The Rising Stars Game Contained Little Defense, Lots of Dunks and Plenty of Interesting Players

LOS ANGELES—The World Team smacked Team USA 155–124 on Friday night at the Rising Stars game, as All-Star weekend got underway on the West Coast. Here are the 10 things we’ll remember about this game.

1) There were too many dunks to count, 34 three-pointers, 32 turnovers and one mildly entertaining talent showcase Friday at the Staples Center. The World led by eight after the first, 19 at half, 30 after three quarters and 31 after four. So it went.

2) The game ended with Team USA poaching needless steals, then missing highlight-caliber dunk attempts. That should tell you enough most of what you need to know about the game, to be honest. The game’s MVP was Bogdan Bogdanovic, who drained seven threes on his way to 26 points, in addition to six assists and four rebounds, but Jaylen Brown actually led it in scoring with 35 in a losing effort.

3) It’s been a good month or so for Donovan Mitchell. The Jazz have won 11 straight, he’s playing his way into the Rookie of the Year conversation and an alley-oop to himself off glass in the first quarter served as a beautiful reminder of the fact that he could totally win the dunk contest on Saturday.

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