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game played on Wednesday, March 29, 2000 at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 2000. The game was the 23rd annual version of the

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first played in 1978.

2000 game

The game was telecast live by

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. The venue was the FleetCenter, home of the

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of the

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. The game was characterized by the high efficiency of the West players: the team took advantage of the bigger players in the roster and scored many points in the paint. Center

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was the MVP of the game with 23 points and 15 rebounds. Other players who starred were

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, the game top scorer with 25 points;

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with his 17 points; Andre Brown, another player who recorded a double-double with 20 points and 14 rebounds, like

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(15 pts/10 rebs);

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, the agile 5-9

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, recorded 12 assists, the second best performance in the event history.A LOOK BACK AT THE McDONALD’S ALL AMERICAN® GAMES SUPERSTARS AND UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES FROM GAMES PAST
/ref> 2000 game and rosters at page 81. Of the 24 players, 13 went on to play at least 1 game in the

. Following their good performance in the All-American game both Miles and Stevenson decided to forgo college and declared for the 2000 NBA Draft: Miles was the 3rd overall pick and Stevenson the 23rd.

East roster

2000 roster at pages 8-9.

West roster

Coaches

The East team was coached by: * Head Coach William Loughnane of

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( Boston, Massachusetts) * Asst Coach Mike Rubin of

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( Boston, Massachusetts) The West team was coached by: * Head Coach Rick Sherley of

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) * Asst Coach Mike Smallwood of

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All-American Week

Contest winners

* The 2000 Slam Dunk contest was won by DeShawn Stevenson. * The 2000 3-point shoot-out was won by Chris Duhon.

References

External links

McDonald's All-American on the webMcDonald's All-American all-time rostersGame stats at Realgm.com
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