Twenty-five years ago, the single-greatest collection of basketball talent ever assembled was brought together under one roof for NBA All-Star Weekend in frosty Cleveland. And when the long evening of competition and pageantry finally ended, the closing spotlight was shining on Charlotte Hornet Glen Rice standing at center court.
The date is Sunday, Feb. 9, 1997 and the 47th All-Star Game is being televised by NBC. The broadcast begins with a Cleveland-themed rock-and-roll medley featuring the likes of Queen, James Brown, Steam and the Isley Brothers before the time-honored NBA on NBC tune starts playing (this song is actually called Roundball Rock by composer John Tesh).