On February 21, Beijing time, the NBA All-Star Game was staged, James team faced Durant, Curry had help in this battle, shot 16 three-pointers, bombed 50 points, greatly refreshed the All-Star three-point record, James finally won, Curry got the first All-Star Game MVP of his career.
This year's All-Star, Durant and James each chose to form a team, Harden, Mitchell and others were absent due to injury, and Paul came out with an injury. In terms of strength, James has obvious advantages and greater fame, and Durant's young players are mostly more energetic.
The defensive intensity of the game was very small, and the two teams began to bombard each other at the beginning, scoring very high, and the James team only led by 2 points in the first quarter. Durant was more aggressive, leading by nine points at one point in the second quarter, james' Curry began to explode in the second quarter, shooting six three-pointers in a single quarter and scoring 24 points at halftime, and James bit the score and trailed by only one point at halftime.
Curry felt hot in the third quarter, quickly hit two three-pointers, personal three-pointers to 10, refreshing Paul George's All-Star three-point record, this quarter Curry completely exploded, shooting 7 three-pointers in a single quarter, and at the end of the third quarter, he had shot 15 three-pointers, greatly improving the record. At the end of the third quarter, the two teams were only one point apart.
In the final quarter, the two teams took the lead in getting 163 points to win, Curry encountered strict defense in the final quarter, consecutive shots missed, only 2 points were scored, Durant tightened the score, the two teams fought fiercely to the last moment, James staged a deadlock, James team 163-160 narrow victory. Curry shot 16-of-27 from the field and scored 50 points, just two points away from the All-Star record for a single game.
After the game, Curry won the MVP trophy without suspense, which was the first All-Star Game MVP of his career, Curry could get the MVP thanks to James, and the performance of the old Zhan in the final quarter was still convincing, with 24 points, 8 assists and 6 rebounds, and the alphabet brother scored 30 points. On Durant's side, Embiid scored a team-high 36 points and almost led the team to victory.