Another All-Star sport is in the books and we’ll take you thru the highs and lows of the contest.
Despite being underdogs, the East confirmed out and scored the most factors in All-Star historical past, after securing a 211-186 win over the West crew.
Everyone beginning in the East crew was beneath 26 years of age, apart from 33-year-old Damian Lillard.
He let his age and expertise present by dropping 39 factors, six assists and 11 threes in his crew’s absurdly massive win.
*Dame Lillard wins the #3ptcontest and shoots lights out from 3 throughout the All-Star sport. *
Doc Rivers, on the bench:#NBAAllStar2024 pic.twitter.com/Abmf0V0mt2
— Dennis Nguyen (@pastorpapi23) February 19, 2024
Dame shot not one, however TWO pictures from the emblem and made them each, which helped him earn his first All-Star MVP honors.
DAME WITH THE 54 FOOTER! 🤯
(by way of @NBA) pic.twitter.com/mtz7ZFXHLt
— Basketball Forever (@bballforever_) February 19, 2024
As for the West crew, Karl-Anthony Towns dropped 50 factors, eight rebounds and three assists.
Though this might be argued as stat padding by KAT, and some followers might imagine this counts as a low.
KAT in the ASG whereas everybody else isn’t making an attempt #AllStarGame pic.twitter.com/u3YbMTPfb4
— NickX (@NickXGOG) February 19, 2024
Let’s get to some extra lows.
All-Star video games are wanting more and more like a coaching run.
Larry Bird known as out the gamers earlier than the sport and urged them to take the sport severely.
“The one thing I would really like to see is they play hard tonight in this All-Star Game,” Bird mentioned. “I think it’s very important when you have the best players in the world together, you’ve gotta compete, and you’ve gotta play hard, and you’ve gotta show the fans how good they really are.”
Spoiler alert, they didn’t play onerous.
The lack of effort is showcased by the declining quantity of fouls in All-Star video games all through the years.
In the 1993 sport there have been 62 fouls known as, in 2003 there have been 37, in 2023 there have been seven fouls known as and in Sunday’s sport there have been simply three fouls known as all through the entire sport.
Fans’ reactions to the sport mentioned all of it.
One fan on X / Twitter put it completely, “Haven’t watched the NBA in like a decade, so I figured I’d verify in because it’s on Max….
“Wtf has happened to the NBA? This is by far the worst #NBAAllStar2024 game I’ve seen. Nobody playing defense, players lollygagging up and down the court… This sh*t is trash”
Others had a lot the similar response.
I believe I’m formally an previous man. The All-Star sport is absolute trash. #NBAAllStar2024 pic.twitter.com/8bVdRiS35z
— Beau J Van Beek (@bjvanbeek) February 19, 2024
the All-Star sport is turning into the NFL Pro Bowl…that is completely horrible…#NBAAllStar2024 pic.twitter.com/kmPEPA6s8y
— the HOLY GOOF △⃒⃘ (@pezdspencer_) February 19, 2024
Any sporting occasion that lacks competitors & delight gained’t get eye balls.
The present NBA All Star product is trash.
They nearly figured it out a number of years in the past however reverted again to forgetting the followers.
This is the final time the NBA All Star sport mattered. 👇🏽#NBAAllStar2024 pic.twitter.com/hvurbHlHX4
— Patrick Bet-David (@patrickbetdavid) February 19, 2024
The NBA may be very fortunate that WNBA star Sabrina Ionescu and G-League participant Mac MaClung saved the weekend.
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