Philips Arena, Atlanta /
From the day they chose their players we knew: Team LeBron was going to beat Team Durant, Which was confirmed this Sunday at NBA Star Game which ended 170-150, With Giannis Antetokounmpo as the top scorer with 35 points and 100% effectiveness on field goals in 16 attempts.
Team LeBron 170-150 Team Durant
When your starting lineup is LeBron James, Steph Curry, Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo, You have “won the war” and so they and the reserves proved, with Damian Lillard in lethal mode also with 32 units and eight triples scored, tied at most next to Chef Curry.
If we add to this that Kevin Durant was absent from the game due to injury, the balance was more than unfavorable despite the effort of Kyrie Irving and James Harden to try to carry the offensive weight in the selection of his teammate of the Nets.
Team LeBron won each of the four chambers within the format entered in Game of Stars in 2020, which consists of the first three playing with a separate score and 12 minutes on the clock, while in the last period the previous scores are added and the goal is to add 24 units, this as tribute to Kobe Bryant by the number of shirt he wore in the Lakers.
Under these rules, the goal in the fourth period – which is played without a watch – was to reach 170 points, Achieved with a triple kilometer of Lillard for the yellow team victory, which resulted in a $ 1.25 million donation for a university fund chosen by King James.
Antetokounmpo was the MVP of the All-Star
With his 35 points, three triples scored in these attempts and without missing a single shot throughout the evening at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Giannis Antetokounmpo added to his collection of individual trophies – which already has two Most Valuable Player of the Season awards – the MVP of the All-Star Game 2021.
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