2016 NBA All-Star Game

The 2016 NBA All-Star Game has been an exhibition basketball game that was played on February 14, 2016. It was the NBA All-Star Game. The Western Conference gained 196–173 over the Eastern Conference, and Russell Westbrook has been named the NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP). It had been held at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, home of the Toronto Raptors. The Raptors were granted the All-Star Game in an announcement on September 30, 2013. This was the first time that the game has been held outside the United States.TSN and Sportsnet televised the game nationwide in Canada, while TNT and TBS televised the game nationally in america. This was also the 18th and closing All-Star Game in which Kobe Bryant participated, as a result of his retirement following the 2015–16 season.
Russell Westbrook earned his second-straight MVP award in his initial All-Star start since the West won 196–173 on the East. He scored a team-high 31 points and added eight rebounds, five assists, and five steals in 22 minutes. Kobe Bryant, who planned to retire following the season, had 10 points, six rebounds, and seven assists in his final All-Star Game. The 369 total points in the match broke the previous year’s album by 48, and both sides exceeded the prior team listing of 163.
Stephen Curry added 26 points for the West, and teammates Anthony Davis scored 24 on 12-of-13 shooting and Kevin Durant tallied 23. The East’s Paul George scored 41, which tied Westbrook’s total from 2015 and was just one short of Wilt Chamberlain’s record. LeBron James totaled 13 points for a career record of 291 to maneuver Bryant, who murdered with 290. [10]
Westbrook became the first player in All-Star history to win consecutive MVPs outright. Bob Pettit is the other player to have won back awards, winning in 1958 and sharing it with Elgin Baylor in 1959. [9] West players offered to feed Bryant the ball in an attempt to get him a record fifth All-Star MVP, but he declined
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