The Chicago Bulls finally beat the Cavs, and the did it without Jimmy Butler. When I heard that Jimmy would not play I thought we were going to get beat again, because the already beat us two times, but at the early stages of the game, I found hope with Pau Gasol's dominating jump-shots and in the post plays. Pau ended up with 18 points and 10 rebounds, he will be playing against his brother in the All-Star game, his brother Marc Gasol will also start making them the first brothers to start against each other in the All-Star game. I was afraid that D-Rose would not play well against the Cavs, which is kind of surprising because who would've thought I would be more scared of him not playing well than being scared of him tearing another ligament. Rose did not tear a ligament but he tore the defense of the Cavaliers with explosive and freaky fast lay-ups and his signature loop under the basket to score an easy (for him) bucket. He ended up with 30 points and 7 assists. Joakim Noah could have silently notched a triple-double if he stayed on the court a little longer, him being a great passing center, could've easily notched 3 more assists to put up 10 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists, but he only got 7 assists. The Cavs were lead by LeBron who didn't want to win as much as the Bulls causing his mentality to shift as he turned the ball over 10 times. LeBron posted up 31 Pts, 5 Reb, 4 Ast amidst that but it was still not the best game for him as the All-Star weekend comes and gives hardworking players, like him, a break. The Bulls won 113-98
Mo'ne Davis will play in the NBA Celebrity Game for the first time, she is an insanely talented Little-League player and will certainly play well against some older celebrities she will play against. Kevin Hart will also be playing for another Celebrity game MVP, that is, arguably, the only thing he takes seriously. I'm joking, the hardworking comedian has made a lot this year and last year, being in many movies. Ansel Elgort will also be there, one of the stars in the movie every teen loves 'The Fault in Our Stars'. Those are some of the notables playing in the game but many more will also be in the line-ups.
Meanwhile the NBA Rising Stars challenge will be set to take place, USA aginst The World will be the match-up. On the USA team we have-
Trey Burke (Jazz)- 12.6 PPG, 4.7 APG, 2.6 RPG.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Pistons)- 12 PPG, 1.1 APG, 3.1 RPG (one of the few players I've seen in person).
Robert Covington (76ers)- 13.1 PPG, 1.5 RPG, 4.7 RPG.
Zach LaVine (T'Wolves)- 7.6 PPG, 3.2 APG, 2.1 RPG (in Slam Dunk Contest).
Shabazz Muhammad (T'Wolves)- 13.6 PPG, 1 APG, 4.1 RPG.
Nerlens Noel (76ers)- 8.2 PPG, 7.2 RPG, 1.7 BLK.
Victor Oladipo (Magic)- 16.6 PPG, 3.8 APG, 4.1 RPG (in Slam Dunk Contest- one of my favorite players since he was in Indiana)
Elfrid Payton (Magic)- 7.9 PPG, 5.7 APG, 3.7 RPG (he has crazy hair).
Mason Plumlee (Nets)- 10.3 PPG, 7 RPG, 1 BLK (in Slam Dunk Contest)
Cody Zeller (Hornets)- 7.5 PPG, 5.6 RPG.
On The World Team we have-
Giannis Antetokounmpo (Bucks)- 12 PPG, 2.5 APG, 6.6 RPG (in Slam Dunk Contest- my favorite player). This sums him up.
Bojan Bogdanovic (Nets)- 7.6 PPG, 2.7 RPG.
Matthew Dellavedova (Cavs)- 4.2 PPG, 2.9 APG, 1.8 RPG.
Gorgui Dieng (T'Wolves)- 9.5 PPG, 8.4 RPG, 1.7 BLK (been following since he was @ Louisville).
Dante Exum (Jazz)- 4.7 PPG, 2.3 APG, 1.5 RPG.
Rudy Gobert (Jazz)- 6.9 PPG, 7.3 RPG, 2.2 BLK.
Nikola Mirotic (Bulls- Hell YEAH!)- 7.1 PPG, 4.2 RPG.
Kostas Papanikolaou (Rockets)- 4.7 PPG, 2.1 APG,3 RPG.
Dennis Schroder (Hawks)- 8.5 PPG, 3.5 APG, 2 RPG (I wrote a whole article about this guy).
and last but not least..
ANDREW WIGGINS (T'Wolves)-15.2 PPG, 2 APG, 4.3 RPG.
Those are the main things I think are important.
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