Damian Lillard, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jaylen Brown highlighted the list of reserves. Tatum, Donovan Mitchell, Kyrie Irving, Joel Embiid, Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic, Lauri Markkanen and Ja Morant started alongside LeBron and Giannis. In the end, Jayson Tatum stole the show as the Celtics star earned MVP honors after breaking Anthony Davis' All-Star Game scoring record with 55 points in the victory. Prior to tonight, James was a perfect 5-0 since the game had changed formats to allow the two leading vote-getters to serve as captains and choose their own teams. In the end Team Giannis raised $550.000 for their charity in their win as Tatum went down in history and Antetokounmpo finally got his first win as a team captain.The 2023 NBA All-Star Game is officially in the books as Team Giannis has taken down Team LeBron by the score of 184-175 to hand the league's all-time scoring champion his first loss as an All-Star Game captain. He was just 9 points away from the record, and on a night where he debuted his new shoes in collaboration with Jordan, Tatum dropped 55 points on 22/31 shooting and was named MVP of the All-Star Game. He had the All-Star record 52 points in the back of his mind. Perfect shoe debut for TatumĪfter three quarters, the target score was set at 182, but there was another target on the mind of Tatum. The sharp shooting allowed Team Giannis to build up a big lead that led to another winning quarter as the Boston Celtic’s superstar went for 27 in the third quarter. He and Donovan Mitchell came out and scored the first 28 points for Team Giannis as Damian Lillard got involved from long range as well. Irving may have been the top scorer after two quarters, but Tatum would take the stage in the second half. LeBron would not return in the second half after jamming his hand on the rim at the end of the first half. LeBron’s former teammate and his second overall pick Kyrie Irving ended the first half as the leading scorer with 18 points but Team Giannis won the second quarter and the first $100,000 prize that went to their charity, Raise the Future. LeBron injures hand before halftimeīoth teams went back and forth in a high scoring first quarter that ended up in a tie, which meant that each team’s charity would split the $100,000 awarded to the winner of each quarter. LeBron had an alley top off the glass to himself, hit a 35 foot three pointer and even had a block in a rare defensive display in an All-Star game. LeBron James and Tatum went bucket for bucket in the first quarter, as the NBA’s All-time leading scorer showed he came to play and he came to win. The Greek came into the weekend with a bummed wrist, so he started the game, had the game’s first basket and then was taken out promptly by his All-Star coach Joe Mazzula. He took Jayson Tatum, and that move would end up paying dividends for the Milwaukee Buck and his team. Giannis makes honorary startįor the first time ever the team captains, LeBron James and Giannis, did a live draft in the minutes leading up to the game and Giannis couldn’t have chosen a better person to pick with his first selection. Jayson Tatum broke the All-Star Game scoring record with a 55 point performance in the 184-175 victory. Giannis Antetokounmpo got his first victory as an All-Star Game “GM” as his team beat Team LeBron in Salt Lake City on Saturday night.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |