Sunday, March 6, 2011

All Star Weekend 2011

Every February, NBA stop for the All Star Weekend. This weekend (include friday) held competitons for the NBA public, like Slam Dunk Contest, Three-Point Shootout or All Star Game. The participants of these competitions are the NBA stars. 
On Friday, the rookies and the sophomores do the Rookie's match of All Star. This year rokie team beat sophomore team (148-140). The best players were John Wall (Washington Wizards) who was MVP, and Blake Griffin (Los Angeles Clippers).
On Saturday, the best dunkers do the Slam Dunk Contest. Also the best shooters of a long distance do the Three-Point Shootout. This year the Slam Dunk Contest was espectacular: the participants were Blake Griffin, Serge Ibaka (Oklahoma City Thunders), Javale McGee (Washington Wizards) and DeMar DeRozan (Toronto Raptors). The winner was Blake Griffin all the slams were amazing: McGee who finished second, do a double slam with two baskests and two balls but with one jump! DeRozan who finished third, did an espectacular dunk: he pass down of the basket and after he did the dunk. Ibaka who finshed fourth, jump from free throw line and the did the dunk! And the winner, Griffin, did a lot of good dunks: he jumped above a car, he did a 360º dunk and he put his arm in the basket after do the dunk
Jame Jones (Miami Heat) won the Three-Point Shootout. This was an amazing reslut because the favourites were Ray Allen and Paul Pierce (Boston Celtics).
On Sunday, the stars of NBA played the All Star Game. In this game Western Conference play aganist Eastern Conference. The players of this game are voted for the fans. Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers, Western), Lebron James (Miami Heat, Eastern), Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunders, Western) and Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic, East) are the principal stars. Pau Gasol (West) played the All Star Game too but he wasn't in the 5th holder. The Western won this year (148-143) and Kobe Bryant who scored 37 points was the MVP. Gasol scored 17 points and picked 7 rebounds. Durant scored 34 points and James scored 29 points.

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