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NBA All-Star Weekend festivities wrapped up with the round robin tournament. Sixers All-Star Tyrese Maxey competed for Team USA Stars.
Each matchup was a 12-minute game. In the first matchup Team USA Stars took on Team World in what was a barn burner.
- Team USA Stars was carried by Anthony Edwards, who poured in 13 points, including a clutch three that sent the game to overtime.
- Team World was led by Victor Wembanyama, who went for 14 points on 4-for-5 shooting
- Raptors star Scottie Barnes hit the game-winning three pointers in the first to five overtime period to lift the Team USA Stars to a 37-36 victory.
In the second game, Team USA Stars took on Team USA Stripes in what was another hotly contested matchup.
- Cade Cunningham and Edwards both went for 11 points to pace the Stars team.
- A balanced scoring attack from the Stripes, led by 11 points from Jaylen Brown, paced the team.
- A De’Aaron Fox three-pointer at the buzzer gave the Stripes a 42-40 win.
In the third game Team World took on Team Stripes.
- Kawhi Leonard stole the show going for a loud 31 points in the 12-minute period. Kawhi put on an absolute clinic in ball-handling and shot-making, knocking down 11-for-13 shots from the field including 6-for-7 from beyond the arc. The biggest of them all being an iso three over Karl-Anthony Towns on the Stripes’ final possession which would wind up being the difference.
- The World team was once again led by Wembanyama, who went for 19 points on 6-for-8 shooting. Wembanyama’s last second three-pointer hit off iron to give the Stripes the victory.
- The Stripes win set up the championship final between the Stars and Stripes.
The Championship matchup had the younger Team USA Stars jump out to an early commanding lead at 26-9 halfway through the period. Led by none other than Tyrese Maxey, they stretched the lead to 33-11
- The Stripes could not get anything to fall going as they shot an abysmal 8-for-31 from the floor and 4-for-19 from three.
- The Stars had a balanced attack led Maxey who finished the game with nine points.
- Team USA Stars win the All-Star round robin 47-21.
- Anthony Edwards was named NBA All-Star Game MVP.
