The 1997 NBA All-Star Game was the 47th edition of the All-Star Game and commemorated the 50th anniversary of NBA. The game was played on February 9, 1997, at Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The winner of the MVP award was Glen Rice of the Charlotte Hornets who played 25 minutes and scored 26 points while breaking two records in the process, 20 points in the third quarter and 24 points in the second half. Rice's 20 points in the period broke Hal Greer's record (19), set in 1968. Rice's 24 points in a half surpassed the previous mark of 23, owned by Wilt Chamberlain and Tom Chambers. Michael Jordan's 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists were the first and, until the 2011 NBA All-Star Game, the only triple double in NBA All-Star Game history. Five players (Charles Barkley, Alonzo Mourning, Patrick Ewing, Clyde Drexler, Shaquille O’Neal) who were voted or selected for the team opted out due to injury, opening the doors for the annually neglected and the new stars—Joe Dumars, Detlef Schrempf, Chris Webber, Chris Gatling and 20-year old second-year man Kevin Garnett took their spots.

Injury replacements[link]

Five players missed the All-Star Game and were replaced.

Boxscore[link]

Western Conference[link]

Eastern Conference[link]

(*) denotes starter.

Score by periods[link]

• Halftime— West, 60–57
• Third Quarter— East, 97–87
• Technical Fouls— none
• Officials— Hugh Evans, Bill Oakes, Ron Garretson
• Attendance— 20,562
• Time – 2:26
• Rating— 11.2/19 share (NBC).

Three-point shootout[link]

Slam Dunk Competition[link]

Rookie Challenge[link]

4th NBA Rookie Challenge Game. Date: February 8, 1997, at Gund Arena in Cleveland; Coaches: Eastern Conference: Red Auerbach; Western Conference: Red Holzman; MVP: Allen Iverson, Philadelphia (26 minutes, 19 points).

Team replacements: EAST— None ; WEST— ?? for Minnesota guard Stephon Marbury, ?? for Dallas forward Samaki Walker.

Western Conference[link]

Eastern Conference[link]

Score by periods[link]

• Officials: Nolan Fine, Bill Spooner, Michael Smith.

External links[link]

• 1997 NBA All-Star Game Box Score
• 1997 NBA Rookie Challenge Game Box Score
• 1997 NBA All-Star Game Article

The National Basketball Association All-Star Game was first staged at the Boston Garden on March 2, 1951. From that year on, the NBA has matched the best players in the Eastern Conference against the best players in the Western Conference.

The participants are currently chosen in two ways. The first is via fan ballot, with the leading vote recipients at each position starting the game; secondly the reserves are chosen by a vote among the head coaches of each squad's particular conference.^[1] Coaches are not allowed to vote for their own players. If a player is injured and cannot participate, the commissioner will select a replacement.

The coach of the team with the best record in each conference on January 31 is chosen as the coach of the respective conference in the All-Star Game. However, regardless of record, a coach cannot be made an All-Star in two consecutive seasons.^[1] This is the so-called "Riley Rule" so named because coach Pat Riley's Lakers teams of the 1980s won so often that he coached the Western Conference team eight times in nine seasons from 1982 to 1990. In the event that a coach's team repeats as the best record holder the coach from the team with the second best record will serve as All-Star coach for that conference.

History[link]

The idea of holding an All-Star Game was conceived during a meeting between NBA President Maurice Podoloff, NBA publicity director Haskell Cohen and Boston Celtics owner Walter A. Brown. At that time, the basketball world had just been stunned by the college basketball point-shaving scandal. In order to regain public attention to the league, Cohen suggested the league to host an exhibition game featuring the league's best players, similar to the Major League Baseball's All-Star Game.^[2] Although most people, including Podoloff, were pessimistic about the idea, Brown remained confident that it would be a success. He even offered to host the game and to cover all the expenses or potential losses incurred from the game.^[3] In the first All-Star Game, the Eastern All-Stars team defeated the Western All-Stars team 111–94. Boston Celtics' Ed Macauley was named as the first NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award. The All-Star Game became a success, drawing an attendance of 10,094, much higher than that season's average attendance of 3,500.^[4]

Features of the All-Star Game[link]

The Game is played under normal NBA rules, but there are notable differences from an average game. Since the starting All-Stars are selected by fan vote, players sometimes start the game at atypical positions. For instance, in 2007 Kobe Bryant and Tracy McGrady had the two highest fan vote totals among Western Conference guards. As both players normally play shooting guard, Bryant, who is 6'6" (198 cm), started the game as a point guard, despite him also manning the shooting guard position on his team.

