LOS ANGELES – When pressed to pick, Timberwolves veteran star Jimmy Butler predicted Karl-Anthony Towns would win the NBA All-Star Game MVP Sunday night in Los Angeles.
He wasn’t that far off in their Team LeBron’s 148-145 win over Team Stephen at Staples Center.
Butler might have responded to a questioner during All-Star Saturday’s media interviews by playing the role he often does, contrarian.
But in a game reformatted, LeBron James and Stephen Curry captained teams each superstar selected from the league’s biggest stars, and Towns played like he belonged among them all his first time as an All-Star.