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Tim BontempsESPN
Brooklyn Nets striker Kevin Durant and Los Angeles Lakers striker LeBron James led the first round of voting for fans of this year’s NBA All-Star Game.
The update was released by the NBA on Thursday afternoon.
Durant, who lost all last season (the first as a member of the Nets) with a broken Achilles tendon, led all players with 2,302,705 votes, slightly ahead of James’ 2,288,676, the maximum total of the western conference.
Stephen Curry (2.11 million) was the only player besides Durant and James to surpass 2 million votes and as a result was the fugitive leader in first place among the Western Guards. Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic (1.39 million) was second, followed by Portland Trail Blazers third Damian Lillard (998,853).
During, on the East track, Giannis Antetokounmpo (1.75 million votes) and Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (1.58 million) were on the East front track, with all three very ahead of Boston Celtics striker Jayson Tatum (822,151), in fourth place.
Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal, the NBA’s top scorer, led all players on the back court in the East with nearly 1.3 million votes, and was closely followed by fellow star players. During Brooklyn: James Harden (1,093,611) and Kyrie Irving (1,014,763).
Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown, Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine and Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young were fourth, fifth, and sixth away, respectively.
In the West, James was followed on the front court by Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (1.47 million), Los Clippers lead Kawhi Leonard (1.28 million) and Lakers teammate Anthony Davis (1 , 19 million), and Leonard’s teammate Paul George, a distant fifth.
All-Star voting began Jan. 28, with fans being able to vote via the NBA website, its app, or Twitter, and will continue through Feb. 16. 50% of the votes), the votes of the media (25%) and the votes of the players (25%) will be announced on TNT on 18 February. announced on TNT on February 23rd.