Now, that was an All-Star Game. Well, sort of.
NBA All-Star weekend had its high points and low points — mostly high — in a wondrous weekend of basketball celebration in Los Angeles.
The culmination was Sunday’s All-Star Game, which Team LeBron won, 148-145, at Staples Center. It’s a far cry from the 192-182 defensive debacle from 2017, which led to an overhaul of the All-Star system.
First was dismantling of the conference structure in the game, allowing the top two leading vote-getters to pick their teams — playground style, though the next improvement will be allowing the picks to be televised — resulting in some interesting rosters, with LeBron James’ starting lineup including Kyrie Irving, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant and Anthony Davis.