The Boston Celtics player, with 55 points, gives the team of Antetokounmpo the victory against ‘Team LeBron’ (184-175)
Jayson Tatum remains determined to become one of the most active faces in the NBA. The American forward, the main flag of the Boston Celtics, leaders of the Eastern Conference and the best team in the league, signs the best season of his career with an average of 30.6 points per game and this morning, with 55 points, the maximum record of annotation in an All Star has been key in Antetokounmpo’s team victory against ‘Team LeBron’ (184-175).
With the competition between East and West eliminated and the new format where the captains choose their teammates, Antetokounmpo, who arrived at the event injured and competed for just 20 seconds, chose a quintet consisting of Jayson Tatum, Ja Morant, Donovan Mitchell and Lauri Markkanen, and Lebron, honored at half-time for beating Abdul-Jabbar, bet on Joel Embiid, Kyrie Irving, Luka Doncic and Nikola Jokic.
In a match marked by the discomfort of both captains, the absence of Curry and Durant and in a context where stratospheric triples and acrobatic dunks prevailed, Tatum’s figure stood out. In the third quarter, the striker recorded a record 27 points in a period in the All-Star game, surpassing Anthony Davis’ mark in 2017 and winning the Kobe Bryant trophy as the Most Valuable Player of the Salt Lake clash City.
This weekend Pau Gasol is on the retina. In addition to his win as a coach in the Rising Star Challenge, the game for NBA rookies, is added the Bob Lanier Award for Community Service and the 2023 Kobe & Gigi Bryant Award for his support and contributions to the development of women’s basketball and the WNBA, two new recognitions for the Spanish power forward’s impressive career on and off the courts.
In the triple and dunk contest, the other highlights of the weekend, the winners were Lillard and McClung. The point guard from Portland shone from the perimeter with 26 points and the Philadelphia 76ers player, who has a double contract to play with the Delaware Blue Coats of the NBA G League, marveled with four dunks despite being “only” measures 1.88 meters.
Source: La Verdad
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