The Boston Celtics weren’t represented throughout Saturday night time’s competitions, however Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown nonetheless shined vivid at San Francisco’s Chase Middle.
Tatum and Brown joined forces as teammates on Shaq’s OGs, chosen by Corridor of Famer Shaquille O’Neal, throughout Sunday night time’s four-team mini-tournament. The Tatum-Brown tandem joined Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving — LeBron James was sidelined — en path to a 41-25 match win over Chuck’s World Stars, the workforce created by fellow Corridor of Famer Charles Barkley.
It was not like any earlier All-Star Sport followers and gamers have ever skilled, and a proactive response from NBA commissioner Adam Silver for the season’s viewership drop. Tatum and Brown first squared off towards Candace’s Stars, assembled by WNBA icon Candace Parker, and snagged the 2 victories — every a race to attain 40 factors first — to depart Chase Middle winners of All-Star Weekend.
“It was totally different,” Brown informed reporters postgame, per CLNS Media. “I believe attempting one thing totally different to see what sort of works and sticks. So I suppose they’ll have a look at it and see compared to what it was earlier than, I suppose, and we’ll see what we do for subsequent yr. I’m undecided. I don’t actually have any ideas on it. It was simply totally different.”
Tatum, who fell wanting his second-career All-Star MVP honor behind Curry, completed with a game-high 15 factors, accounting for over 36% of the workforce’s offense within the finale. The six-time All-Star shot 6-of-7 from the ground, shot 3-of-4 from 3-point vary and grabbed 4 rebounds, securing the match win with a two-handed dunk off a feed from James Harden to cap off the night time.
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Brown, in the meantime, scored 4 factors on 2-of-4 capturing with a rebound in seven minutes off the bench. Boston’s four-time All-Star wasn’t as impactful as his Celtics working mate, nonetheless, that didn’t faze the 28-year-old as Brown remained engaged and energetic all through all minutes logged throughout each of Workforce Shaq’s battles.
It’s unknown whether or not or not the league will use Sunday’s star-studded match as proof to proceed working with the format or return to the standard Japanese versus Western Convention format followers beloved for generations. In the end, the viewership numbers to again Silver’s resolution ought to overrule all proposals relatively than Durant’s ironic complaints as one of many many gamers liable for ruining the All-Star Sport.
Subsequent yr, the league’s brightest stars will take heart stage for All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles on the newly-opened Intuit Dome, residence of the Clippers.
It’s been 61 years because the final time Boston hosted an NBA All-Star Sport, and though Beantown is approaching a seventh decade, Brown isn’t pessimistic about the potential of getting TD Backyard to host one quickly.
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“That will be nice. That will be superior,” Brown stated. “I believe the town is provided for it. The craziest followers on the planet in Boston, so I’m positive they’d get pleasure from it. It type of appeared prefer it was a bit empty in right here tonight. I don’t suppose in Boston that may occur. So yeah, if we introduced the All-Star Sport to Boston I’d like to be there and I’d like to take part. I believe that’ll be nice for the sport.”
