2014 NBA All-Star Game Review

After watching the game or if your looking at the box score you can only come to one conclusion, there most of been no defense played at all. This was a record breaking All-Star game with points scored in a game, individual players scoring at will and showing off their offensive talents.

This was the most points scored in an NBA All-Star game with a combined score of 318 points, when the previous record was 303 points. Carmelo Anthony set a record for the most three's made with eight while also scoring a total of 30 points. Kevin Durant set a record for the most three point attempts with 17, but more shocking was him missing 13 of them, but he still did finish with 50% shooting. Blake Griffin nearly broke the NBA record for scoring finishing with 38 points only missing the mark by 4 points which was held by Wilt Chamberlain's 42 points. Blake Griffin did break the record for field goals made with 19.

The MVP of the All-Star Game goes to Kyrie Irving who tied a record for most points in a single half with 24 points tying Glen Rice who last did it 1997. Kyrie Irving finished the game with 31 points, 14 assists and 5 rebounds in an effort to help lead the East to a comeback win 163-155.

2014 Slam Dunk Contest

In the dunk contest you had the two teams made up of East & West Players, first was a freestyle round and the second was the battle round where each player from each conference would battle one on one and judges would decide who won each battle, first team to three individual wins would be named the winning conference and then there would be a vote by the fans for the individual slam dunker of the night. The participants were;  

From the East Paul George (Indiana Pacers), Terrance Ross (Toronto Raptors) and John Wall (Washington Wizards) and 

From the West you had Ben Mclemore (Sacramento Kings), Damian Lillard (Portland Trailblazers) and Harrison Barnes (Golden State Warriors).

For the First time in a very long time it seemed the Dunk contest was back, the creativity was there, the dunks were made on the first try for the most part, the crowd as much as the players were enjoying themselves and cheering on the competition. The Rules were different, basically made this a tag team of sorts for a dunk contest especially with the first round being a freestyle exhibition and then each facing off individually. The East team provided a clean sweep in the events & went three for three in the one on one match ups

 and John Wall took the award voted by the fans for the Slam Dunker of the night

Review of the NBA all Star Weekend 3pt Point Contest

The All-Star game has come and gone, there were different rules implemented for the three point contest and dunk contest. In the three point contest you had two teams made up of West & East players vying for two spots to meet in the championship round the teams rosters were as follows;

from the West you had Kevin Love (Minnesota  Timberwolves), Damian Lillard (Portland Trailblazers), Stephen Curry(Golden State Warriors) and Marco Belinelli (San Antonio Spurs)

 From the East you had Joe Johnson (Brooklyn Nets), Arron Afflalo (Orlando Magic), Bradley Beal (Washington Wizards) and last but not least you have Kyrie Irving (Cleveland Cavaliers).

In the Three point shootout the final scores were; from the West

1) Kevin Love 16 points 2)Damian Lillard 18 points 3) Stephen Curry 16 points and 4)Marco Belinelli 19 points

The East 1)Joe Johnson 11 points 2) Arron Afflalo 15 points 3) Bradley Beal 21 points and
4)Kyrie Irving 17 points.

Championship Round was between Marco Belinelli (WEST) & Bradley Beal (EAST)
they had to go to an extra period round due to both scoring 19 points in the first and in the extra period Marco Belinelli pulled out the victory to be called the 2014 Three point shootout champion final score was Belinelli 24 points and Beal 18 points.

Stay Tuned for my next post reviewing the Slam Dunk Contest!!