I don't have a lot to say here, but sort of going along with what I said earlier about Prince vs. Michael Jackson, I will admit being wrong again about another pair of singers. Christina Aguilera is part of the halftime entertainment, and I always thought she'd be the one who'd go downhill well before Britney did. That's not to say there still isn't plenty of time for her to make it happen, but she clearly has defeated Spears.

I got the stats at halftime, and in the interest of being (slightly) fair, Joe did not end up with the least minutes played in the first half - that honor belongs to one of Jordan's charges in Washington, Caron Butler. Now there is someone with beef - come on coach, I'm your own player? You can't sit Vince Carter another minute or two???

The action has been decent so far, but no real eye-openers of note. Shaq smooching T-Mac is probably the best thing that has happened so far. And while I am talking about All-Star memories, I will just add that the play that most stands out in my mind from my childhood was a no-look pass from Magic Johnson to Xavier McDaniel one year in the late '80s. It was a fast break, and someone passed the ball to Magic at about the free throw line. Magic, facing the pass with his back completely turned to the back half of the court, immediately whipped it perfectly behind him to a streaking X-Man for the jam. To this day, I still have no idea how he knew McDaniel was there. I guess that was his genius.

Ok, the players are coming back on the court. Hopefully, we will see just a little bit more of Joe this half.