TORONTO – “Freddy All Star” is now an apt nickname.
Fred VanVleet was selected to participate in the All-Star Game for the first time in his career on Thursday.
He will represent the Toronto Raptors at the annual classic in Cleveland on February 20.
VanVleet will be among the reserves on the east side. The selections were made by the Head Coaches of Silver Tour.
VanVleet leads the Raptors with an average of 21.5 points and seven assists per game (before Thursday night’s game in Toronto with the Chicago Bulls).
He has a success rate of 39.1 percent in three-point shots.
In addition, VanVleet leads the NBA at 38.6 minutes per game, on average.
He is fifth in the championship in steals, with 75.
Workaholic, highly respected point guard, strong but silent force, straightforward and prudent in his passage. All of this and more applies to rock in Rockford, Illinois.
A non-draft player in 2016, VanVleet turns 28 on February 25, shortly after returning to play after the All-Star break.
VanVleet especially helped the Raptors win the NBA championship in 2019.
In November 2020, he agreed to a four-year, $ 85 million deal to stay with the Toronto team.
Lakers’ LeBron James will return to Cleveland as captain.
The Grizzlies ‘Ja Morant and Warriors’ Andrew Wiggins will compete in the annual classic for the first time.
The Nuggets ‘Nikola Jokic and the Warriors’ Steven Curry were also voted key for Western clubs.
The key players coming from the East will be Kevin Durant (Nets), Giannis Antitokoumbo (Bucks), DeMar DeRozan (Bulls), Joel Embiid (76) and Trae Young (Hawks).
Durand, however, may have to miss the game due to a left knee injury.
Leaders will be James and Durand, the most popular on both sides in a poll that included fans, members of the media and active players.
We will find out the choices of James and Durand next Thursday.
Hailing from Akron, James won the NBA Championship with the Cavaliers in 2016, his second term with them. He started his career with Cleveland in 2003.
A star player for the 18th consecutive year, James is the leader every year since the start of the current game format (2018).
The other Western reserves will be Devin Booker and Chris Paul (both from the Suns), Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell (both from the Jazz), Luka Doncic (Mavericks), Karl-Anthony Towns (Timberwolves) and Draymond Green (Warriors).
Coming from the East, we will also see Darius Garland (Cavaliers), Jayson Tatum (Celtics), James Harden (Nets), Zach LaVine (Bulls), Jimmy Butler (Heat) and Khris Middleton (Bucks).
The Raptors’ Scottie Barnes and Precious Achiuwa will be at the Mini-Tournament Rising Stars on February 18.
Barnes, fourth to fourth in July, leads the rookies into the league in minutes. Achiuwa has given five fights with 13 or more points.
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On the evening of December 25 and the night of December 26, five Christmas games were traditionally held as part of the NBA regular season.
The most important match of the match day was played in Oklahoma, where the Thunder hosted San Antonio.
The home team started the game better and were ahead for most of the first quarter, but they missed a move 0:11 into the quarter, allowing Spurs to take the lead 41:36. Oklahoma was unable to take the lead after that, but San Antonio maintained its lead by keeping the game under control and eventually won 117-102.
The Spurs have won all three games against the Thunder this season, while Oklahoma has lost just two of the other 28 games.
The most productive player of the match was Fox, who brought 29 points to San Antonio, while Vembanyama also scored a double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds.
The Lakers played Houston at home and suffered a crushing defeat.
The fate of the match was decided in the first quarter, when the Rockets won by 12 points (25:37). Afterwards, they increased their advantage by completely controlling the course of the match and eventually won with a score of 119:96.
For Houston, Thompson scored 26 points and Shengyun had a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds.
Denver and Minnesota closed out game day.
The first half of the match ended in a draw. Neither team managed to take a lead of more than 9 points, and Denver entered the big break with a 2-point lead at 57:55. In the third quarter, the Nuggets made an attack of 6:0 at the beginning and 10:2 in the middle, reaching a 16-point lead, and at the end of the quarter they were ahead +15 – 90:78. The Timberwolves did not give up and made a 16:2 move midway through the fourth quarter, reaching a lead of 107:108. This gave fans a tense ending; Edwards hit a three-pointer 2 seconds before the siren, sending the game into overtime at 115:115. And there Jokic played a decisive role and scored 18 points in 5 minutes, allowing the Nuggets to win 142:138.
Jokic scored 56 points in the NBA on Christmas Day, falling just four shy of Bernard King’s record. Nikola also recorded a triple-double with 16 rebounds and 15 assists. Murray had a double-double with 35 points and 10 assists.
NBA. Regular season. Christmas Day, 25-26 December
New York – Cleveland – 126:124 (23:38, 37:20, 24:38, 42:28)
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14 games of the NBA regular season were played on the night of December 23-24.
“Utah” hosted “Memphis” and in the middle of the second quarter they were ahead by 15 points at 50:65, but then they made a move at 17:4 and returned to the match 67:69. In the third quarter, the Jazz managed to take the lead with 71:69 and the game was leveled, but the Grizzlies added points at the end of the quarter and took the lead again with 109:101 and then calmly maintained the advantage with 137:128.
Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk The player, who was in Utah’s top 5 and played 22 minutes, recorded 9 points (4/4 free throws, 1/4 two-pointers, 1/5 three-pointers), 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 1 turnover and 1 foul.
The most productive player of the match was Aldama, who scored 37 points for Memphis, while Spencer also recorded a double-double, adding 11 points and 13 assists.
In the main match of game day, San Antonio unexpectedly defeated Oklahoma.
During the three quarters, there was an even contest in which no team could gain a lead of more than 8 points, and the leader changed 16 times. The fate of the match winner was decided in the fourth quarter, and the 9:0 attack of the home team was effective in this, and then the advantage reached 12 points (98:86). San Antonio then controlled the course of the game and confidently cruised to victory, gaining an advantage of 130:110.
The top scorer of the winning team was Johnson, who scored 25 points, while Castle scored 24 points for Spurs.
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Version Forbes announced its annual ranking of the world’s most expensive sports teams.
NFL franchise Dallas Cowboys, estimated to be worth $13 billion, has led the pack for the ninth year in a row.
While NBA Golden State Warriors ranked second with a valuation of $11 billion, another representative of American football, Los Angeles Rams (10.5 billion), was in the top three.
The top 10, as last year, includes only American teams from the NFL and NBA. There are seven NFL clubs in the top 10 overall, which Forbes analysts attribute to the league’s large-scale television contracts.
Among football clubs, Real Madrid remains the most expensive – the Spanish giant ranked only 20th with a value of $6.75 billion.
Also in the top 50 are Manchester United (24th, 6.6 billion), Barcelona (42nd, 5.65 billion) and Liverpool (48th, 5.4 billion). In total, only four football clubs are represented in the top 50 rankings.
Formula 1 representatives also returned to the list – Ferrari (26th place) and Mercedes (34th).
The 20 most valuable sports teams in the world according to Forbes
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