The 2021 NBA All-Star Game Celebration takes place in Atlanta tonight. Due to COVID-19, everything is Sunday. That’s right, all skills, all points, all 3s and all dunks in one night.
It is Team LeBron versus Team Durant With Lebron James and Kevin Durant serve as captains. They drafted their teams earlier this week. The Utah Jazz, the team with the best record in the NBA Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert picked last.
The festivities on Sunday started with a drama called Philadelphia 76ers‘All the stars Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons were excluded from the game after contact with a hairdresser who later tested positive for the coronavirus.
Highlights of the second half
DAAAAAAAAAME LILLARD
Victory of the #TeamLeBron #NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/OBVth4Oj7q
– NBA Spain (@NBAspain) March 8, 2021
¡3 + 1 for Jaylen Brown! #NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/Lr51TlJWhB
– NBA Spain (@NBAspain) March 8, 2021
🗣 FEED ZACH pic.twitter.com/G5wYYw6RVr
– Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) March 8, 2021
Spida beats the 3Q buzzer! 🕷#NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/8ebMb9bQOR
– NBA TV (@NBATV) March 8, 2021
All five buckets from The Beard are of the three-point variant tonight 🔥🔥🔥@ JHarden13 | #NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/IvtwDuTXEH
– Brooklyn Networks (@BrooklynNets) March 8, 2021
Don finds Mike for the first time #NBAAllStar Bucket 😋 pic.twitter.com/XzkMw15nyL
– Utahjazz (@utahjazz) March 8, 2021
🚨 GIANNIS FOR 3 .. HE IS 16 FOR 16! 🚨
📺: TNT
📲💻: #NBATwitterLive ISO-CAM on @NBAonTNThttps://t.co/6ZDaf4rKZu
– NBA (@NBA) March 8, 2021
All dunks
Portland Trail Blazer guard Anfernee Simons won the slam dunk competition. He hit Cassius Stanley and Obi Toppin. Here’s a look at all of the dunks:
Cassius Stanley
CASSIUS STANLEY 😳 #NBAAllStar x #ATTSlamDunk pic.twitter.com/TpztPeTlmP
– NBA France (@NBAFRANCE) March 8, 2021
Obi Toppin
AIR OBI DELETED FOR TAKEOFF pic.twitter.com/X3dOWAd1bw
– NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) March 8, 2021
That was crazy
FINALS UP NEXT LETS GET IT OBI pic.twitter.com/X3FlR6MnJV
– NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) March 8, 2021
Anfernee Simons
ANFERNEE. RISE UP. SHEESH. pic.twitter.com/jfxe23PelW
– Legion tires (@LegionHoops) March 8, 2021
Anfernee Simons alias T-MAC!
3⃣6⃣0⃣#NBAAllStar x #ATTSlamDunk pic.twitter.com/M6FLLLYLrY
– NBA France (@NBAFRANCE) March 8, 2021
💋 Anfernee Simmons#NBAAllStar x #ATTSlamDunk pic.twitter.com/XqLs7zx5gg
– NBA France (@NBAFRANCE) March 8, 2021
Highlights of the first half
24 points
11-11 FG
Giannis had an UNREAL first half 😳
(over @ Bucks) pic.twitter.com/fSqCh0Qoc3
– NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) March 8, 2021
IMPRESSIVE
IMPRESSIVE
IMPRESSIVE #NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/Z0qUTgoRIE
– NBA Spain (@NBAspain) March 8, 2021
STEP UP NEAR HALFCOURT! GET TO THE #NBAALLSTAR PLAY ON TNT NOW!
