LeBron hits game winner to give his team 163-160 win over Team Durant in NBA All-Star Game

By Muhammed Enes Calli

ANKARA (AA) - LeBron James hit a game-winning fadeaway jumper to secure his team's 163-160 win over Team Durant in the NBA All-Star Game late Sunday.

The score at the half was 94-93 in favor of Team Durant in the hard-fought 71st All-Star Game in Cleveland's Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.

Team LeBron's Stephen Curry was named the Kobe Bryant All-Star MVP with an impressive performance as he broke a record for most three-pointers in All-Star Game.

He finished the game with 16 three-pointers and 50 points.

LeBron played with 24 points and Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 30.

Joel Embiid led Team Durant with 36 points and 10 rebounds, followed by Devin Booker, who dropped 20 points in 30 minutes.

LaMelo Ball came off the bench to score 18 points on 7-11 shooting in his first All-Star Game appearance.

Dejounte Murray also added 17 points.

The NBA All-Star weekend concluded with the big game.

In Saturday's contests, New York Knicks forward Obi Toppin won the 2022 AT&T Slam Dunk contest and Minnesota Timberwolves' center-forward Karl-Anthony Towns was victorious in the 2022 MTN DEW 3-Point Contest.

On the first day of the three-day event, Cade Cunningham of Detroit Pistons was named the MVP to lead Team Barry to victory in Rising Stars Challenge.