Damian Lillard has secured his second consecutive Starry 3-Point Contest championship on Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium, marking a thrilling contest that came down to the wire.
The NBA All-Star game has come and went, with the Eastern Conference taking down the Western Conference by an insane score of 211-186. It was the first time in history that a team has been able to surpass the 200-point mark, in any game. The closest came in 2016 when the Western Conference put up 196 back in 2016.
Tonight, the best of the best will be step onto the court at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The beasts of the east will take on the best of the west in the 2024 NBA All-Star Game. When all is said & done, one conference will have bragging rights for the remainder of the regular season. Let’s take a look at each team.
The NBA’s Slam Dunk Contest has long been the gem of the NBA’s All-Star Weekend. From Jordan, to Dominique, to Vince Carter, some of the NBA’s greatest moments have taken place during the contest which used to be a “right-of-passage” for the best of the NBA.
The NBA has taken over Indianapolis, Indiana for All-Star Weekend. For the next 3 days, there will be basketball related activity all over Indy, throughout multiple venues. Let’s take a look at everything that will happen.
Klay Thompson scored a season high 35 points and has now eclipsed over 15,000 points in his career and the Warriors narrowing beating the Utah Jazz 140 to 137 on Thursday. Draymond Green also has set a record as well in the game with his season high 23 points as the Warriors also have tied their highest scoring regulation game this season.
Stephen Curry had 41 points in the game and Brandin Podziemski had 25 points which means Curry and Podziemski combined for 66 points in the game as the Warriors couldn’t hold onto the win against the Clippers 130 to 125 a five point game difference. The Warriors largest lead in the game was 15 points where they outscord the Clippers 44 to 28.
Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry had a difference of one point from each other. Thompson had 26 points in the game and Curry on the other hand had 25 points in the contest
Two of the stars of the game Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant who were former teammates when Durant was in Golden State. Both of these players had double digit points in the quarter. Durant had ten points in the second quarter and for Curry it was 12 points in the third quarter.