On January 28, Beijing time, the starting lineup of the East and West of the NBA 2022 Cleveland All-Star Game was officially released. Durant and James led the way and were elected as captain of the East and West, but Durant will not play due to injury; stars such as Harden, Westbrook, Irving, and Thick Eyebrow missed the start.
Eastern All-Star Starter: Durant, Embiid, Antetokounmpo, DeRozan and Trae Yang
Durant was selected as the All-Star Game for the 12th time in his career, and has won the All-Star Game MVP twice, but Durant missed the All-Star Game again due to injury and missed the All-Star Game for three consecutive years; this season Durant averaged 29.3 points, 7.4 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game.
Embide was selected for the fifth time. This season, he averaged 29 points, 10.8 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.4 blocks and 1 steal. He played dominant on both ends of offense and defense. The only drawback is that the team's record is somewhat dragged on.
Antetokounmpo was selected for the 6th time, and was selected for the All-Star lineup for six consecutive years. He has won the All-Star MVP once; this season averaged 28.6 points, 11.2 rebounds, 6 assists, 1.5 blocks and 1 steal, and is expected to reach the third regular season MVP of his career.
Drozan was selected for the fifth time in his career, averaging 26.4 points, 5 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game this season.
Trey Yang was selected for the second time and started for the first time in his career. He averaged 27.7 points, 3.9 rebounds and 9.3 assists per game this season.
Western All-Star Starter: James, Jokic, Wiggins, Curry and Morant
James has been the league's division captain for five consecutive years. Since the All-Star Reorganization, James has been the division captain. Previously, James won all four games.
James was selected as the All-Star for the 18th time in his career, tied with Kobe Bryant to tie for second in history, and ranked first in history was Jabbar 19 times; he continued to set a record for the first time in history for 18 consecutive years; he won the All-Star MVP three times.
Jokic was selected as the All-Star for the fourth time in his career, and was selected for four consecutive years. This season, he averaged 26.2 points, 13.8 rebounds, 7.6 assists and 1.4 steals per game.
Curry was selected as the All-Star for the 8th time in his career. He averaged 25.8 points, 6.2 assists, 5.4 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game this season, and has long been crowned the first three-pointer in history.
22-year-old Morant was selected for the first time in his career and started. He averaged 25.8 points, 5.9 rebounds, 6.9 assists and 1.3 steals per game this season. Morant has amazing physical talent, especially the amazing first midfielder in the league.
Wiggins was also selected as the All-Star starter for the first time in his career.
All-Star starting lineup was voted by fans, media and players. What do you want to say about this year's All-Star starting list?
