The All-Star Game was shaping to be a lot like most game LeBron James plays: At halftime, he was leading his team in minutes.
SALT LAKE CITY — The All-Star Game was shaping to be a lot like most gameBut unlike the 23 games he has left in the regular season, the one he played on Sunday doesn’t really have any stakes.
So while James was ruled out of the second half of the NBA’s premier exhibition with a right hand bruise, it might be rightly taken with a grain of salt as more precautionary than substantial. James finished the game with 13 points and 4 assists, but hit the bench long before the 184-175 loss, with Team LeBron falling to Team Giannis.
Boston’s Jayson Tatum set a new All Star Game scoring record with 55 points, besting the record set by Anthony Davis. Minutes after the news leaked out that James would not play after halftime, James walked onstage to be honored by longtime friend Dwyane Wade for breaking the NBA’s career scoring record, alongside his now top-two runners-up, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone. James shook the hands of all three men – with no apparent sign of discomfort.
James caught his right pinky finger on the hoop in the second quarter on an attempted chase down block, an injury not believed to be serious. But James was not planning on playing big minutes anyway – saying pregame he wouldn’t “go crazy” in his 19th All Star appearance with an ailing left foot injury – and the moment seemed as apt a reason as any to remove James from any risk of further incident.
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