The player introductions are usually accompanied by a significant amount of fanfare, including lighting effects, dance music, and pyrotechnics. Special uniforms are designed for the game each year, usually red for the Western Conference and blue for the Eastern Conference, but the 1997–2002 games allowed players the opportunity to wear their respective team uniforms. Originally players from the same team who share a number have the option to either keep or change numbers (e.g. Patrick Ewing trading his familiar #33 for #3 because of Larry Bird wearing the same number), but since 1997 players from the same team can keep their customary uniform numbers even if they share them. A major recording artist typically sings "O Canada" and "The Star-Spangled Banner" prior to tipoff. One of the more memorable performances was given by Marvin Gaye during the 1983 game. Gaye was accompanied by Gordon Banks, who played a tape from an all night session that used numerous elements of soul music and funk. Banks still has that historic tape of the music to which Gaye sang his soulful version.

Gameplay usually involves players attempting spectacular slam dunks and alley oops. Defensive effort is usually limited and the final score of the game is generally much higher than an average NBA game. The coaches also try to give most of the reserve players some time on the court instead of using a limited rotation as they would in a normal game. The fourth quarter of the game is often played in a more competitive fashion, if the game is close.

Halftime is also longer than a typical NBA game due to musical performances by popular artists. Recent guests have included Elton John, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, OutKast, Alicia Keys, Shakira, John Legend and Rihanna, and Nicki Minaj.

All-Star Game results[link]

The Eastern Conference All-Stars lead the all-time series 36–25.

Note

• * denotes a city without an NBA team in play during that calendar year.
• † denotes an NBA All-Star game that is held at an NFL or MLB stadium.
• Portland, Sacramento, Toronto, Memphis and Oklahoma City are the only current NBA cities that have not yet hosted an NBA All-Star Game.
• # Arlington, Texas does not have an NBA team within its city limits, but it is a part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex that has an NBA team (the Dallas Mavericks).

Other All-Star events[link]

The All-Star Game is the featured event of All-Star Weekend, and it is held on a Sunday night. All-Star Weekend also includes a number of popular exhibition games and competitions featuring NBA players and alumni as well as players from the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and NBA Development League (D-League).

See also[link]

• List of NBA All-Stars
• List of NBA All-Star Game head coaches
• List of NBA All-Star Game broadcasters
• NBA All-Star Game records
• NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award

References[link]

External links[link]

• Houston to host 2013 All-Star Weekend
• Stream the NBA All-Star Game Online
• NBA All-Star Game History
• NBA All-Star Game at Basketball Reference
• NBA All-Star Game at ESPN

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An all-star game is an exhibition game played by the best players in their sports league, except in the circumstances of professional sports systems in which a democratic voting system is used. The players are often chosen by a popular vote of fans of the sport and the game often occurs at the halfway point of the regular season, although this is not the case for some all-star games (such as the Pro Bowl). The method of choosing teams varies, but the selection is usually based upon geographical situation of the clubs or the nationalities of the players involved.

All-star games are played as though they are regular games, but since they present a special showcase for skills, they hardly play out that way. Coaches try to get everyone into the game (while constrained by normal substitution rules), with the players not exerting themselves as they would in a regular season game (to minimize the risk of injury.) In hockey, for example, there is no serious checking, while in football no blitzing is allowed. An exception to this rule would be the Australian Rugby League State of Origin, where physicality at a level often leading to on-field scuffles is fairly common.

