Tyrese Halibarton hit a three-pointer with a minute and a half to go and the number 200 appeared on the scoreboard of his hall in Indianapolis - NBA All-Star is first and foremost fun, but this time it was also historic.
The All-Star is again a match between East and West, now the stars from the East Coast won 211:186 and became the first team ever to score 200 points.
Again there were attractive points, three-pointers and dunks, and this match also brought several more records.
First of all, the aforementioned record for the number of points scored by one team was broken, since the previous record of 196 points belonged to West in 2016.
The total number of points scored at 397 broke the record of 374 set in 2017, and both teams' 193 points at halftime was higher than last year's 191 points.
Then, East made as many as 42 35-pointers, breaking Tim LeBron's 2019 record of XNUMX XNUMX-pointers.
Where there are records, there is also LeBron James - the legend of this game played his 20th All-Star game last night, and so he passed Kareem Abdul Jabbar, who remained at 19th, on the eternal list.
In the end, the best of the best for the MVP title was Milwaukee's Damian Lillard, who made 11 XNUMX-pointers, including one from half court.
The Bucks master finished the match with 39 points and six assists, but he also received boos during the award ceremony, as the home audience hoped that the award would go to local star Halibarton, who scored 32 points, along with seven rebounds and six assists.
Boston's Jaylen Brown added 36 points, his teammate Jayson Tatum 20 points, while Milwaukee's other super ace Giannis Adetokunbo scored 23.
The most effective player of the night came from the defeated team - Karl Anthony Towns from Minnesota scored 50 points in only 28 minutes on the court.
He was followed by Shai Giljis Alexander with 31 points, while Kevin Durant added 18 and Steph Curry 16 points. The MVP of last year's final, Nikola Jokić, recorded 23 points, nine assists and two rebounds in 13 minutes on the floor, Lebron finished the match with eight points, while Luka Dončić recorded seven points, rebounds and assists each.
Indianapolis was historic in a way - the next show is scheduled for February 2025 in San Francisco.
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