Curry (5 threes) does curry things in the first half! 💦 pic.twitter.com/kMpkM350Sq
– NBA (@NBA) March 8, 2021
LeBron, SHEESH! 😤#NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/emrYxOcyBG
– NBA TV (@NBATV) March 8, 2021
Zion threw oop slams in his first #NBAAllStarGame on TNT! 💥
Middle 2nd F:#TeamLeBron 22nd#TeamDurant 24 pic.twitter.com/YAKCvzCqQg
– NBA (@NBA) March 8, 2021
👀 the BEST GAMES from the 1st quarter of the #NBAAllStar Play on TNT! pic.twitter.com/EmYSh5tizF
– NBA (@NBA) March 8, 2021
this duke connection 👀 pic.twitter.com/tlnV4slxTR
– Boston Celtics (@celtics) March 8, 2021
NO
LOOK# INJECTION💦 pic.twitter.com/MTcF7k9RQC
– Golden State Warriors (@warriors) March 8, 2021
Lebron James. RISE UP. 🚀 pic.twitter.com/Yu2MFar84F
– Legion tires (@LegionHoops) March 8, 2021
From the LOGO‼ ️@ StephenCurry30 || #NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/vyhgWbDtHB
– Golden State Warriors (@warriors) March 8, 2021
Zach’s first career all-star bucket! pic.twitter.com/7dR8jUdDyZ
– Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) March 8, 2021
Hello James.@ JHarden13 | #NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/ailmN6STLY
– Brooklyn Networks (@BrooklynNets) March 8, 2021
Thank you pic.twitter.com/ORwH3E8keQ
– Utahjazz (@utahjazz) March 8, 2021
All-Star Slams 😤
I love to see it. pic.twitter.com/BykEzGLw1K
– NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) March 8, 2021
Tatum, Curry go into 3-point competition
In the first round of the 3-point competition Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum started. He accumulated 25 points in the round. Then Steph Curry surpassed him. He went for 31. Curry Met Mike Conley on the last lap and Curry prevailed.
Le round de Jayson Tatum!
25 PTS! # MtnDew3PT x #NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/UUUFft6eFJ
– NBA France (@NBAFRANCE) March 8, 2021
CURRY FLURRY@ StephenCurry30 drops 31 points in round 1 of the 3-point contest pic.twitter.com/DrinkCauqU
– Golden State Warriors (@warriors) March 8, 2021
This 🎯 practice Steph🤣🤣 @ StephenCurry30
– Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) March 8, 2021
Steph sweater so pretty … “
– Kyler Murray (@ K1) March 8, 2021
3 PTS competition finals
Mike Conley scores 27 PTS 🎷# MtnDew3PT #NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/sCC5DLJ1WI
– NBA France (@NBAFRANCE) March 8, 2021
Last shot.
3 point competition on the line.
Stephen Curry. COUPLING. #NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/O0QyX6sqaD
– Golden State Warriors (@warriors) March 8, 2021
BOOM!!!!
– Steve Kerr (@SteveKerr) March 8, 2021
This man @ StephenCurry30 is a cheat code bruh !!
– Anthony Davis (@ AntDavis23) March 8, 2021
Amazing! @ StephenCurry30 https://t.co/MXoTQgQw4m
– Russell Wilson (@DangeRussWilson) March 8, 2021
Curry is now a two-time winner of the 3-point competition. Curry is the only player with multiple MVPs and multiple wins in a single all-star game competition alongside Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Steve Nash.
Sabonis wins the Skills Challenge
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Domantas Sabonis defeats Nikola Vucevic in the finals and wins the Taco Bell Skills Challenge 2021.
Indiana Pacers All-star Domantas Sabonis won the skills challenge. Here is his run to victory.
Domantas Sabonis advances #TacoBellSkills Challenge final!
All #NBAAllStar in one night LIVE NOW on TNT pic.twitter.com/NQ4m2NG5pW
– NBA (@NBA) March 8, 2021
.@ Dsabonis11 is this year #TacoBellSkills Champion! 🏆#NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/8aIPc5LGrd
– NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) March 8, 2021
Domantas Sabonis is your winner of the Skills Challenge 👏#NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/KYwHy4xUO4
– NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) March 8, 2021
Meanwhile, Luka Doncicwho went out in the first round heard it from one Dallas Mavericks Teammate.
I didn’t warm up 😂😂😂😂 the pressure caught me 🙁
– Luka Doncic (@ Inj7doncic) March 8, 2021
Robert Covington’s big surprise
The NBA is Historically, black colleges and universities celebrate at the all-star game. Portland Trail Blazer All-star Robert Covington, a Tennessee State graduate, also gave back. Covington awarded two Tennessee state students with $ 25,000 each in scholarships.
Tennessee State & #HBCU Alum Robert Covington surprises Michael & Micahlea from his alma mater with $ 25,000 scholarships! pic.twitter.com/3c2j6KLKRf
– NBA (@NBA) March 8, 2021
Sneakers and pregame fashion
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