After a thrilling All-Star Skills Competition last night, it was time to play the full 4- quarter-game tonight between Team Giannis and Team Lebron.

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This is the 3rd time that Team Giannis and Team LeBron will face off against each other in an All-Star game. The previous 2 times occurred in 2019 and 2020 when Team LeBron defeated Team Giannis both times.

As expected, the game was a high scoring one, with both teams scoring 46 points each at the end of the 1st quarter. At the end of the 2nd quarter, Team Giannis had a small lead over Team LeBron, as Team Giannis scored 53 points, while Team LeBron scored 46 again, making the score 99-92 heading into halftime. What’s really fine about watching the All-Star game in my opinion is how high-scoring the games are. It was 99-92 heading into halftime, and that score is sometimes the final score of a regular season NBA game.

After halftime ended, Team Giannis would once again score more points than Team Lebron, as they scored 59 points, while Team LeBron scored 49, making the score 158-141 heading into the final quarter. 

A decently big lead would be the reason why Team Giannis would get the victory over Team LeBron, as in the final quarter, Team LeBron scored 34 points, while Team Giannis scored 26, for a final score of 184-175 for Team Giannis.

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This was the first time Team Giannis defeated Team LeBron, as Team Giannis lost both times in 2019 and 2020 when the 2 teams faced off against each other.

Toronto Raptors All-Star representative, Pascal Siakam, was on Team Giannis.

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The Team MVP went to Boston Celtics’ Small Forward/Power Forward, Jayson Tatum, who was on Team Giannis.

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It was a fun weekend having the All-Star Skills competition and the NBA All-Star game. The NBA will return to its regular season games starting on Thursday, February 23rd.