The champs are champs once more.
On this 12 months’s mid-season traditional, the All-Stars have been divided into three groups of eight gamers, drafted by TNT’s Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal. Each Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum have been on Shaq’s crew, a set of “OG” veterans that included Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, and Kyrie Irving. The winner of Friday night time’s Rising Stars competitors was the 4th crew within the area.
Within the first recreation, Crew Chuck defeated Crew Kenny, 41-35. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the best way in scoring with 12 factors for Crew Chuck.
Within the second recreation, Tatum and Brown took the ground for Crew Shaq towards the Rising Stars. The sport began out sluggish with the fellows beginning the sport like a typical All-Star recreation however as the sport progressed, each side started to lock in.
Tatum had 6 factors, 2 assists and a couple of rebounds for the sport, however he did miss an open nook 3 for the win, whereas Brown had 8 factors and 1 steal. He additionally had a candy dunk on a lob from his former Celtic teammate Kyrie Irving.
It was Bucks guard Damian Lillard who hit the sport successful shot for Crew Shaq within the first recreation.
Within the championship recreation, Crew Shaq defeated Crew Chuck, 41-25.
Tatum dominated the sport with 15 factors, 3 rebounds and a couple of assists. He shot 6/7 from the sector and three/4 from three-point vary and in addition additionally had the game-winning basket.
Frankly, Tatum was robbed of the MVP.
Jayson Tatum finishes the night time because the All-Star Sport’s main scorer with 21 factors, accounting for simply over ¼ of Crew Shaq’s 83-point whole.
He shot Sept. 11 from the sector and 3-5 from three. Additionally had 5 rebounds, 4 assists, and 1 block.
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Jaylen Brown scored 4 factors and had 2 rebounds within the championship recreation.
In the midst of the ultimate recreation, there was a ceremony honoring Contained in the NBA on TNT. They’re headed to ESPN subsequent season..
Like many on social media, Jaylen Brown was not a fan.
“I didn’t (know in regards to the stoppage). I don’t know if the remainder of the opposite guys knew. I didn’t know in order that kinda of took the gasoline out of every part,” Brown mentioned.
Tatum was additionally shocked by the stoppage. “The hardest half was they stopped the sport for the presentation. It was powerful to get again into the sport after that,” Tatum mentioned.
