The 2011 NBA All-Star Weekend was held this past weekend in Las Angeles. It was a pretty exciting and entertaining weekend all around. James Jones of the Miami Heat won the three point contest over some highly favored shooters like Kevin Durant, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen (who just became the all time leading three point scorer in the NBA). In the slam dunk competition it was no surprise that Blake Griffin took the gold by jumping over a car, catching a pass thrown through the sunroof from his point guard, Baron Davis, and slamming it through the hoop.
As far as the actual All-Star game, it was a great one. The West won the high scoring game over the East by a score of 148-143. That was probably one of the highest scoring All-Star games in history, and certainly the highest scoring game I have seen, outside of videogames. It was a very competitive game though. Kobe Bryant and LeBron James were going at each other pretty hard, each trying to show that they are the best player in the league. Kobe won the battle despite LeBron's impressive triple double (29 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists). In the end Kobe's team got the win and he was named the game MVP with 37 points and 14 rebounds.
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