The term "all-star" is not generally used outside North America. Because of the promotion and relegation system prevalent in most countries, an all-star game would not be necessarily representative of the season's stars. Japan's J. League All-Star Soccer is one of the few such games. Moreover, all-star games are not often played in many sports (such as association football) that are popular outside North America because such sports play more games between individual nations, which are usually much more popular than all-star games would be. In the United Kingdom, all-star teams (both real and fantasy) are usually denoted with the Roman numeral corresponding to the number of players allowed on the field - for example, a soccer or cricket XI, a rugby league XIII and a rugby union XV.

Major League Baseball is usually recognized as organizing the first professional league all-star game when it was held as part of the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago. It was the brainchild of Arch Ward, then sports editor for The Chicago Tribune.^[1] Initially intended to be a one-time event, its great success resulted in making the game an annual one. Ward's contribution was recognized by Major League Baseball in 1962 with the creation of the "Arch Ward Trophy," given to the All-Star Game's most valuable player each year.^[2]

Professional all-star games[link]

• All Stars Game - National Rugby League - (Indigenous All Stars vs NRL All Stars)

Note: This annual game involves a publicly voted selection of the best club players from the league versus an Aboriginal team in honour of reconciliation.

• American Hockey League All-Star Game
• ECHL All-Star Game
• Major League Baseball All-Star Game (National League vs. American League)
• Honkbal Hoofdklasse All-Star Game (North All-Stars vs. South All-Stars)
• National Basketball Association All-Star Game (Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference)
• Philippine Basketball Association All-Star Game (South All-Stars vs. North All-Stars)
• J. League All-Star Soccer (J-WEST vs. J-EAST, generally)
• Korea Baseball Organization All-Star Game (Eastern vs Western)

• National Hockey League All-Star Game
  • The game has had a number of formats throughout its history.
    • The original format, used from 1947 through 1968 with two exceptions, saw the previous season's Stanley Cup champions take on an "All-Star" team made up of the First and Second NHL All-Star Teams plus other star players.
    • In 1951 and 1952, the competing teams were the First NHL All-Star Team, supplemented with stars from the league's American franchises, and the Second NHL All-Star Team, supplemented with stars from Canadian franchises.
    • Beginning in 1969 and continuing through 2009, with some exceptions, the format was geographic—most recently Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference.
    • For 1979 and 1987, a single team comprising the NHL's best players faced the Soviet national ice hockey team in a two-game series.
    • From 1998 through 2002, the teams were divided by player nationality, with a "North America" team made up of Canadians and Americans and a "World" team drawn from the rest of the world.
    • In 2006 and 2010, the league did not hold an all-star game, instead releasing its players to play ice hockey at the Olympic Games. The league held an all-star game in addition to releasing its players to the Olympics in 1998 and 2002.
    • The current format, first used in 2011, involves the selection of 42 players—six in fan voting, and the other 36 by the league. The selected players then choose two of these individuals as team captains. Two days before the game, a "fantasy draft" is held in which each captain takes turns in selecting his teammates.
• Pro Bowl - National Football League (American Football Conference vs. National Football Conference)

Note: In American football, the term "all-star game" refers to the American Football League All-Star game, last played in 1969; or the College All-Star Game, last played in 1976.

• Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game (Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference)
• Major League Soccer All-Star Game
  • The game has had several formats throughout its history:
    • Originally, the game pitted Eastern Conference and Western Conference all-star teams. This format was used for all games save one from 1996 through 2001, and also in 2004.
    • The 1998 game pitted an "MLS USA" team, consisting entirely of Americans, against an "MLS World" team drawn from all other nationalities.
    • The 2002 game matched an MLS all-star team against the US national team.
    • The 2003 game was the first in which an MLS all-star team played a visiting foreign club team. This format has been used ever since, with the exception of 2004.
• NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race (Race winners from previous and current season, as well as Sprint Cup champions and All-Star Race winners from the previous 10 seasons)
• National Lacrosse League All-Star Game (East Division vs. West Division)
• Major Indoor Soccer League All-Star Game (Format varies)
• WNBA All-Star Game (usually Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference)
  • In 2004 and 2010, the East-West format was not followed; instead, the USA national team faced a team of WNBA all-stars. These games are not considered official All-Star Games by the league.
  • In 2008, no All-Star Game was played; the league took a break for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
• Women's Professional Soccer All-Star Game
  • With the league only having been inaugurated in 2009, no format for the game has yet been established.
    • The first game in 2009, which took place after the season, employed a format similar to that of recent MLS All-Star Games, with a team of WPS all-stars taking on a visiting foreign club team (specifically Umeå IK of Sweden).
    • The 2010 edition took place at midseason. Of the 36 players, 22 were selected through a voting process, and the other 14 were selected by the league. The top vote-getters among U.S. and international players, respectively Abby Wambach and Marta, were named captains. They picked their first 10 teammates from the remaining 20 All-Stars selected through the voting process, with the league then filling out each roster.
    • No All-Star Game was held in 2011 because the season ran up against the Women's World Cup.
• Triple-A All-Star Game (Baseball; International League vs. Pacific Coast League)
• AIFA Kickoff Classic (American Indoor Football Association All-Stars vs. expansion team)

