The highest scoring NBA All-Star Game in league history gave spectators a wide variety of breathtaking highlights that made the event one to remember.
Rim-rattling dunks, limitless three-point daggers, and silky-smooth passes in transition were on full display Sunday night.
Among the many plays that garnered oohs and ahs, there were a select few that will be replayed for years to come, being synonymous with the night’s affair.
Western Conference captain LeBron James showed why he was the lead vote-getter with hispatented one-handed cocked back flush.James burst through the middle of the floor in the first quarter and punished the rim with a vicious slam that got the crowd going:
FLIGHT 23.https://t.co/yfbKgdA1aepic.twitter.com/VHVsglRhT4
Hometown All-Star Tyrese Haliburton made good on one of the mostelusive behind-the-back dimes you’ll ever seeto Giannis Antetokounmpo on the fast break in the first half, which made the announcers calling the game shout out the league’s assist leader for his impeccable feel:
Hali goes behind-the-back to Giannis 😳#NBAAllStarGame on TNTpic.twitter.com/i8H9P24SFG
All-Star Game MVP Damian Lillard did what he does best. The Milwaukee Bucks deadeye shooterconfidently stepped into a 51-foot bombas if it were a layup, cashing in on the haul in classic fashion as the signature highlight of the night.
DAME RANGE.https://t.co/pHslnx7OYZpic.twitter.com/h3viJn6eUT
Minnesota Timberwolves big man Karl-Anthony Towns was a man on a mission, and put a stamp on his 50-point outing with a eurostep finish in transition that brought a high level of footwork to the game’s highlight reel.
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Trae Young put Kevin Durant on ice witha slick dribble between his legsthat boggled more than the minds of the Western Conference’s defenders on the floor at the time. Young finished the million-dollar move with a million-dollar finish, a smooth floater in the lane.
TRAE YOUNG 😳#NBAAllStarGame on TNTpic.twitter.com/GbP60fKJAY
