With Curry as MVP, Team Shaq won the renewed All-Star of the NBA

The Shaq’s OGS team, mainly composed of veteran legendary such as Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant, was proclaimed this Sunday champion of the 74th edition of the NBA All-Starwhich was carried out in San Francisco and that was the first with a format of ‘Final Four’.

The Shaq’s OGS imposed themselves in the final by 41-25 to the Chuck’s Global Stars, who had in their ranks the main international stars of the League.

The MVP of the All-Star went to Curry, which achieved 12 points in the final And that he served as host, since the All-Star was held at the Golden State Warriors Chase Center. It is the second time that the base takes this award.

In addition to Curry and Durant (Phoenix Suns), Shaq’s OGS also had Jays Tatum and Jaylen Brown (Boston Celtics), Kyrie Irving (Dallas Mavericks), Damian Lillard (Milwaukee Bucks) and James Harden (Los Angeles Clippers).

“It is a celebration of many great things happening in basketball. Being playing with these guys for so long … It is obviously our responsibility to go out and offer a good show,” Curry said.

The NBA, aware that the All-Star has lost a lot of brightness, interest and competitive spirit in recent years, has experienced different formats to try to revitalize the weekend of the stars.

This time it was the turn of the premiere of a ‘Final Four’ with four teams: three formed by All-Star figures led by Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley; And one with rookie players and second year headed by Candace Parker. All matches were played without time and with the aim of reaching 40 points.

The recipe, like so many others that the NBA has tried limited success, also did not have the desired effect and except for exceptions there were hardly any trace of competitiveness in the three games that were played.

In any case, the members of Shaq’s OGs took $ 125,000 each to win this All-Star, while those of Chuck’s Global Stars pocketed 50,000 per head. The players of the sets that fell in the semifinals received 25,000.

In addition to the absences due to the already known injury of Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks) and Anthony Davis (Dallas Mavericks), also They were low from the last minute Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves) and Lebron James (Los Angeles Lakers).

It was the first time that the All-Star was lost a LeBron that has the historical record of selections for the Star Party with 21.

New format, same lack of competitiveness in the All-Star

If the NBA expected a radical change in competitiveness and attitude with the new format, the first game between Chuck’s Global Stars and Kenny’s Young Stars made it clear that it was not going to be so since only a timid increase in seriousness and defense was perceived.

There he stood out above all Victor Wembanyama (San Antonio Spurs), who in his debut in an All-Star squeezed back with a cap to Cunningham (Detroit Pistons) and who also achieved a couple of overturned, including a served in ‘Alley- Oop ‘By Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets).

With all this, the combination of international figures was imposed by 41-32 thanks especially to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder), the top scorer of this season in the NBA and who wore 12 points and a perfect 5 5 in shots.

Paradoxically, one of the most exciting moments of the night did not arrive in a game but in one of the breaks of the breaks, when a fan named Jaren took $ 100,000 with a shot from the central logo of the court.

The YouTuber Mrbeast organized this challenge that ended with the stadium celebrating the amazing triumph of the young man.

In the next semifinal, Curry made a prophet in his land and achieved 8 points before the fans of the Warriors so that his team, the Shaq’s Ogs, defeated the Candace’s Rising Stars by 42-35 of the second year that was proclaimed champion on Friday at the ‘Rising Stars Challenge’.

Damian Lillard was the most productive with 9 points including the triple winner.

There was some hope that the final would present a minimum of tension and rivalry being a kind of US.-Roma of the world, another idea that has sounded as a possible future arrangement for the All-Star.

There was no competitiveness on this occasion, since the duel started with a 11-0 for Shaq’s OGS and absolutely invisible defenses.

The ‘Wemby’ entry slightly encouraged the confrontation, with a Durant plug and five points in a row, but the duel continued with more show than search for victory.

Only isolated sparkle, like several curry triples including a spectacular one from the center of the court, encouraged something to the public before the Shaq’s OGS took the victory in an All-Star that is still an spiny unresolved problem for the NBA.