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West beat East 163-158 in NBA All-Star Game

Xinhua, February 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

The West team beat the East 163-158 in Sunday's NBA All-Star Game at the Madison Square Garden to conclude the first All-Star weekend in the New York City in 17 years.

The NBA All-Star weekend came back to New York for the first time after 1998, and the attractions reached new high as tons of fans and media poured into the city. The NBA announced 215 countries and regions broadcasted the game globally.

Dozens of pop stars and singers in New York also attended the gala. The All-Star game, for the first time, staged performances during almost every techinical time-out with top singers like Ariana Grande, Nicky Monj, Ne-Yo etc..

Russell Westbrook from the Oklahoma City Thunders won the Most Valuable Player award of the All-Star Game with 41 points and five rebounds.

LeBron James was hot from the very beginning, shooting 6-out-of-9, including three 3-pointers, to score 15 points in the first quarter. But the East team trailed 47-36 as James Harden and Westbrook scored 13 and 12 apiece for the West.

Westbrook scored another 15 points in the second quarter, but it was the East had the better of the game during that period. John Wall, Kyle Korver and James kept the East in the game and trailed only by 83-82 at the end of the first half.

The game was so even as the scoreline was 122-122 after three quarters. Both sides exchanged 3-pointers and alley-oops to make it a high-scored and watchable game.

The fourth quarter was still a typical All-Star game as nobody picked up serious defence and players scored points at will. Westbrook's 3-pointer made it 158-149 with over two minutes to go.

The East kept pressure on the offence and closed it up to 161-158 on Pau Gasol's jumper with 2.8 seconds to go. After time-out, Westbrook buried to free-throws to ensure the victory for the West.

James led the East with 30 points while Korver added 21, who shot 7-out-of-12 from behind the arc. Harden had 29 points for the West in addition to eight assists and eight rebounds.

The first two brothers starting an All-Star Game, Pau and Marc Gasol, made their impacts in the game, as Pau had 12 rebounds and 10 points for the East and Marc contributed 10 rebounds and six points for the West. Endi