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The '''2002 American Basketball Association All-Star Game''' was held at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri on Sunday April 14, 2002, at 4:15 p.m. Kansas City Knights defeated ABA All-Stars, by 161-138 in front of their home crowd. ABA chose the 2002 champions Kansas City Knights for the All-Star game instead of an East-West contest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usbasket.com/ABA/basketball_2002.aspx|title=The 2002 ABA season}}</ref> The Knights had just won the 2nd ever ABA championship a month earlier. Maurice Carter of the Kansas City Knights won the MVP award <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/kansas-city-knights-tournament-notes/n-1965214|title=kansas city knights tournament}}</ref>
[[File:CroppedPete Mickeal of FC Barcelona.jpg|thumb|180px|Pete Mickeal played for the Knights in the 2002 All-Star Game.]]
thumb|The Kemper Arena.
==The Game== Kansas City Knights won the ABA All Star Game, beating the ABA All-Stars 161-138, in front of 4,010 fans. Maurice Carter scored 46 points, including 14 in the fourth quarter when the Knights pulled away. John Ford, a center from Colorado State, and late-season addition for the Knights, scored 24 points.
==All-Star teams== ===Rosters===
Kansas City Knights- *20px Nick Bradford, G/F *20px Maurice Carter, G *20px John Ford, C *20px Rick Hughes, F *20px Pete Mickeal, F *20px Ryan Sears, G *20px Eric Taylor, F *20px Maurice Trotter, G *20px David Vanterpool, G/F *20px Rex Walters, G *20px Jason Williams, F <br>Coach: Kevin Pritchard
==Awards== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! width=150|MVP ! width=120|Topscorer
|- | {{flagicon|USA}} Pete Mickeal || {{flagicon|USA}} Maurice Carter |-
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==See also== *2005 ABA All-Star Game
==References== {{reflist|}}
==External links== *[http://www.herald.ns.ca/Sports/555848.html]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} game results
{{DEFAULTSORT:ABA}} Category:ABA All-Star Games Category:2001–02 in American basketball