Former events

• Marlboro Challenge (1987–1992, CART series winners from the current and previous seasons)
• Canadian Football League All Star Game (East Division Vs. West Division) (?1982, 1988?)

College all-star games[link]

College football

• Aztec Bowl, features an all-star Mexican team and, currently, an NCAA Division III all-star team
• Blue-Gray Football Classic (defunct)
• Casino del Sol College All-Star Game (originally the Eastham Energy All-Star Game)
• College All-Star Game (defunct), featured the defending NFL champions and an all-star team of recent college graduates
• East-West Shrine Game
• Hula Bowl (defunct)
• Mahi Shrine North–South College All-Star Classic (defunct)
• Magnolia Gridiron All-Star Classic (defunct)
• NFLPA Game – This game matches a team of individuals who played either college or high school football in Texas against an all-star team with ties to the rest of the U.S., a format reflected in the game's original name—the "Texas vs. The Nation Game".
• North–South All-American Game (defunct)
• North–South All-Star Classic (defunct)
• Senior Bowl

Other college sports

• North-South Senior All-Star Game, the NCAA men's lacrosse all-star games
• NCAA vs UAAP, All Star Collegiate Basketball between the top two college leagues in the Philippines

High school all-star games[link]

High school basketball

• McDonald's All-American — featuring the most highly recruited high school players from across the nation.
• Jordan Brand All-American - similar game among blue chip athletes

High school football

• U.S. Army All-American Bowl
• Under Armour All-America Game
• Offense-Defense All-American Bowl

• NUC All-World Gridiron Classic
• Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic (Alabama vs. Mississippi)
• Big 33 Football Classic (Pennsylvania vs. Ohio)
• Bayou Bowl (Houston metropolitan area, Texas vs. Louisiana)
• Don Raabe Big 30 Charities Classic (Southern Tier, New York vs. Northern Tier, Pennsylvania)
• Lions Club All-Star High School Football Classic (Erie County, New York vs. Niagara County, New York)
• Maryland Crab Bowl (Washington, DC vs. Baltimore, Maryland)
• Oil Bowl (Texas vs. Oklahoma)
• North-South Game of the Carolinas (North Carolina vs. South Carolina)

High school lacrosse

• Under Armour All-American Lacrosse Game

Other[link]

Australian rules football[link]

• E. J. Whitten Legends Game (Victoria vs. All Stars, a team representing the rest of Australia—annual)
• AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match (Victoria vs. Dream Team—only edition in 2008)

