Team Lebron rallies to beat Team Giannis, 178-164
CHARLOTTE, N.C. ( — Lebron James was trading lob passes with Dwyane Wade again, one last time. Catching lobs from former teammate Kyrie Irving once again, too. And after making a stepback 3-pointer late, he stared down Joel Embiid to send a message without saying a word.
Oh, this mattered to James — and Team Lebron as well.
Team Lebron, down by 20 in the second half, finally got firing and went on to beat Team Giannis 178-164 in the All-star Game on Sunday night. MVP Kevin Durant scored 31 points for Team Lebron, the one that James drafted and led to victory in the captain's-choice format for a second consecutive season.
“You put me on the floor, I love to compete,” James said in the postgame interview room. “I'm a competitor, no matter what it is. I was competing to see if I could get to this table first.”
He wasn't kidding. He then turned to NBA spokesman Mark Broussard, asked if he was the first player to
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