NBA All-Star Game 2019 Archives - uSports.org https://usports.org/tag/nba-all-star-game-2019/ Sports News & Views Mon, 18 Feb 2019 20:35:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 NBA All-Star Game 2019 Recap And Highlights: Team LeBron Beats Team Giannis 178-164 [VIDEO] https://usports.org/nba-all-star-game-2019-recap-and-highlights-team-lebron-beats-team-giannis-178-164-video/ https://usports.org/nba-all-star-game-2019-recap-and-highlights-team-lebron-beats-team-giannis-178-164-video/#respond Mon, 18 Feb 2019 19:29:43 +0000 http://usports.org/?p=100993 Team LeBron beats Team Giannis in NBA All-Star Game 2019
Team LeBron beat out Team Giannis 178-164 in Sunday night’s NBA All-Star Game in Charlotte, North Carolina.  Five players scored over 20 points and two more scored 19. Giannis Antetokounmpo led all players with 38 points. team LeBron Wins NBA All-Star Game By halftime, Team Giannis led by 20 points and went into the locker room hoping […]

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Team LeBron beat out Team Giannis 178-164 in Sunday night’s NBA All-Star Game in Charlotte, North Carolina.  Five players scored over 20 points and two more scored 19. Giannis Antetokounmpo led all players with 38 points.

team LeBron Wins NBA All-Star Game

By halftime, Team Giannis led by 20 points and went into the locker room hoping to maintain their lead. It finally looked like hometown hero and Charlotte Hornets star Kemba Walker would get his first win against Lebron James in his 28th matchup. But after J. Cole’s halftime performance, the tide turned.

“We just started making shots,” Kevin Durant said about his team’s comeback.

Durant walked away with his second All-Star Game MVP, after he previously won it in 2012. Team Lebron would outscore Team Giannis 96-69 in the second half.

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While the game was a high-octane offensive battle, the highlights went viral. In the second quarter, Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry dribbled down the court against Durant. Faced with a seven-inch height difference, Curry passed the ball out. He slammed the ball against the court, sending it over an outstretched Durant and into the air. Then, Antetokounmpo slammed the alley-oop through the basket. The “Greek Freak” ran off down the court in disbelief. Both benches erupted.

Then, there was also the Dwyane Wade –Lebron alley-oops. The pair of dunks harkened back to their days as teammates on the Miami Heat. It was a happy ending for the two, who entered into the league in 2003 and won titles together in 2012 and 2013. The pair created the modern super-team with “the Heatles.”

Team Giannis took an early lead on the back of their captain. But still, they couldn’t hold off a late comeback by Team Lebron. The barrage of three-pointers was too much.

Below are highlights of Antetokounmpo, Durant, and the entire game:

With the removal of conference-based teams and the inclusion of Wade and Dirk Nowitzki, the NBA All-Star Game became something more than a meaningless matchup. It became a celebration of the game.

“The game is in great hands. It’s easy to walk away right now,” Wade said after the matchup.

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The NBA announced Wednesday that Charlotte has been chosen as the host city for the 2019 All-Star Game. Charlotte Will Host 2019 NBA All-Star Game The event will be held at the Hornets’ Spectrum Center the weekend of February 15-17, 2019. Charlotte was originally set to host this year’s All-Star Game, but was pulled in […]

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The NBA announced Wednesday that Charlotte has been chosen as the host city for the 2019 All-Star Game.

Charlotte Will Host 2019 NBA All-Star Game

The event will be held at the Hornets’ Spectrum Center the weekend of February 15-17, 2019.


Charlotte was originally set to host this year’s All-Star Game, but was pulled in July due to North Carolina’s controversial HB2 law. This so-called “bathroom bill” dictated people to use public restrooms that match the gender listed on their birth certificate. However, that law has now been repealed, even though many LGBT people (transgender especially) say this repeal did not “go far enough,” as NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement.

“For three decades, the NBA has had a home in Charlotte. Generations of families have attended games there, and fans from many different walks of life have come together to share a passion for a team that is an anchor in the community,” Silver’s statement read. “We have decided to award NBA All-Star 2019 to Charlotte based on this deep connection and the belief that we can honor our shared values of equality and inclusion, and we are excited to bring the All-Star Game back to Charlotte for the first time in 28 years.”

The statement continued by addressing the bathroom bill: “While we understand the concerns of those who say the repeal of HB2 did not go far enough, we believe the recent legislation eliminates the most egregious aspects of the prior law. Additionally, it allows us to work with the leadership of the Hornets organization to apply a set of equality principles to ensure that every All-Star event will proceed with open access and anti-discrimination policies. All venues, hotels and businesses we work with during All-Star will adhere to these policies as well.”

Silver added that he is confident Charlotte will prove to be a great city to help the NBA promote unity.

“Sports have a long history of helping to change attitudes around important social issues. We believe holding our All-Star activities in Charlotte will be a powerful way for the NBA to continue this tradition.”

The event in Charlotte in 2019 will mark the first time the NBA All-Star Game has been played in the North Carolina city in 28 years.

The NCAA also took heat in April — shortly after UNC won the national basketball championship — for lifting its ban on hosting tournaments in North Carolina following the state’s repeal of the discriminatory bill. Activists from the LGBT community also cited the repeal was insufficient.

New Orleans hosted the 2017 NBA All-Star Game in February.

CHARLOTTE, NC – MARCH 11: Nicolas Batum #5 of the Charlotte Hornets reacts after a call during their game against the New Orleans Pelicans at Spectrum Center on March 11, 2017 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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