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NBA Fans Go Head Over Heels After Stephen Curry Becomes the First to Take Home the Kobe Bryant All Star Game MVP Trophy

Published 02/21/2022, 8:00 AM EST

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The NBA All-Star weekend came out to a glorious end on Sunday. The star-studded week lived up to its hype and the all-star game was one for the ages. Several young players made their debut, and the league honored the NBA 75 team as well.

Team LeBron took on Team Durant in the all-star game and Team LeBron continued its unbeaten streak as they won 163-160 in a tightly contested game. Stephen Curry took the MVP honors as he poured in 50 points with 16 threes to his name. He had hit a record eight 3 pointers in the first half and he continued his onslaught in the third quarter as he hit 7. He tried to break the all-star record for most points in a game, but he fell short. But he did end up winning the first Kobe Bryant All-Star Game MVP trophy.

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NBA Fans lose it as Stephen Curry takes home the Kobe Bryant All-Star MVP award

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Team LeBron goes to 5-0

Since the new format was first started, Team LeBron has been undefeated, and they put their record on the line on Sunday. Several young players, including Darius Garland, Dejounte Murray, LaMelo Ball, Ja Morant, Jarrett Allen, Fred VanVleet, and Andrew Wiggins, made their All-Star debut today.

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The game was evenly matched and it got off to a hot start as both teams put on a show. Ja Morant was throwing down reverse dunks, LeBron and Giannis were taking it out on the rim and Curry was pouring in from a distance. The teams split the first two quarters before tying the third quarter, which set up for an exciting finish.

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It was a back-and-forth affair before Team LeBron opened up a 6 point lead and they needed a single point to win the game. Curry went for the all-star record but came up short a couple of times. Team Durant then cut the lead to 1, which meant that the next bucket would win the game.

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And then the King took over. He called for the ball in a post-up against Zach Lavine. LeBron then took a tough contested fadeaway right before the double team came. He hit the shot to win the game and remains undefeated in the all-star game.

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Vishwesha Kumar is an NBA writer at EssentiallySports. Holder of a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, Vishwesha has been writing content for about 3 years now. He has been following the NBA for nearly 10 years, since first starting off in the year 2012.
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