NBA Day event, part of the All-Star festivities in Toronto on Friday, Feb. 12, 2016.
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The Suns (14-40) will hope Booker’s All-Star weekend performance will continue to provide a bright spot in the second half of a disappointing season for the team.
The reigning NBA MVP, now 27, is back in Toronto as one of the game’s biggest stars, and speaks fondly of the city and arena in which he once spent long hours working on that inexplicable shot. Karl-Anthony Towns showed that. None other than Michael Jordan.
Maybe they will come back next year and do it again.
“My personal view, as I said last week, is beginning to change”. In doing so, the Dubs not only became the first team ever to win 48 of its first 52 games, but also compiled the best winning percentage entering the All-Star break in National Basketball Association history. It’s a common practice to sit your superstar and core players when a game is in hand. Nobody has won two in a row since Nate Robinson in 2009-10.
Michael Jordan smiles at reporters after a jury ordered a defunct grocery store chain to pay him $8.9 million for using his name without permission. On Saturday, though, he wasn’t even the best shooter at Air Canada Centre. “It was insane. In my opinion, yes”.
That’s fair. But when Curry’s teammate and fellow three-point contestant Klay Thompson was told Kobe’s opinion reflected the masses, he smiled and said he had other ideas.
Gordon used the Orlando Mascot three times and twice jumped over him.
LaVine beat Gordon when he soared from the foul line, went under his leg and dunked for his final 50. He seemed to have a ball sitting courtside with his colleagues. He does all the little and less-desirable things that help a team win, and he may just be better defensively this season than he was past year when he garnered Second Team All-Defense honors. The splash brothers can not be left alone for a moment, because as soon as a defender blinks they have already risen up with their lightning-quick release to drain a three.
Warriors guard Klay Thompson won the three-point contest. This, then, is a surprise, and a welcome one, I think. “Trust me, the pressure of knowing what number he had to hit and making five out of five was fun to watch”. Towns topped Boston’s Isaiah Thomas to win the title.
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“I’m glad I was able to help the bigs come out with this trophy”, said Towns, the No. 1 overall pick in the June draft. “This is bigger than me”.
