NBA All-Star Game: Steph Curry wins MVP after leading Shaq’s OGs to mini-tournament victory
Baku, February 17, AZERTAC
Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry delivered a vintage performance in front of his home crowd, leading Shaq’s OGs to victory in the first NBA All-Star mini tournament on Sunday night and earning MVP honors, according to CNN.
It was fitting end to the All-Star weekend in San Francisco as the Warriors greatest star put on a show.
Curry ignited Team Shaq, a veteran-heavy squad, featuring Kevin Durant and Jayson Tatum, to a commanding 42-25 win over Chuck’s Global Stars, which was headlined by international standouts Nikola Jokic and Victor Wembanyama.
With LeBron James pulling out of the game due to lingering injuries, Curry opened the championship game by scoring a running three-pointer, drawing cheers from the Chase Center fans. That shot sparked an 11-0 run to set the tone early.
However, Team Chuck remained determined to get back in it, cutting the deficit to eight points on a dunk by Victor Wembanyama to make it 23-15 in a game where the first team to score 40 points wins.
Any little momentum that Team Chuck had built was taken away after Curry drilled one of his signature deep three-pointers, pulling up from the half-court line to make the 39-foot bucket.
In shades of his performance at the Paris Olympics gold medal match, the four-time NBA champion later dropped back-to-back three-pointers to give Team Shaq a 39-21 advantage, before Tatum sealed the victory with a dunk.
Tatum finished with 15 points in the win, while Curry added 12 points and was awarded the All-Star Game MVP award for a second time in his career.
