Washington Wizards’ John Wall Shines In 2016 NBA All-Star Game

The last one had the crowd buzzing. “It took every day and really every moment of rehab to get through it. There were a lot of days where I felt like I was down and out, but just stayed with it”. Slightly less starstruck this time around, here was the chill response Banham hit Kobe with last night..

Paul George led the East with 41 points in a losing effort, just missing Wilt Chamberlain’s record of 42 points he set back in 1962. So that’s what we want to try to do. “It was great for everybody, the whole world to see to understand and appreciate what he means to the game”.

The teams spent the first half throwing alley-oops, attacking the rim for dunks, or launching 3-pointers, and they broke the record with 182 points in the first half.

But he wasn’t surprised that Bryant’s last All-Star stand was the center of attention. Westbrook looked particularly intent on putting up as many shots as possible (he had a team-high 23 field-goal attempts) and grabbing his second-straight trophy. Overall, the pace and tempo helped make the game that much more exciting as the players wrapped up an exciting NBA All-Star weekend in style.

“It was fun”, Thompson said before joking about his off night. You only have five minutes to warm up.

A problem with the Skills Challenge is that the most skilled players actually rarely participate. You’re one of those guys. The West came out rolling in the third, built up a 121-104 lead and never took the foot off the gas pedal. He tried to isolate against his former Laker teammate Pau Gasol in the fourth quarter, but his turnaround jumper misfired. Curry eventually assisted on Green’s first basket.

The guard of the Oklahoma City Thunder is now the second player in the league to win the All-Star MVP award back-to-back, after Bob Pettit became MVP of the 1958 All-Star and shared that honor next year with Elgin Baylor.

Curry and Durant launched shots from spots where only buzzer-beating heaves were once attempted, and Westbrook put together another combination of speed and force that turned it into a rare All-Star blowout in the second half.

“There was a little imaginary tug of war for that ball and the decision whether to shoot or not”, Curry said. “Coach (Gregg) Popovich wanted us to shoot or one of us to shoot, and thankfully, it went in and kind of finished the game off with a bang and caused some excitement”.

Westbrook added, “I think it’s fun, man. I think it’s great for the fans”. But you shouldn’t be surprised. In 2006, he scored a career-best 81 points in a victory over the visiting Raptors.

Chris Paul and Anthony Davis had fantastic nights.

Prior to the game, Kobe Bryant, guard of the Los Angeles Lakers, received an ovation from fans, players and prominent National Basketball Association figures.

This is a season of farewells for Kobe Bryant.

The audience measurement systems of Nielsen revealed that an average of 7.6 million viewers had watched the star-studded basketball exhibition game that was held outside the United States for the very first time in the All-Star’s history.