China's Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets and Shaquille O'Neal of the Miami Heat both received in the all-time single-season record high votes in the NBA All-Star balloting program.
Yao received the most votes (2,558,278) in NBA history, followed by O'Neal with 2,488,089 votes, for the 54th NBA All-Star Game, (Source: AsianWeek, Feb. 18, 2005).