“The worst game I’ve ever coached,” said Coach Malone. But the 1.75 billion videos of the event viewed on social channels say fans like it that way
“It was the worst basketball game I ever coached.” Michael Malone, the Denver coach for whom defense is the most important thing in the game, said it with a smile after leading Team LeBron in the challenge against Team Giannis in the event that closed the All Star Game. A common sentiment: defense is optional at the All Star Game, contrary to what happened in those by now legendary matches of the 1990s and mid-2000s, when Michael Jordan first and then Kobe Bryant made sure that everyone was serious.