Thursday, February 19, 2015

All-Star Weekend!

Last week, New York hosted the NBA All-Star weekend. The All-Star festival consists of a series of contests and games with famous people. Some of the most important events--to me, at least--are the All-Star Celebrity game, the the Slam Dunk contest, and NBA All-Star Game.

For the All-Star Celebrity game, Actors, musicians and players of sports other than basketball are invited to play. Although not as good (qualitatively speaking), some celebrities really put on a show worth watching. After the game, people vote for an MVP via text messages and social media. This year, Kevin Hart was voted the All-Star Celebrity game MVP.

 


In the Slam Dunk contest, some of the youngest basketball players use creativity and skill to perform unusual dunks, thus impressing the crowd and then being scored. The best score someone can get is a 50. This year, Zach LaVine, of the Minnesota Timberwolves, won the Slam Dunk contest.



The main event is the NBA All-Star game. People vote for their favorite NBA players, and the ones with more votes play. The players are distributed into two teams: EAST and WEST. This year, history was made. Pau and Marc Gasol are former NBA players, and brothers. They come from Spain, and they played against each other in the NBA All-Star game. Also interesting both of them fought for the tip-off at the beginning of the game. This year, team WEST won the game and Russell Westbrook was awarded the NBA All-Star game MVP award, having made 41 points.


JFOB, 10th

15 comments:

  1. I love watching NBA All-Star games. I really like the match between East and West that's one of my favorite events!!!

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  2. The NBA is awesome, especially during All-Star Weekend! I really enjoy watching the Slam Dunk contest in particular, although the All-Star Game is also pretty cool. What I like the most is the fact that all of the stars of the NBA come together to basically have a good time while entertaining the millions of NBA fans around the world.

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  3. NBA games are awesome! It's cool to watch the players slam dunk! This people can literally fly! I wold love to go watch one!

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  4. That is so cool! I am not into the basketball, but I think it looks really look. It think it looks awesome!!!

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  5. Having been on the basketball team a few years back, I was able to get a taste of how exciting the game can be. It's neat watching professionals play and use quick, strategic methods of making a basket.

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  6. Wow, how can people play basketball? It looks so hard! The celeb all star game looks so cool! I can't believe i've never heard of them before!

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  7. These were all awesome videos, and especially because they were all about basketball! Sometime I'd like to sit down and fully watch a NBA game from start to finish. I loved watching the Slam Dunk contest the most because the players have such incredible talent, it was like they were flying in the air!

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  8. I cannot understand how basketball works. I did not see not even one move to take the wall away from the enemy. Still it was nice to see them throwing them and making a basket.

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  9. I have never seen NBA all-star weekend before, but now that I have watched it, I think i will watch the next one. Those dunks were awesome! Thanks for sharing, it was entertaining!

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  10. I have never seen NBA all-star weekend before, but now that I have watched it, I think i will watch the next one. Those dunks were awesome! Thanks for sharing, it was entertaining!

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  11. Yeah I've never seen the NBA all-star weekend, I have't always been about team sport, to be honest, but if I was to see one it would basketball. Juan Fer o Im with u bro!!!

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  12. Yeah I've never seen the NBA all-star weekend, I have't always been about team sport, to be honest, but if I was to see one it would basketball. Juan Fer o Im with u bro!!!

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  13. Wow! Those videos are pretty cool! I didn't like basketball when I was a kid. But now, it is fun and I really like it. This is the first time I see the NBA all-star weekend.

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  14. There are currently lots of good players in the NBA and I think it is great that they make these kinds of competitions because when you put them together they can make great plays. My favorite contest is the slam dunk contest because it is very hard and they can do lots of things in the air and still put the ball in the rim.

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  15. Contestants don't get enough love. It's hard enough to actually dunk, there's a secret science to it. You need to time it right, you need to move right. You can't just jump and figure it out on the way up. It was really magical seeing Lavine fly through the air. Oh and I laughed at Drake and Hart on the sidelines, thanks to the internet.

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