NBA All-Star Weekend: Slam dunks, superheroes and a shaky anthem
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The NBA took a break this week for its All-Star Weekend.
It didn't disappoint as actors, musicians and sports stars mingled on the sidelines in LA to watch the exhibition event.
The highlight was Sunday night's All-Star Game, between LeBron James and Steph Curry's teams, selected by NBA fans, media and players.
Team LeBron just edged it with a final score of 148-145, and LeBron proved his status as The King by getting MVP.
The weekend started with the All-Star Celebrity Game on Friday night
The likes of Justin Bieber were joined by Stranger Things' Caleb McLaughlin
Jamie Foxx also played, along with comedian and rapper Nick Cannon
The highlight of Saturday's slam dunk contest was Victor Oladipo dunking in a Black Panther mask
It looks like T'Challa approved
But the contest was actually won by Donovan Mitchell
It looks like that smile never left his face
Sunday's All-Star Game featured a performance from Pharrell
He performed with NERD (plus some mascots)...
... and also with Migos
Kevin Hart also performed
As did Fergie, whose take on the national anthem was... interesting
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To be fair, it must be pretty nerve-racking when someone famously good at national anthems is sitting right there
Queen B looked otherwise occupied though
DJ Khaled had thoughts on how many people actually liked Fergie's rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner
The celebs were out in force on the sidelines
Cardi B enjoyed hearing her own song come on.
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Jamie Foxx (right) seemed to have recovered from his match on Friday enough to hang out with Chris Rock
Queen Latifah, Shante Broadus, Snoop Dogg and Chance the Rapper watched on from the sidelines
It looks like Black Panther and Killmonger have patched things up with each other
There was some crossover from other sports - former footballers Jamie Redknapp and Thierry Henry made an appearance
As for the actual match, it couldn't have been closer
DeMar Derozan dunking for Team Steph
LeBron James dunking
Steph Curry's team was leading 145-144 with 40 seconds left in the fourth quarter...
... but nobody could stop The King as he won the game with 10.1 seconds to go
In the end there could only be one man for the MVP
LeBron first won an All-Star MVP in 2006 - beating Michael Jordan's record for longest time between first and last All-Star MVP
- Published11 January 2018
- Published11 January 2018
