What You DIDN'T SEE In The NBA All Star Game...

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Luka Doncic doing crazy circus acts, Tatum vs Brown going 1 on 1 with everyone else looking on the side, and some loooong range bombs.
This all star game was action packed so let’s go through all the best moments.
Starting off with Lebron and Giannis picking the teams like we did it on the playground.
Giannis came out old school with a full on notebook and everything handwritten. Can you make up the combinations here? Let me know in the comments.
The reserves were picked first to avoid the uncomfortable situation of a player getting selected last and I like the execution. Although we saw that Jaren Jackson Jr was the last one, it got kind of lost in the shuffle since the starters were up next. So this is a win for this live format.
BTW, Antetokounmpo had a bit of an embarrassing moment when he picked the reserves:
Anyway he eventually got him on his team, because Lebron after all the love-hate rollercoaster recently was pretty excited to pick Kyrie on his team.
Here are the full teams and on paper in a real NBA game James’s team would destroy the Greek Freak. Am I right?
However the playing time and the intensity isn’t the same in the all star game as we saw right from the start. Gianis gets his 2 points and immediately subs out to protect the slight injury to his wrist so he did not return.
Lebron on the other hand looked like he was 26. Check out this monster jam off of the assist from Jokic.
Then just moments later, take a look at this self alley oop off the backboard. Dude is still in his prime. This is ridiculous.
But the very next possession Tatum immediately responds with the exact same dunk on the other end.
And not only that but he went directly at the king on this drive. James at the very last second made a smart business decision and got as further as possible from this poster, but couldn’t completely escape it as you can see.
But look at Ja Morant with this nasty double clutch reverse. He had an even crazier one, as he runs past his teammate and takes off for a 360 throwdown.
Luka Doncic was right in front of the action for the first dunk and watch what he said to Morant.
Turns out he really can-and he put his name down for the slam dunk contest.
Keeping the same vibe with the jokes, Doncic also showed us that he can do some tricks outside basketball.
Moving on, Jokic had a few great assists. Here's some big man to big man action on this alley oop. And another connection between these 2 as Nikola throws a quarterback pass on the money for the easy layup.
And watch him acting like he’s super mad that he didn’t get the alley oop pass. Seriously, he is hilarious.
And just seconds later a casual no look pass right to the corner for the three. Amazing.
What’s not amazing is that when he got an alley oop pass- this is how that ended. What kind of jump is thiiiis?! Maaan Jokic is a treasure.
Anyways, you could see that Kyrie was aggressive early on and showed off his flashy layup package on multiple occasions.
He led everyone at halftime with 18 points. And speaking of halftime,
at the break, the NBA got the 3 players with the most points in NBA history all in 1 place. Karl Malone, Kareem Abdul Jabar and Lebron James.
We also got this wholesome moment of Lebron showing some love to the little mambas, Kobe Bryant’s daughters.
But right before the second half, we got news that Lebron will not continue as he suffered a minor injury going up for a block.
Even without him however, there was a ton of action.
First Donovan Mitchell took some heat check shots from way downtown, and look at this one from the logo nothing but the bottom of the net. He had 4 long range bombs in the third quarter.
Speaking of these shots, you know that Damian Lillard would not be outdone here, as he casually fires away from his own half and splashes the three. Unbelievable.
But, the third period belonged to Jayson Tatum as he went god mode. Check out these 5 threes in a row- in a span of only 2 and a half minutes. He was unstoppable.
Shot after shot Jayson could not miss and was stuck on automatic
And watch this sequence. At the end of the period Jaylen Brown attacks him, the stepback and the swish. And says that Tatum is too little.
Jayson then has to go at Brown, and gets him on the crossover buuut loses the handle.
Jaylen’s turn again on the other end as he hits him with the fancy dribbles, and knocks down the three over his teammate, so at this point Jayson is down bad and has to take this one.
Thankfully for him, the shake and bake creates space for the shot and swishes it.
At this point, 8 of the best players in the world are just walking up and down the court, watching these 2 go at it.
Look at the positioning on the final possession. This was a true 1 on 1 battle. And at the end Tatum gets a stop here as we go to the 4th quarter.