The game always provides a few highlights, but Team LeBron coach Michael Malone called Team Giannis’ 184-175 victory over his squad “the worst basketball game ever played,” and the lack of intensit…
SALT LAKE CITY — There was one sequence on Sunday night that stirred an otherwise restless crowd at Vivint Arena, where a little competition emerged from a morass of largely undefended, half-speed highlights.
“We’ve played countless number of one-on-one games, scrimmages against each other,” said Tatum, who wound up taking home the Kobe Bryant MVP award with a record-setting 55 points. “We’ve always kind of brought the best out of each other. So it was a normal day for us. Just millions of people watching on one of the biggest stages, so we had a little fun with it.”
These cliched comments about NBA players not caring about defense might be less about the nature of the NBA than the nature of All-Star games: The NFL downgraded its annual Pro Bowl to a flag football event this year and the NHL has dealt with similar lack-of-intensity issues with its All-Star event. But it made some take notice that Sunday’s participants were among the game’s harshest critics.
But other lowlights cast a shadow over the exhibition, designed at its core to showcase the best NBA talent. MVP candidate Luka Doncic during several intervals didn’t cross the halfcourt line with the rest of his team on offense. MVP frontrunner Nikola Jokic was talking to someone on the sideline when an outlet pass from Doncic sailed past him, causing him to duck. Bam Adebayo, at one point, bounced an inbounds pass off of Jokic’s back.
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