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Antocompo with the title of MVP (Reuters)
The NBA Oscart celebration was held tonight (Sunday through Monday) in a bubble in Atlanta. After a small drama that preceded the game in which the Corona also reached the bubble and prevented Joel Ambide and Ben Simmons from playing after their personal book was diagnosed as positive for the virus, the game hit the road between Tim LeBron and Tim Durant. That of the NBA champion star, also won 150: 170 and the game managed to deliver the familiar American show.
Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo is the Kobe Bryant MVP for the 2021 All-Star Game.
– Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 8, 2021
Yannis Antocompo led Tim LeBron to victory as he scored 35 points with 16 of 16 from the field (!) And was also crowned MVP of the game. The same team played two of the best guards this season, Steph Kerry and Damian Lillard. The latter was not selected for the top five but did his part from the bench with 32 points while the Warriors star added 28. They both scored 8 of 16 from outside the arc.
Jaylen Brown was also one of Tim LeBron’s standouts with 22 points off the bench, while the captain himself played just 13 minutes. Tim Durant’s team, without the injured Kevin Durant, received 26 points from Washington star Bradley Bill, Kyrie Irving scored 24 and added 12 assists and Brooklyn teammate James Harden provided another 21 points off the bench.
Tim LeBron won in three of the four quarters, it started with 39:40 close in the first quarter, but in the second the turnaround occurred with 41:60. In the third quarter, the LeBrons settled for 45:46, and in the final quarter of the game Tim Durant finally managed to win, 24:25, to close out the game on the impressive 150: 170 result.
Part of the All-Star celebration also included the dunk contest won by Anfrin Simmons from Portland who almost kissed the ring with his winning dunk. He defeated Cassius Stanley and the young Obi-Tufin. In the triathlon, Steph Kerry was crowned the grand winner after defeating Mike Conley of Utah in the final 27:28.
In the qualifying competition, Demontas Savonis won. Forward Indiana and Nikola Wojciech from Orlando had an intriguing encounter against Chris Paul and Luka Doncic for the finals. The big guys from Europe defeated the two guards and competed against each other in the finals of the Skills competition, Savonis made his last three dive in and thus won.