References[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: All-star games

Glen Rice

Glen Rice (left) in 2009.
No. 41
Guard/Forward
Personal information
Born	(1967-05-28) May 28, 1967 (age 45) Flint, Michigan
Nationality	American
High school	Flint Northwestern
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
College	Michigan (1985–1989)
NBA Draft	1989 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4th overall
Selected by the Miami Heat
Pro career	1989–2004
Career history
1989–1995	Miami Heat
1995–1998	Charlotte Hornets
1999–2000	Los Angeles Lakers
2000–2001	New York Knicks
2001–2003	Houston Rockets
2003–2004	Los Angeles Clippers
Career highlights and awards
NBA Champion (2000) 3× NBA All-Star (1996–1998) NBA All-Star Game MVP (1997) Three-Point Shootout Champion (1995) All-NBA Second Team (1997) All-NBA Third Team (1998) All-Rookie Second Team (1990) NCAA Champion (1989) NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1989) Big Ten Conference Player of the Year (1989) Big Ten Conference Athlete of the Year (1989) Consensus NCAA All-American Second Team (1989)
Career NBA statistics
Points	18,836 (18.3 ppg)
Rebounds	4,387 (4.4 rpg)
3-Pt Field Goals	1,559
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Glen Anthony Rice (born May 28, 1967) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA. The 6'8" tall Rice was a three-time NBA All-Star guard/forward, ranking 11th in NBA history with 1,559 three-point field goals made during his 15-year career. As a player, Rice won an NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship and an NBA Championship. Rice has won both the NBA All-Star Game MVP and the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player awards. In recent years, Rice has taken up MMA fight promotion as owner and head of G-Force Fights, based out of Miami, Florida.

College career[link]

Rice played college basketball for the University of Michigan Wolverines for four seasons (1985–1989), a starter for three of those seasons. He became the school's all-time leading scorer with 2,442 points. He led Michigan to the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, scoring an NCAA-record 184 points in tournament play, a record that still stands.^[1][2] Rice was also voted the tournament's Most Outstanding Player and was part of the Associated Press All-America second-team, after averaging 25.6 points for the season, while shooting 58% from the floor and 52% from three-point range. After Rice's junior year, he was invited to try out for the 1988 United States Olympic basketball team, but was cut before reaching the group of 48.^[3] On February 20, 2005, Rice's No. 41 jersey was retired during a ceremony at Michigan's Crisler Arena.^[4] Rice made the cover of Sports Illustrated on April 10, 1989.^[5]

Rice continues to rank among Michigan's all-time leaders in several statistical categories, including:

• 1st in career points (2,442)
• 1st in single season points (949 in the 1988-89 season)
• 1st in single season field goals made (363 in the 1988-89 season)
• 1st in single season field goal attempts (629 in the 1988-89 season)
• 1st in single season three point field goal percent (51.6% in the 1988-89 season)
• 2nd in career field goals made (1,002)
• 2nd in career field goal attempts (2,078)
• 2nd in single season three-point field goals made (99 in the 1988-89 season)^[6]

NBA career[link]

Rice started his senior season as a projected mid-first-round selection, but his stock rose to the point where he was selected #4 overall in the 1989 NBA Draft due to his record-breaking performance in the NCAA Tournament. The Miami Heat, an expansion to the NBA along with the Charlotte Hornets, were now in their second-year in need of some offensive help after finishing last in the NBA in points per game in 1988-89.

Rice only averaged 13.6 points per game his rookie season but bumped that up to 20 ppg for his remaining five seasons in Miami, which included two trips to the playoffs. Rice became the Heat's first bonafide star and led Miami to its first playoff series against the Bulls. Rice was the first Heat player to average 20+ points per game in a season (1991–1992). Unfortunately, the Heat were unable to win a playoff series during Rice's tenure losing a hard fought series against the Atlanta Hawks 3-2.

Rice played in 1000 games in the NBA from 1989-2004. He was a three-time All-Star who finished with career averages of 18.3 points and 4.4 rebounds in 1,000 regular-season games with the Miami Heat, Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks, Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Clippers. He finished with 18,336 career points. Rice peaked as a member of the Charlotte Hornets in the 1996-1997 season when he was third in the league in scoring behind only Michael Jordan and Karl Malone averaging 26.8 points per game.

Rice played in 55 career playoff games, averaging 16.1 points and 4.5 rebounds. He averaged 16.3 points in three All-Star games.

Rice earned an NBA championship ring as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers for the 2000 NBA Championship vs the Indiana Pacers.

NBA highlights[link]

In 1995, Rice won the NBA All-Star Long Distance Shootout at the 1995 All-Star game in Phoenix, edging out another sharp-shooter Reggie Miller.

