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Quake Griffin wrote:Has any other arena hosted the all star game 3 times? 3 times in this amount if time?

Is it because there’s 2 teams here?



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Adam Silver wrote:''This is truly a sports town,'' Silver said. ''The weather doesn't hurt, (but there's) so much to do here. Coming back here on a regular basis makes sense.''
AP - 2016

Brent Barry, one of three L.A.-based players to win slam dunk contest, revisits 1996 triumph

Brent Barry had a vision.

The speakers at the Alamodome in San Antonio would blare the intro of LL Cool J's "I'm Bad."

"Calling all cars, calling all cars," the dispatchers would say. "Be on the lookout for a tall, light-skinned brother with dimples wearing a black Kangol, sweatsuit, gold chain and sneakers."

Then Barry, a skin-and-bones Clippers rookie, would step onto the court dressed exactly like LL Cool J — down to the Kangol. And as the song begins with a primal scream, he would kick off the 1996 NBA slam dunk contest by jumping from the free-throw line, gliding toward the basket and jamming the ball through the rim.

"I'm glad that the dunk contest has made its way into the theatrical thing it should be. It should be totally goofy and totally fun. And as much of a show as possible," he said. "I wish I had that chance."

Dan Woike, LA Times