NBA All Star Weekend

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Instead of talking about the Warriors game last night like I usually do I’m going to talk about what is going on in the NBA. This past weekend was All-Star Weekend. On Friday is the Celebrity All-Star game and the Rising Star Challenge. The celebrity game is at 4pm pacific time. This game isn’t one of the main events but for some people it is their favorite event. The Rising Stars Challenge is rookies and sophomore NBA players either on the USA team or the World team. This game is very interesting as the rookies and sophomores take this game very seriously unlike the NBA All-Star Game which players do not play much defense. The next day there is three events. The Taco Bell Skills Challenge will take place at 5pm. This challenge is where the guys selected do a couple of dribble moves, pass it in the hole, take the ball up the court and make a layup, and then finally they shoot a three and they go head to head against another competitor. The winner was Karl Anthony-Towns. The next competition was the Three Point Competition. Klay Thompson was the winner. Then came the Dunk Contest. Zach Lavine won it again this year but went through many extra dunks against Aaron Gordon. The next day, Sunday, was the All-Star Game. The West set an all-star record of most points scored by a team in the All-Star Game. Russel Westbrook won MVP again going back to back.