On February 21st, Beijing time, the NBA All-Star Game came to an end. Team Durant faced off against Team James. The scores between the two sides continued to compete throughout the game. At the last moment, James relied on a mid-range shot from behind. In the end, Team James defeated Durant 163-160. Team Rand. Curry won the All-Star Game MVP for the first time. He scored 50 points and made 16 three-pointers, breaking many All-Star three-point records.
In the first quarter, Antetokounmpo took the lead with a dunk, and then Curry also hit a three-pointer. However, Durant's team missed consecutively, and James' team continuously counterattacked and made layups to widen the point difference. The point difference once widened to 9 points. Then Durant's team played a 7-0 wave, followed closely by James' team, and entered a timeout in the middle of the quarter. After the timeout, the two sides showed a back-and-forth situation. At the end of the first quarter, James' team Doncic hit consecutive three-pointers. At the end of the first quarter, Team James led Durant 47-45.
Back at halftime, Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 4 points in a row on James' team, and then Durant's team played a 9-0 wave. Jokic on James' team made a tip-in to stop the bleeding, and Curry and Durant's team started a three-pointer. Pairs of points, crazy hits. Then it entered a timeout. After the timeout came back, Curry hit another three-pointer, followed by Towns' three-point response. The James team was still giving Curry the ball. Curry made the 15th three-pointer. At the end of the third quarter, Durant The team leads Team James 139-138.
In the decisive battle in the final quarter, whoever scores 163 points first will win. James Garland scored a three-pointer first to overtake the score. Curry scored another three-pointer. Then the Durant team responded quickly, and the James team responded quickly. Maintaining a slight lead, Curry then missed consecutive shots and Embiid hit the basket continuously to take the lead back. The two sides continued to see each other, and the score rose alternately. With DeRozan hitting a mid-range hit, James' team came back with 161 points. Wen responded with a three-pointer, and Durant's team scored 160 points. James took the lead in scoring 163 points with a fadeaway hit at the last moment, beating Durant's team, and James' team finally won the game.
Statistics:
Durant team: Tatum 8 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, Wiggins 10 points, Embiid 36 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, Morant 6 points, Trae Young 13 points and 10 assists, Booker 20 points, Ball 15 points, Murray 17 points;
James team: James 24 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals, Antetokounmpo 26 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals, Jokic 10 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, DeRozan had 6 points, Curry had 50 points and 5 rebounds, Doncic had 8 points,
