{"id":64392,"date":"2024-02-19T10:26:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T15:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=64392"},"modified":"2024-02-19T10:27:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T15:27:38","slug":"nba-all-stars-comment-on-games-lack-of-competitveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/02\/19\/nba-all-stars-comment-on-games-lack-of-competitveness\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA All-Stars Comment on Game’s Lack of Competitiveness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night, the Eastern Conference defeated the Western Conference in the record-breaking<\/a> 2024 NBA All-Star Game by a score of 211-186. For the first time in the game’s 73-year history, a team broke the 200-point threshold. While some may love this high-scoring affair, some of the players who participated in the game have talked about the lack of the game’s competitiveness. LeBron James<\/a>, Anthony Davis<\/a>, Jaylen Brown<\/a>, Anthony Edwards<\/a>, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> are just a few of the names who spoke about the All-Star Game in its current state.<\/p>\n

Additionally, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver seemed unhappy with the game’s results<\/a> as well:<\/p>\n

“And to the Eastern Conference All-Stars, you scored the most points,” Silver said flatly. “Well … congratulations.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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New ESPN story: Adam Silver spent months stressing how Sunday\u2019s All-Star Game needed to be better than last year. Saturday, he declared it would be.<\/p>\n

But it turned out Silver was wrong \u2014 and his frustration was plain to see postgame.<\/p>\n

So, what now?https:\/\/t.co\/j3N9U5Wp5R<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) February 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n