On February 21, Beijing time, the NBA All-Stars began to compete for the main game, and james played against Durant. In the first quarter, Morant and LaVine's dunks were wonderful, James had 9 points and 2 assists, Embiid 11 points, and James led by 2 points 47-45 in the first quarter.
This year's All-Star arrangement is in Cleveland, James is also back to his hometown, this time he is the king of the tickets, and the starting lineup is very strong, starting is James, Alphabet Brother, Curry, DeRozan and Jokic, Durant is absent due to injury, Durant is Embiid to lead the team, the starting lineup is Tatum, Wiggins, Trae Young and Morant. When the All-Star players came out, James was also very excited.
Before the start of the first quarter, James sprinkled magnesium powder, and the fans gave applause. James assisted on Alphabet Brother dunks, Curry hit three-pointers, Trae Young hit three-pointers, and Tatum dunked to tie. James hit an easy shot from the basket and Jokic hit a three-pointer to give James a 10-5 lead. DeRozan also scored two points, Tatum scored a layup, DeRozan scored again, both teams played very relaxed, Embiid dunked, James also came with a dunk, Curry did not score three points, Alphabet brother made a basket, James led 9 points 18-9.
Wiggins dunked, Jokic scored, Morant came straight in with an empty back dunk, Embiid scored again, and the point difference narrowed to five points. DeRozan didn't score, Embiid hit a three-pointer, Curry hit back with three, and he blocked Tatum on the defensive end and Wiggins before, twice. After the timeout, Booker's three-point shots, Alphabet Brother scored consecutively, the dunk was very exciting, Booker came to an empty pick, James threw the ball himself, directly threw in, LaVine hit three-point shots, Embiid and Downs scored consecutively, and Durant scored 32-29.
James' three-point shot tied, Embiid scored again, scoring 11 points after the opening, DeRozan scored to tie, Paul came out with an injury, he determined to fracture his thumb and was expected to miss 6 to 8 weeks. LaVine's small folding dunk, which is better than the dunk contest, Van Vleet assists Aaron dunk, Gobert dunk wins, Middleton hits a three-pointer, Van Vleet hits a three-pointer, Garland assists Aaron dunk, Booker scores on a layup, and the game goes on a timeout.
After the timeout, Doncic hit two consecutive three-pointers, and Booker scored on a layup to give James a two-point lead 47-45 in the first quarter.