MADRID, 20 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Antetokounmpo’s ‘Team Giannis’ prevailed this morning in the All-Star Game, the main game of NBA All-Star Weekend, against LeBron James’ ‘Team LeBron’ (175-184), at the that Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum has won the ‘MVP’ thanks to his 55 points, the record score in the history of the game.
Tatum, with a 10 of 18 triples and after scoring 27 points in the third period -scoring record in a quarter in the All-Star-, raised the Kobe Bryant trophy that accredits him as the ‘Most Valuable Player’ of the clash held in Salt Lake City, all after surpassing Anthony Davis’ scoring record in 2017 (52 points).
It was a strange duel, in which neither of the two captains, neither Giannis Antetokounmpo nor LeBron James, managed to finish on the track; the Greek, who came to the appointment with a wrist injury, jumped 20 seconds to score a basket and return to the bench, while the Los Angeles Lakers star – who suffered his first victory since the All-Star format change from conferences to captains- he no longer played in the second part due to the same type of ailment when he hit his hand with the hoop.
Both chose teams before starting the match; Antetokounmpo’s team formed with a quintet made up of Jayson Tatum, Ja Morant, Donovan Mitchell, Lauri Markkanen and himself, and LeBron’s, with Joel Embiid, Kyrie Irving, Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic and himself.
After the tie in the first quarter (46-46), ‘Team Giannis’ took advantage before the break (99-92), a lead that increased at the restart (158-141) and which they maintained in the last quarter, where a Damian Lillard’s three-point shot, precisely the winner of the three-point contest, allowed him to overcome the 182-point barrier (184-175).
In addition to Jayson Tatum’s 55 points, Antetokounmpo’s team relied on Donovan Mitchell’s 40 points; For ‘Team LeBron’, Jaylen Brown had 35 points and both Kyrie Irving and Joel Embiid had 32 each.
