What nimue says makes sense though. As I said, in all previous years this game came nowhere close to today's high scoring affair.....
Clearly they were only trying to make the game more entertaining for the fans with lackluster defense......
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1999 </TD><TD>West 79, East 61 </TD><TD>
New York Liberty </TD><TD>
Lisa Leslie </TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>
2000 </TD><TD>West 73, East 61 </TD><TD>Phoenix Mercury </TD><TD>
Tina Thompson </TD></TR><TR><TD>
2001 </TD><TD>West 80, East 72 </TD><TD>
Orlando Miracle </TD><TD>Lisa Leslie </TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>
2002 </TD><TD>West 81, East 76 </TD><TD>
Washington Mystics </TD><TD>Lisa Leslie </TD></TR><TR><TD>
2003 </TD><TD>West 84, East 75 </TD><TD>New York Liberty </TD><TD>
Nikki Teasley</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>