NBA All Star Weekend! 2/14/20-2/16/20
With a break in the action, the NBA will get to the the best weekend of the year, the All-Star Weekend in Chicago.
With a break in the action, the NBA will get to the the best weekend of the year, the All-Star Weekend in Chicago.
February 14th: Celebrity Game and Rising Stars Challenge
Team Wilbon beat Team Steven A. Smith 62-47 as Common wins the MVP award.
Team USA beat Team World 151-131. Miles Bridges of the Charlotte Hornets took home the MVP Award. Zion Williamson bent the rim from a Ja Morant alley-oop.
February 15th: Skills Challenge, 3-Point Contest and the Dunk Contest
Bam Adebayo of the Miami Heat beat Domantas Sabonis of the Indiana Pacers to win the Skills Challenge.
Buddy Hield scored a 27 in the final round to beat Devin Booker by 1 to win the 3 point contest.
Aaron Gordon of the Orlando Magic dunked over Tacko Fall, who is 7 foot 5, and he still lost to Derrick Jones Jr of the Miami Heat.
February 16th: All Star Game
A crazy 4th quarter in the new format, but Team Lebron won 157-155 after meeting the target score of 157. Anthony Davis hit one free throw to win the game. Team Lebron won $400,000 for their charity. The winner of the Kobe Bryant All Star MVP Award was Kawhi Leonard of Team Lebron as Leonard finished the game with 30 points and 8 3’s.
The great weekend of All Star Festivities had ended from Chicago. One of the better All-Star Weekends in recent memory. What was your favorite moment from this week.