NBA All-Star Game Spiced Up

I felt like this years NBA All-Star game was great. In years past it always seemed to be a game you wanted to watch but never cared who won. While this years game felt a little differently, of course you rooted for your favorite players but the players seemed to care a little more. The uniforms were all numbered the same for each team, one team wore 24 and the other team wore 2. In honor of Kobe and Gigi Bryant. Every player out there wanted to win the first ever Kobe Bryant All-Star MVP Award, the first ever went to Kawhi Leonard, he lead Team LeBron with 30 points.

The talk of the all-star game however was the reformatted Elam ending. In tribute to Kobe, at the end of the third quarter the team with the higher score is required to score 24 more points than what they had to win. So in this years case, Team Giannis had 133 at the end of the third, they had to get to 167 to win. The first team to 167 wins, however Team LeBron was trailing at the end of the third, they had to score 33 points to secure the victory, and that they did. Team LeBron defeated Team Giannis 157-155 in the 69th version of the NBA All-Star Game.

The NBA has messed with the formatting of the All-Star game to try to create more interest and excitement in the game. What they did this year was a great idea and I can’t wait to see what they come up with in future All-Star games. This years game in Chicago was a big step in the right direction.