“The bank, usually it’s closed on Sundays, but not for me. For me it was open with extended hours.”
If there is a time to shoot a perfect record, the NBA All-Star game is it – and Giannis Antetokounmpo did just that.
His 16-for-16, including a 3-for-3 on three-pointers saw him finish with a game-high 35 points – and the Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player (MVP) award – as Team LeBron defeated Team Durant 170-150 in the annual exhibition game.
But this was an All-Star game like no other. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, there was barely a crowd, no front-row celebrities, to witness the magic unfold in person at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena.
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Luka Doncic got as much enjoyment out of his second All-Star game Sunday night in Atlanta as he did out of his first All-Star game last year in Chicago.
In the starting lineup for Team LeBron for the second consecutive year, Doncic helped his team to a spirited 170-150 victory over Team Durant at State Farm Arena.
“It was fun,” the Dallas Mavericks’ superstar point guard said. “There were a couple of fans – but not the whole arena so it was different. But I had fun anyway.”
Team LeBron raised $1.25 million for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund for winning the first three quarters and the game, while Team Durant raised $500,000 million for the United Negro College Fund.
NBA All-Star Game: Giannis Antetokounmpo MVP as Team LeBron beat Team Durant 170-150
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8 March 20218 March 2021.From the section Basketball The bank, usually it s closed on Sundays, but not for me. For me it was open with extended hours.
If there is a time to shoot a perfect record, the NBA All-Star game is it - and Giannis Antetokounmpo did just that.
His 16-for-16, including a 3-for-3 on three-pointers saw him finish with a game-high 35 points - and the Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player (MVP) award - as Team LeBron defeated Team Durant 170-150 in the annual exhibition game.
Slam Dunk contest (halftime)
2nd half of All-Star Game
There s no Rising Stars game this year, though the league did release the prospective rosters. Fans will have to use their imagination (or a video game) to envision what Zion Williamson catching a lob from LaMelo Ball and dunking the ball
through soon-to-be-30-year-old Denver Nuggets rookie Facundo Campazzo might look like.
The All-Star Celebrity Game, the least important but perhaps most emblematic event in non-pandemic years, was also left on the cutting room floor - a slap in the face for the Disney Channel stars and celebrity chefs who d hoped to hear their names called.