Brooklyn Nets winger Kevin Durant and Los Angeles Lakers winger Lebron James led the first round of fan voting for this year’s NBA All-Star Game.
The update was announced by the NBA on Thursday afternoon.
Durant, who lost all last season, his first as a member of the Nets, with an Achilles tendon rupture, leads all players with 2,302,705 votes, slightly ahead of 2,288,676 James, the highest total in the Western Conference.
Stephen Curry (2,110,000) was the only player, in addition to Durant and James, to surpass two million votes and as a result was the solo leader for first place among the bases / escorts of the West. Dallas Mavericks baseman Luka Doncic (1.39 million) was second, followed by Portland Trail Blazers baseman Damian Lillard (998,853) in third.
Durant was joined on the eastern front line by Milwaukee Bucks power forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (1,750,000 votes) and Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (1,580,000), with all three well ahead. of Boston Celtics winger Jayson Tatum (822,151) in fourth place.
The Washington Wizards escort, Bradley Beal, the NBA’s top scorer, led all players on the Eastern court with nearly 1.3 million votes, and was closely followed by his teammates. During Brooklyn: James Harden (1,093,611) and Kyrie Irving (1,014,763).
Boston Celtics escort Jaylen Brown, Chicago Bulls escort Zach Lavine and Atlanta Hawks baseman Porta Young placed a distant fourth, fifth, and sixth, respectively.
In the West, James was followed in the front line by Nuggets pivot Nikola Jokic (1,470,000), LA Clippers winger Kawhi Leonard (1,280,000) and Lakers teammate Anthony Davis ( 1.19 million), with Leonard’s teammate Paul George in a distant fifth place.
Voting for the All-Star Game began Jan. 28, and fans can vote via the NBA website, its app, or on Twitter, and it will continue through Feb. 16. The holders of the All-Star Game, which are determined through fan voting (representing 50 percent of the vote), media voting (25 percent), and player voting (25 percent) – TNT will be announced on February 18. The reserve players – who are selected by NBA coaches – will be announced on TNT on February 23rd.