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NEW YORK - With the third tally in for the NBA All-Star Western Conference voting, L.A. Lakers’ guard Kobe Bryant (26.3 PPG) leads all Western Conference players with 1,534,020 votes.

Houston Rockets’ center Yao Ming, second in Western Conference voting with 1,396,126 leads in the center position. He is accompanied by teammate Tracy McGrady who is second in the guard position with 961,852 votes, more than a half million behind Bryant.

Rounding off the rest of the Western Conference leaders is Phoenix Suns forward Amare Stoudemire (743,639 votes) and San Antonio forward Tim Duncan (1,132,095 votes).

Phoenix will host the game on February 15, 2009.

Interested in voting? Go to NBA.com.