- The mercurial LeBron James captained the winning team in the NBA All-Star Game 2020 for the third straight season as Team LeBron beat Team Gi55 on Sunday at Uniannis 157-1ted Center in Chicago.
The mercurial LeBron James captained the winning team in the NBA All-Star Game 2020 for the third straight season as Team LeBron beat Team Gi55 on Sunday at Uniannis 157-1ted Center in Chicago.
Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard collected the game’s Kobe Bryant MVP Award, lifting the trophy for the first time.
James is unbeaten since the NBA adopted the All-Star draft format in 2018. This is also the second year the four-time league MVP bested Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Milwaukee Bucks forward Antetokounmpo, a Greek professional basketball player with Nigerian roots, had Cameroonians Pascal Siakam (Toronto Raptors) and Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers) on Team Giannis and the 2019 NBA MVP is happy to have connected with his African roots playing alongside both players in Chicago on Sunday.
“Obviously, it meant a lot to me. Obviously they’re from Africa, Bam Adebayo also. I don’t know if he claims his African side. He says he’s half African, but (it’s) okay. It’s really important. Obviously, Africans are really hardworking people,” the 25-year-old said.
“I’ve played with Joel in the past. I love playing with him. Siakam, I’ve never had the chance to play with; that’s why I picked him. Obviously it can send a message that Africans unite, we have one another’s back.”
