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Bernard King of the Washington Bullets and Joe Dumars of the Detroit Pistons will be starters for the East team in Sunday’s NBA All-Star game. King replaces Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics, and Dumars replaces Detroit teammate Isiah Thomas. Bird and Thomas were selected as starters in fan balloting but were forced to withdraw because of injuries.
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