A match for the Stars, which however they never defended.
This is how the NBA All-Star Game can be defined, a traditional event that this year took place last night in Indianapolis, in the facility that hosts the Pacers' home games.
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73 it was back to the old formula of East versus West, and in the end the Eastern Conference team won 211-186, a record score as it was the largest ever.
But this did not mean that the show was exhilarating, given that there was an infinite series of three-point shots (in the end 168 were attempted) and dunks without the slightest serious commitment on the part of those who, in those situations, he should have defended.
In the end, the award for best player of the match was awarded to Damian Lillard of the Milwaukee Bucks, who thus became the first NBA basketball player to win the three-point shooting competition and then to be proclaimed MVP of the All Star Game in the same year.
But the 'verdict' was booed by the public who would have preferred local idol Tyrese Haliburton to be chosen.
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