All-star weekend was amazing. The rookie vs. sophomore challenge, the skills challenge, the 3-point shoot-out and the slam dunk contest, but the most anticipated and amazing part of the all-star weekend was the East vs. West showdown.
The West is the obvious “home team” in 2011 , with Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol of the Lakers on the roster along with Blake Griffin of the Clippers. Also on the West is Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Carmelo Anthony of the Denver Nuggets, Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs and Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets. Duncan, Durant, Anthony, Bryant and Paul were the starters for Sunday's NBA All Star 20011 game.
The starters for the East were LeBron James of the Miami Heat, Amare Stoudemire of the New York Knicks, Dwyane Wade of Miami, Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls and Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic.
Doc Rivers of Boston coached the East All Stars while Gregg Popovich of San Antonio coached the West All Stars.
A key reserve for the West was Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki, who remains the leading scorer on the Mavericks and a dangerous long range shooting threat. The East however had the Boston foursome of Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Rajon Rondo, which gave the Eastern conference plenty of depth as well. Howard, also known as "Superman" and the game’s dominant big man, was another key asset for the East.
When all was said and done, the West came out on top with a 148-143 victory over the East. Kobe Bryant, who had 37 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists, received the 2011 All Star MVP trophy over Lebron James.
I am a big fan of Kobe Bryant so I was glad that the West won and that Kobe got the MVP award, while Lebron lost and got nothing. That weekend was just perfect!
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