Rice was named MVP of the 1997 All-Star game, which was commemorating the 50th anniversary of NBA. In the game, he set individual All-Star game records of 20 points in the third quarter and 24 points in the second half. Rice's record-breaking period consisted of 8-of-11 field goals, including four three pointers in just five tries. Rice’s 20 points in the period broke Philadelphia guard Hal Greer’s record (19), set in 1968. By scoring 24 in a half, Rice surpassed the previous mark of 23, owned by Wilt Chamberlain and Tom Chambers.^[7] Rice's performance is listed on the NBA's 57 Memorable All-Star Moments.^[8]

Rice scored a career-high 56 points on April 15, 1995 while playing for the Heat in a nationally-televised game against Shaquille O'Neal and the Orlando Magic. Rice hit 20 of 27 shots from the floor, including 7 of 8 from the 3-point line. The 56 points were an NBA season-high for the 1994-95 season.

Rice remains the Hornets' all-time leader in scoring average with 23.5 points per game.

Despite only playing 79 of 82 games, he led the NBA in minutes played in 1997 (3362). That same season he led the league in 3-point field goal percentage (47.0%).

Trades[link]

Days before the start of the 1995-96 NBA season, newly hired Coach/GM Pat Riley organized a trade in which Rice was sent to the Charlotte Hornets along with Matt Geiger in exchange for disgruntled Hornets center Alonzo Mourning who had refused any contract negotiations. It was a trade that worked out for both teams. Mourning quickly established himself as an All-Star in Miami and Rice would make the first of three consecutive All-Star Game appearances, including in 1996-97 where he would be named the NBA All-Star Game MVP.

In 1999, Rice was again traded along with J.R. Reid, this time to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for fan favorite, Eddie Jones and Elden Campbell. The trade didn't immediately sit well with Laker fans but Rice was considered the last piece of the puzzle for the Lakers to return to the NBA Finals.^[9][10] Rice was leaving a Hornets team in turmoil with many players demanding trades coming out of a 4 month lockout.^[11] Coach Cowens had resigned, Anthony Mason was out for the year, Rice was coming back from an elbow injury that he needed to have surgery on, and the owner was in legal trouble.^[12]

The trade to the Lakers made Rice the third scorer behind Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, a trio that Jerry West envisioned would bring Los Angeles another NBA championship. The Lakers were swept by the San Antonio Spurs in the 1999 NBA playoffs, but Rice averaged 18 points per game. A year later, the Lakers would go on to win the 2000 NBA Championship over the Indiana Pacers with Rice playing a key role in the scoring trio.

Although the Lakers had won the championship, a lot of drama had unfolded behind the scenes between Rice, Phil Jackson (head coach), and Jerry West (GM) of the Los Angeles Lakers in the time between getting swept by the Spurs and the eventual championship.^[13][14] There was a report that Rice was upset when the Lakers exercised a $7-million option for 1999-2000 instead of letting him become a free agent.^[15] Shaquille O'Neal, Rice's close friend, believed that Rice was the pure shooter he needed to keep teams from double- and triple-teaming him in the playoffs, and felt partly responsible for bringing Rice to the Lakers (and trading Eddie Jones to do it).^[16] In the end, Rice wasn't able to win the hearts of Los Angeles fans after being traded for fan-favorite, Eddie Jones with many citing suspect defense and Rice's inability to perform in the triangle offense.

A disgruntled Rice was eventually traded to the New York Knicks, where he would take on a sixth-man role on the team and provide the Knicks with well needed support off the bench. The Lakers had addressed a pressing need at power forward by signing and trading Rice to the Knicks. For New York, Rice played in 72 games, averaging 12 points-per-game. Rice made 25 starts, averaging 14.2 points and 5.2 rebounds in those games and led the Knicks in scoring 9 times.^[17] While Rice's defense is often singled out as the reason for his departure, Rice actually ranks 145th among all-time NBA players in career steals (958).^[18]

Rice's tenure with Knicks lasted only one year as he was hobbled by a foot injury (plantar fasciitis) and was unable to find a niche in NY behind Allan Houston and Latrell Sprewell.^[19] He was later traded to the Houston Rockets where he joined their starting frontcourt. Rice was excited about returning to a starting role after be relegated to more of a third-option with both the Lakers and Knicks. Things started slow in Houston as Rice was still on the mend, rehabbing from his foot injury. A knee-injury (partially torn tendon) derailed and eventually brought his career to an end. Rice's final stop would be the Los Angeles Clippers. In his final season, Glen Rice became the 48th player in NBA history to score 18,000 career points. Fittingly, it was on Feb. 18 against the Lakers.

