Kevin Durant Fifth Among Forwards in All-Star Voting

The Thunder's Durant is fifth despite a strong scoring season.

Thursday, May 26th 2011, 11:23 am

By: News On 6

Kevin Durant Fifth Among Forwards in All-Star Voting

Originally Published: Dec 10, 2009 5:53 PM CDT

Andrew Topps
Oklahoma Sports Staff Writer

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant sits in fifth place among Western Conference forwards in the preliminary All-Star voting released Thursday. Denver’s Carmelo Anthony, Dallas’ Dirk Nowitzki, the Lakers’ Pau Gasol and San Antonio’s Tim Duncan are ahead of Durant.

Jeff Green and Russell Westbrook did not receive enough votes to place in the top 11.

Kobe Bryant leads all players with 692,518.

Western Conference forwards voting:
1. Carmelo Anthony, Denver, 588,958
2. Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas, 366,300
3. Pau Gasol, L.A. Lakers, 280,758
4. Tim Duncan, San Antonio, 271,321
5. Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City, 177,205
6. Trevor Ariza, Houston, 168,167
7. Shawn Marion, Dallas, 161,653
8. Luis Scola, Houston, 134,321
9. Ron Artest, L.A. Lakers, 99,209
10. Lamar Odom, L.A. Lakers, 85,817
11. LaMarcus Aldridge, Portland, 70,588

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