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Remembering the last 10 great All-Star game performances

With All-Star weekend upon us, you'll find yourself reliving great moments, games and dunk contests from All-Star years past, so to help you with that, here are the last 10 great individual (and sometimes combination) All-Star performances.

2012 - Kevin Durant and Dwyane Wade
In the type of 'Slim Reaper' performance we've simply become accustomed to a couple of years later, Durant carried the Western Conference to a 152-149 victory with 36 points on 14-of-25 shooting to go with seven rebounds, three assists and three steals.

Not to be outdone, Dwyane Wade posted just the third triple-double in All-Star game history with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. For good measure, Wade also broke Kobe Bryant's nose on this hard foul.

Who says NBA All-Star games don't mater?

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2011 - Kobe Bryant and LeBron James
LeBron was still getting used to his role as an NBA 'heel' in his first season with the Heat, and he nearly played the perfect villain in helping the East rally from a 17-point fourth quarter deficit in L.A. with the second triple-double in All-Star history (29 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists).

But the night belonged to Bryant, who went off for a ridiculous 37 points, 14 rebounds (including an All-Star game record 10 offensive rebounds), three assists and three steals in less than 30 minutes of action to help the West hold on for the 148-143 win.

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2006 - Tracy McGrady
T-Mac didn't exactly stuff the statsheet - the only thing he did besides score was hand out two assists and pick up one steal - but his 36 points in 26 minutes in the 2006 All-Star game was one of his last memorable moments as an elite NBA player.

And if he hadn't shot an uncharacteristic 2-of-7 from the free throw line, 40 was well within reach.

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2003 - Kevin Garnett (and Allen Iverson)
The Big Ticket continued to make his case as arguably the best player in basketball with a sensational All-Star game performance of 37 points (on 17-24 shooting), nine rebounds, five steals, three assists and one block in 41 minutes of a thrilling double-overtime contest. Garnett was named MVP of the game, which the West won 155-145, but don't forget about Iverson's 35 points, seven assists, five rebounds and five steals to make things interesting.

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1997 - Michael Jordan
The total numbers weren't as impressive as some of the other statlines on this list, but Jordan posting the first triple-double in All-Star history (14 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists) has to be included if we're talking about the 10 most recent memorable All-Star game performances.

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1994 - Scottie Pippen
Pippen enjoyed a career-year during the 1993-94 season, carrying the Bulls in their first season post-Jordan with averages of 22 points, 8.7 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 2.9 steals, and his MVP performance in the 1994 All-Star game helped cement his status as an alpha male himself.

Pippen finished with 29 points, 11 rebounds, four steals, two assists and a block in the Eastern Conference's 127-118 victory.

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1992 - Magic Johnson
As an individual performance, Magic's MVP-worthy 25 points, nine assists, five rebounds, two steals and 9-of-12 shooting in a dominating 153-113 win for the West was already enough, but couple that with the fact that this was the first game Johnson had played since announcing his retirement and HIV diagnosis a few months earlier and the fact that the game pretty much ended after a Magic three-pointer with 14.5 seconds left because everyone wanted to embrace him, and you have the greatest All-Star moment, bar none.

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1991 - Charles Barkley
Barkley's MVP performance was almost ruined by a potential Kevin Johnson game-winning three-pointer for the West that was nullified thanks to Karl Malone's basket interference, but the East hung on for a 116-114 win behind 17 points, 22 boards, four assists, one block and one steal from 'The Round Mound of Rebound.'

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1988 - Michael Jordan
The only player to appear on this list multiple times, Jordan's performance at the 1988 game was the best one of all, as 'His Airness' followed up his memorable dunk contest win over Dominique Wilkins on Saturday with 40 points (on 17/23 shooting!), eight rebounds, four steals, four blocks and three assists in 29 minutes. The East came out on top, 138-133, with Jordan collecting the first of his two All-Star Game MVP awards.

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1987 - Moses Malone and Tom Chambers
Malone had the best individual performance of the night with 27 points, 18 rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block in 35 minutes played, but Chambers, who was only included as an injury replacement for Ralph Sampson, took home MVP honors with 34 points, four rebounds, four steals and two assists for the winning Western Conference team in front of his hometown Sonics fans.

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