Before we get into the topic, let's take a look at the East and West All-Star Group Photos!
Wearing red is the Western Conference All-Star lineup, all the selected players are in attendance, led by Lakers star James; The dark blue is an Eastern Conference All-Star, led by the Bucks star letter, with Embiid and Randle absent due to injury and replaced by Blowing Young and Barnes.
The rules of this All-Star Game have given up the previous rules of selecting people by the captain and scoring 24 points to win in the final quarter, and returned to the previous East-West confrontation and normal 48 minutes and 48 minutes of competition!
The game is unguarded, a complete shooting exhibition contest, or a three-point exhibition contest (both teams shoot a total of 168 three-pointers)!
The three-point shooting in the East felt better, scoring 53 points in the first quarter and 104 points in the half!! 15 points ahead of the West heading into the second half.
For comparison, the All-Stars in the 90s only scored 110-111 points at the end of the game.
In the second half, led by Lillard, Haliburton and Jaylen Brown, the three-point rain continued to rain wildly, and the difference reached 27 points at the most.
Downs' offensive output went crazy to help the team close the score, but it was only a drop in the bucket.
With 39 seconds left in the final game, Downs scored his 50th point of the game as the three-pointer exploded again!
Lillard, the defending three-point king who aims to win MVP, is not bad at all, he is crazy, and he set up a scope at the logo position to blast into a long-range three-point shot!
With this logo three-pointer, Lillard's personal score came to 39 points, becoming the highest in the East, surpassing Jaylen Brown's 36 points and pulling Haliburton's 32 points!
As the winner, Lillard also locked in the All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Bryant Cup, that is, the All-Star MVP Cup!
In the end, the West lost to the East 186-211, and the two teams combined to score 397 points to set an All-Star record! The MVP shooting results show that Lillard narrowly defeated the "host" Haliburton 7-5 and was elected MVP of the All-Star Game! When he received the MVP trophy, there were bursts of boos from the scene! 
In this game, Lillard started the game for 27 minutes and 30 seconds, shooting 14 of 26, including 11 of 23 three-pointers, 0 free throws, 39 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal, 0 turnovers, plus/minus +13, and won the All-Star MVP for the first time in his career! He also became the second player in history to win a single championship and All-Star Game MVP in a single All-Star, the last being Jordan in 1988!
Haliburton started the game with 27 minutes and 02 seconds, shooting 11 of 15, 10 of 14 three-pointers, and efficiently cut down 32 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, with 3 turnovers and a plus/minus of +16!
Jaylen Brown came off the bench for 22 minutes, shooting 15-of-23, scoring 36 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, shooting more shots than playing time, and it can be seen that he also wants MVP.
Other All-Star stats in the East: Tatum had 20 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists on 8-of-13 shooting in 21 minutes, Brother Alphabet contributed 23 points and 7 rebounds on 11-of-16 shooting in 23 minutes, Bam Adebayo had 3 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Banchero had 6 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, Barnes had 16 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, Brunson had 12 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, Maxey had 10 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Mitchell had 9 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, and Trae Young had 5 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.
Western All-Star, Towns came off the bench for 27 minutes, shooting 23 from 35 and scoring 50 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists; Become the 4th all-time All-Star Mr. 50+.
Alexander had 31 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal on 12-of-16 shooting in 27 minutes, Durant scored 18 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals on 7-of-12 shooting in 25 minutes, Jokic scored 13 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 steals on 6-of-8 shooting, and Doncic only scored 7 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists on 3-of-10 shooting!
James only played the first half with an ankle injury, playing 13:48 and finishing with 8 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists on 4-of-10 shooting, which was his 20th career All-Star trip, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to claim the first all-time appearance.
Like James, he also played with an injury, and he only played the first half, playing 10 minutes and scoring 5 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist on 2-of-4 shooting; George also had 13 points, 2 assists and 1 steal in 10 minutes.
In addition, Curry scored 16 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds on 6-of-17 shooting, Booker scored 15 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals on 7-of-14 shooting, Davis scored 6 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists on 3-of-5 shooting, and Edwards scored 4 points on 2-of-3 shooting!
Regarding the All-Star Game, some netizens commented disappointedly: "The only time in history so far that I didn't even play a minute seriously in the All-Star Game..."”！
According to statistics, the two teams in this year's All-Star Game only committed 3 fouls in total! 1 in the east and 2 in the west!
One statistic shows that All-Star Game matchups are declining year by year, with 62 fouls in 1993, 37 in 2003, 24 in 2013, only 7 in 2023, and only 3 in 2024!
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