Most of the NBA’s All-Star festivities have grown stale or been transformed into something flawed. But a few winners managed to emerge from the weekend.
Mercifully, the 2023 NBA All-Star break has finally come to an end. Let’s run through some winners and losers from the weekend’s festivities…
Winner: Mac McClung
McClung went from G-League player/YouTube sensation to dunk contest champion. Despite playing only 25 minutes in his NBA career. McClung’s theatrics were so refreshing he was called to the big stage Sunday night to introduce Post Malone’s pregame concert.
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It’s wonderful that star players have more freedom to change teams when they’re in unhappy relationships.
The Celtics star put on a show in Salt Lake City.
Jayson Tatum stole the show in Salt Lake City on Sunday night as the Celtics star turned in a record-setting, MVP performance to lift Team Giannis to a 184–175 victory over Team LeBron in the 2023 NBA All-Star Game.
In a showcase of 24 of the league’s best players, Tatum set himself apart with an all-time performance, pouring in an All-Star record 55 points to go with 10 rebounds and six assists. Tatum’s absurd mark surpasses the previous record set by Anthony Davis’s 52-point effort in 2017.
Jayson Tatum stole the show to help Team Giannis knock off Team LeBron.
The Lakers forward’s team lost 184–175 in Salt Lake City.
A rough season for the Lakers went from bad to worse Sunday night at the NBA All-Star Game in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The team’s lone representative in the annual midseason showcase, forward LeBron James, exited the game at halftime. The NBA’s all-time leading scorer received an official injury designation from the league, which announced he suffered a right hand contusion.
Austin Dillon gave his thoughts on him and his teammate, Kyle Busch wrecking at the end of the 2023 Daytona 500.
Jayson Tatum’s 55 points, an NBA All-Star Game record, powered a victory for Team Giannis over Team LeBron on Sunday night.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the Daytona 500 in double overtime and under caution Sunday night in the longest running of “The Great American Race.
Calling the rest of the Lakers’ schedule “23 of the most important games of my career, for a regular season,” Los Angeles star LeBron James appeared committed to push his club into the postseason, when speaking to reporters at the All-Star Game on Sunday.
On this week’s edition of Fast Throughts with Bob Pockrass, Pockrass disussed the Daytona 500 win for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and if it will silence his critics.