NBA: Jayson Tatum scores All-Star Game record

Status: 02/20/2023 07:12 a.m

Jayson Tatum led Giannis Antetokounmpo’s team to a 184-175 in the NBA All-Star Game over LeBron James’ team.

The winger Boston Celtics scored 55 points in the show game of the top basketball players in North America’s professional league, setting an all-star record. Tatum was also named the MVP All Star Games chosen.

“It means a lot to me: when you think of all the legends and great players. And frankly, records are there to be broken. I hope to keep mine for as long as possible“Tatum said of the record that Anthony Davis had held since 2017 with 52 points.

LeBron James has to go down early

Tatum scored 27 points in the third quarter alone. The Celtics player hit ten long-range shots throughout the game. Made the final score 184:175 Damien Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazerswho had won the three-way competition the day before.

Tatum was picked into Giannis Antetokounmpo’s team just before the game. super star LeBronJames was the second All-Star captain. Since 2018, the two players with the most votes have been putting together their own All-Star teams, with James losing for the first time after five wins. The two superstars had chosen their teams for the first time directly before the game in the hall.

However, Antetokounmpo was only on the floor in the first attack, the superstar of the Milwaukee Bucks had sprained his wrist just before the All-Star weekend. James injured his hand during the All-Star game and did not return for the second half. At halftime, the superstar became the Los Angeles Lakers honored after last breaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s NBA scoring record.

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