James, Durant, and Curry teamed up to play the All-Star! Lillard snatches MVP!
On February 19, Beijing time, the NBA All-Star officially kicked off. Speaking to reporters before the game, James said: "I don't know how many seasons I have left, but I know that I'm not going to be in good shape anymore in my life. I was asked if there would be a retirement trip? I'll probably have a 50% answer, because I've never been good at being complimented.
In last year's All-Star Game, the Antetokounmpo team defeated James 184-175, the smallest crowd in nearly 20 years. This year's All-Star will be held in both the East and West, and NBA Executive Director Shaw said: "It's understandable that many fans are unhappy with the last All-Star. In the All-Star Game, teams must have excellent defense to improve the overall strength of the team.
Perhaps some fans won't think that this will be the first All-Star weekend for Janduku to play with Curry, even though Curry has already been scheduled on the bench. Doncic, Alexander, James, Durant, Jokic, will all feature in the final game of the playoffs. Eastern Conference players: Lillard, Haliburton, Tatum, Antetokounmpo, Adebayo replacing Embiid.
After the opening, in some rounds, they were all seriously defensive, especially Durant, who was very focused. The Eastern Conference Stars lack some toughness defensively, but they do well offensively. Harry. Bolton was on fire on his home court, scoring 15 straight points on 5-of-5 3-pointers, putting the pressure on the entire Western Conference Stars. Curry was on the court with 6:44 left in the first quarter, and Jen Curry hit the shot!
Throughout the NBA, the NBA game is like a three-point battle. After the first quarter, the two teams in the East had a 5347 advantage, in this game, the two teams in the East shot 27 threes each, while in this game, they shot 27 threes each, and in this game, the two teams in the West shot 15 threes each. The two teams played a total of 72 goals with 583% shooting is three points!
In the second quarter, the Eastern Qiangqiang team opened the score with a 19-point difference with an offensive of 165. Although Durant was heavily violated in his confrontation with Trae Young, KD showed the utmost seriousness throughout the process, which is exactly what fans expected. In the second quarter, Lillard hit three consecutive three-pointers and put Harry. Burton's MVP title is recaptured. After the first half, the Eastern Sector left the Western Sector far behind with a score of 10489.
Haliburton finished with 18 points, three rebounds and three assists on six-of-seven shooting. Lillard made 8-of-13 shooting, 6-of-3 from 11-of-3 shooting, scoring 22 points and distilling out three assists. In the Eastern Conference, Durant and Curry scored 12 points, Towns scored 10 points, James scored 8 points, and Jokic scored 8 points. With 22 three-point shots from 48 in the East and only 10 from 28 in the West, there's nothing to praise about it.
In the half, the Eastern Stars scored 104 points, which is the same as the record of an All-Star team. The West Star had 2 blocks, the East had 0 blocks, and both sides made 1 foul, which was an unimaginably dense defense. At the beginning of the second half of the game, Dongfang opened the score to 20+, Dong Qi shot by himself, but was blocked by the rebound, and Lillard chased down the three-point score!
A missed three-pointer, another rebound, and another three-point ......This ball is really boring the more you play, if you don't want to report to someone, who will pay attention to it. After three quarters, the Eastern powerhouse opened the Western powerhouse by as many as 24 points with a 136-160 advantage! In each of the last three quarters, they have scored more than 50 points. Lillard 33, 24 Haliburton, while Cousins is the Most Valuable Player.
In the fourth quarter, Brown and Towns teamed up on the Western Conference, and the Eastern Conference team made some minor mistakes. Both teams have the absolute upper hand in attack, while the West have not strengthened their defense. Jaylen Brown was outstanding in the fourth quarter of the game, and his individual scoring even surpassed Cousins. Lillard seized the opportunity and hit two three-pointers in a row, and the MVP was his! He felt sorry for Halliburton.
In the end, the Eastern powerhouse defeated a strong team from the West 211-186 and created a new All-Star Game with 211 points! Both teams made a total of 168 three-pointers, the highest in NBA history! From the game of the East and West League, to the captain's game, to the East and West games, this year's audience is paying attention to this game, and this year's game will also receive more attention.
Lillard finished with 39 points, three rebounds and six assists and was voted Most Valuable Player.