The full-time score was finally fixed at 211-186, and the Eastern Stars defeated the Western Stars, so that a carnival feast between players and fans officially came to an end! In the end, Damian Lillard, who was selected as an All-Star starter for the first time in his career, successfully stole the show and won this year's All-Star MVP! This made the pre-match anti-match host Haliburton pass by AMVP. I have to admit that Damian Lillard was determined to smash the court today, and he was full of fire at the beginning, and at the last moment, when he scored 36 points with Jaylen Brown, he hit a three-point shot in the half to score a game-high 39 points for the Eastern Stars. In this way, Lillard won this year's AMVP as a matter of course!
Although the host Haliburton was the most favored to win the AMVP at home before the game, he finally missed out on this award completely! In this game, Haliburton shot 11 of 15 and 10 of 14 three-pointers, and efficiently scored 32 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists! Because he scored 7 points less than Lillard, he missed the All-Star MVP. After all, All-Stars have always been the winner with the highest score to be crowned AMVP, although it is a pity but only to accept helplessness! This also reflects from the side that today's league is still dominated by the older generation of stars, and the new generation is not enough to surpass and crush the status of the predecessors. So, in the next three to five years, after the retirement of old superstars such as James, Durant, and Curry, who will carry the banner of the league? As the No. 1 player in the league for a long time in the past few years, LeBron James naturally has something to say.
Ahead of today's All-Star Weekend game, Lakers star LeBron James talked about looking forward to young people when he visited TNT. James said: ".I would say Alexander, Edwards, and I think these two kids will probably continue to pass the torch after me, Stephen and KD retire. You know that Alexander and Edwards are charismatic. Tatum wasn't in my locker room, and he's fine. And Doncic, you know these young guys are incredible, and I'm looking forward to seeing these guys do their job. ”
From James's conversation, it can be seen that the two young people he best looks at can be the face of the league are Alexander and Edwards. Although Doncic and Tatum are also very good, Lao Zhan is still most optimistic about the two young people in front of him! It is no exaggeration to say that they are the first people of the alliance hand-picked by Lao Zhan. It may sound hollow, but it does happen! Today's Edwards and Alexander are growing rapidly, and they have great potential to support the façade of the league.
To get the support and expectation of the old-timer LeBron James can be said to be a gratifying thing for the young Edwards and Alexander! After all, Lao Zhan is not able to say the name of the league's ** people casually, not to mention that before the All-Star Weekend is coming, such a major holiday will be the first person to hand-pick the league's ** person, Lao Zhan's intentions need not be said, everyone must know it in their hearts. What do you think about this?