The All-Stars are coming, the All-Stars are coming

The league announced that the All-Star game will return to Staples Center on Feb. 20, 2011. The game was last played at Staples in 2004, when Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal led the Western Conference past the Eastern Conference. O'Neal was named the game's MVP. Los Angeles and Inglewood combined to host the All-Star game in 1963 at the Sports Arena and in 1972 and 1983 at the Forum. The Dallas Mavericks will play host to the 2010 All-Star game, which will be played in the Dallas Cowboys new indoor stadium.