Giannis Antetokounmpo shone brighter than any other star on Sunday night.
She arrived with the gift and that touch from her blows that seemed impossible to miss, in the paint, outside her and behind the triple arch.
He finished perfectly on 16 shots on goal, including three triples, for 35 points in his team, LeBron’s 170-150 victory over Durant and winning the MVP nomination.
And if you add to that the best shooter in NBA history, Stephen Curry, helped with 3, including six in the first half, among his 28 total points.
And Damian Lillard cooperated with 32, including 11 in the last and last period, Team LeBron lived up to expectations when LeBron James and Kevin Durant chose their players.
The winners don’t even need their captain for more than two quarters. James played only 13 minutes in the first two periods, in which he scored four points and the same number of assists.
The rest of the game was just to watch his team, which could be the NBA ideal at the peak of the season …
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The Bucks striker’s 35 points brought him the individual award in the 70th NBA All-Star game.
LeBron James won the first three quarters, including the second, which ended with a 22-2 series, while bursting with the best stars. And they never went back, although the third was complicated.
They have recently reached 146-125, ie only with the need to score 24 points to reach 170 and win, in the exotic equation used by the league in the latest All-Star game format.
The LeBron team dominated in everything, even in assists, with the 16 Chris Paul, who are now the new NBA brand in this type of game, after defeating Magic Johnson.
For Durant, Zion Williamson of the New Orleans Pelicans had to start the game in place of Joel Embiid, who, like his partner Ben Simmons, was separated from the game by Covid protocols because they had contact with a hairdresser. which tested positive for Covid
Before the All-Star game, this Sunday Domantas Sabonis won the Skills Challenge and Stephen Curry, of the Golden State Warriors, the three-point competition
Thus, in a tighter way than ever on Sunday, the NBA celebrated its traditional All-Star Game and on Wednesday resumes the regular season with two games, which this time will be 72 games.