Arrest[link]

On January 11, 2008, Rice was arrested in Miami, Florida on suspicion of felony battery. Police say he assaulted a man that he found hiding in his estranged wife's closet. Rice surrendered to police and was released after posting $5,000 bond. Charges were later dropped.^[20]

Personal life[link]

Rice was married to The Real Housewives of Miami cast member Cristy Rice, but the couple divorced.^[21][22]

Rice's son, Glen Rice, Jr. (born January 1, 1991), was a guard for Georgia Tech. Rice Jr previously played high school basketball at Walton High School and with the Georgia Stars in the AAU. He wore #41, the same number his father wore in college and as a pro. Georgia Tech was one of three schools the 6'4" shooting guard had narrowed his choices down to, along with Miami and Florida State.^[23]

NBA transactions[link]

• Selected by Miami Heat in 1st round (4th overall) of 1989 NBA Draft.
• Traded by Miami with Matt Geiger, Khalid Reeves and 1996 1st-round pick to Charlotte Hornets for LeRon Ellis, Alonzo Mourning and Pete Myers on November 3, 1995.
• Traded by Charlotte with B.J. Armstrong and J.R. Reid to Los Angeles Lakers for Elden Campbell and Eddie Jones on March 10, 1999.
• Traded by Lakers with Travis Knight and conditional 2001 1st-round pick to New York Knicks as part of four-team deal on September 20, 2000 (Lakers received Emanual Davis, Greg Foster, Horace Grant and Chuck Person from Seattle SuperSonics; New York also received Luc Longley and two 2nd-round picks from Phoenix Suns and Lazaro Borrell, Vernon Maxwell, Vladimir Stepania and conditional 2001 1st-round pick from Seattle; Phoenix received Chris Dudley, conditional 2001 1st-round pick and cash from New York; Seattle received Patrick Ewing from New York).
• Traded by New York to Houston Rockets as part of three-team deal on August 17, 2001 (Dallas Mavericks received Muggsy Bogues from New York; Houston also received draft rights to Kyle Hill and future considerations from Dallas; New York received Shandon Anderson from Houston and Howard Eisley from Dallas).
• Traded by Houston with draft considerations and cash to Utah Jazz for John Amaechi and future 2nd-round pick on September 30, 2003.
• Waived by Utah on October 3, 2003.
• Signed as free agent by Los Angeles Clippers on October 10, 2003.
• Waived by Clippers on January 13, 2004.

Awards[link]

• NBA Champion (2000)
• NBA All-Star MVP Award (1997)
• NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Tournament Outstanding Player (1989)
• NCAA Champion (1989); University of Michigan
• 3 time All-Star
• 2 time All-NBA — 1997 second team, 1998 third team
• NBA Three-Point Shootout Champion (1995)
• All Rookie NBA — (1990)
• Retired Jerseys: #41 University of Michigan

Statistical milestones[link]

• NBA leader in three-point field goal percentage: 1997
• NBA leader in minutes played: 1997
• NBA leader in games played: 1995, 1998
• 11th all time in three pointers made

Team honors[link]

• NCAA National Championship - University of Michigan: 1989
• NBA Championship - Los Angeles Lakers: 1999-2000

See also[link]

• List of National Basketball Association players with 1000 games played
• List of National Basketball Association career 3-point scoring leaders

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Glen Rice

• Glen Rice at NBA.com
• Basketball-Reference.com: Glen Rice
• Glen Rice Statistics @ BasketballReference.com
• Glen Rice—The Game I’ll Never Forget