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2013 NBA All-Star voting: Kobe leads LeBron by thin margin

The third round of balloting for the NBA All-Star game has concluded, and there has been very little change.

by Stephen Schmidt
Bob Donnan-US PRESSWIRE

The NBA has released the results after the third round of balloting for the NBA all-star game, and very little has changed from the results of the second.

Kobe Bryant leads the Western Conference and is the top vote-getter in the NBA, narrowly ahead of the Eastern Conference leader LeBron James. If the balloting ended today, the starting lineups would be as follows:

Eastern Conference: Dwayne Wade, Rajon Rondo, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Garnett

Western Conference: Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin, Dwight Howard

The full results after the third round of balloting can be found below:

Eastern Conference frontcourt:

  1. LeBron James 1,151,304
  2. Carmelo Anthony 1,054,099
  3. Kevin Garnett 390,751
  4. Chris Bosh 362,973
  5. Tyson Chandler 315,752
  6. Paul Pierce 205,096
  7. Joakim Noah 158,743
  8. Josh Smith 131,508
  9. Anderson Varejao 116,166
  10. Shane Battier 107,190
  11. Amar’e Stoudemire 104,109
  12. Andrew Bynum 93,611
  13. Luol Deng 90,736
  14. Brook Lopez 76,695
  15. Jeff Green 62,367

Eastern Conference backcourt:

  1. Dwyane Wade 765,077
  2. Rajon Rondo 675,822
  3. Deron Williams 350,618
  4. Kyrie Irving 308,878
  5. Ray Allen 232,441
  6. Monta Ellis 84,609
  7. Raymond Felton 77,123
  8. Jrue Holiday 66,514
  9. Jason Terry 62,189
  10. Brandon Jennings 56,826

Western Conference frontcourt:

  1. Kevin Durant 1,088,797
  2. Dwight Howard 716,671
  3. Blake Griffin 593,024
  4. Tim Duncan 352,534
  5. Pau Gasol 239,440
  6. Kevin Love 221,291
  7. Omer Asik 160,935
  8. Rudy Gay 140,864
  9. Serge Ibaka 134,172
  10. Marc Gasol 114,465
  11. LaMarcus Aldridge 111,156
  12. Zach Randolph 111,046
  13. Dirk Nowitzki 106,623
  14. Metta World Peace 106,025
  15. Chandler Parsons 93,057

Western Conference backcourt:

  1. Kobe Bryant 1,177,456
  2. Chris Paul 651,893
  3. Jeremy Lin 605,624
  4. James Harden 337,585
  5. Russell Westbrook 268,558
  6. Steve Nash 202,274
  7. Tony Parker 128,966
  8. Ricky Rubio 112,352
  9. Stephen Curry 97,761
  10. Manu Ginobili 84,564
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