO) 922,381
  2. Blake Griffin (LAC) 490,786
  3. Marc Gasol (Mem) 476,660
  4. Tim Duncan (SA) 374,814
  5. Kevin Durant (OKC) 330,297
  6. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) 315,405
  7. Dwight Howard (Hou) 211,531
  8. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) 209,742
  9. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 186,017
  10. Kawhi Leonard (SA) 115,194
  11. Rudy Gay (Sac) 97,856
  12. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 75,777
  13. Tyson Chandler (Dal) 63,906
  14. Nick Young (LAL) 62,502
  15. Serge Ibaka (OKC) 60,842

Backcourt:

  1. Stephen Curry (GS) 958,014
  2. Kobe Bryant (LAL) 862,568
  3. James Harden (Hou) 690,843
  4. Chris Paul (LAC) 401,495
  5. Damian Lillard (Por) 210,794
  6. Klay Thompson (GS) 170,827
  7. Rajon Rondo (Dal) 165,427
  8. Russell Westbrook (OKC) 159,264
  9. Jeremy Lin (LAL) 148,763
  10. Tony Parker (SA) 75,325