374 points scored in NBA all star game
NEW ORLEANS -- Someone finally shined brighter at an NBA All-Star Game, but it took a record-breaking scoring night to do it.
The Pelicans' Anthony Davis set an All-Star record with 52 points on his home court, and the host West squad beat the East 192-182.
David, who was 26-of-39 from the field and chipped in 10 rebounds, broke Wilt Chamberlin's 55-year-old record of 42 points, set in 1962. He was of course named the game's Most Valuable Player.
Westbrook nearly topped Chamberlin, too, piling up 41 points on 16-of-26 shooting off the bench. Westbrook was the two-time reigning MVP, having become the first player last season to win the award in consecutive years. He was pulled with 5:34 to go by West coach Steve Kerr, perhaps to make sure that the hometown Davis was MVP in New Orleans.
Yes, some Cavs played Sunday night in the 66th All-Star Game, too. They acquitted themselves well.
LeBron James scored 23 points in just 19 points. Kyrie Irving added 22 points and a game-high 14 assists to go with seven rebounds in 21 minutes. James (2008) and Irving (2014) were MVPs in the two previous All-Star games in New Orleans.
Giannis Antetokounmpo paced the East with 30 points in his first All-Star Game. Isaiah Thomas added 20 points off the bench for the East.
Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant, teammates on the Warriors, scored 21 apiece for the West.
Already the All-Star Game's all-time leading scorer, James became the first ever to go over 300 points and now sits at 314. He and passed Kobe Bryant (238 shots) and Michael Jordan (233 shots) for the most career shots in All-Star Game history, taking 17 (and making 10) for 249.
James also became the fifth player in NBA history to start at least 13 All-Star Games, joining Kobe Bryant (15 starts) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (13), Bob Cousy (13), and Michael Jordan (13).
James, the second-oldest player at the game behind Carmelo Anthony, seemed to have a ball while he was out there. He drained a 3-pointer from just inside the halfcourt line, threw an alley-oop to himself off the glass and finished off some lobs from Irving. He left the game with 7:18 remaining in the third quarter and did not return.
Now, for the drama.
The icy relationship between Westbrook and Kevin Durant was a storyline all weekend. They were testy with each other about a week ago when they met for the first time in Oklahoma City since Durant left there to join the Warriors, and seemed to avoid each other in New Orleans.
So Kerr not only played the two together midway through the first quarter, but he kept James Harden (traded from OKC after the 2012 season) on floor too. Keepin' it Thunder out there.
On their fourth possession, with 4:59 left in the first quarter, Westbrook passed to Durant, who lobbed it it back to Westbrook for a dunk. See, no hard feelings (well, save for Westbrook warming up on the opposite end of the court from Durant and the other West stars before the game).
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I didn't see the game, but whatever that was, it wasn't good basketball. No defense.