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The program of competitions with Dunk Contest, 3 Points Contest and Skills Challenge with Antetokunbo brothers
The NBA All Star Weekend enters its second day with the events everyone is waiting for: Dunk Contest, Three-Point Contest and Skills Challenge, with the third contest being of Greek interest due to the presence of Giannis, Thanasis and Alexandros Antetokounbo. Read the daily program.
Cleveland’s NBA All Star Weekend is in its second day of three and interest is slowly growing. After the Celebrity Game and the renewed Rising Stars Challenge, now the competitions take over for Sunday’s main course, the All Star Game.
At dawn on Sunday (February 20th, 3:00 a.m.) Greek time, the competitions begin, in which there is also interest from Greece. The reason is of course the presence of Giannis, Thanasis and Alexandros Antetokounbo at the Skills Challenge, the first of the three planned events.
The group of the three brothers is called “ Antetokounmpo Team” and is called up against the home side The Cavs (Darius Garland, Ivan Mobley, Jarrett Allen) and the Rooks (Josh Giddy, Cade Cunningham, Scotty Barnes).
Then the baton is taken by the three-point competition, where the Desmond Bane (Grizzlies), Luke Kenard (Clippers), Jacques Lavigne (Bulls), CJ McCollum (Pelicans), Patti Mills (Nets), Carl-Anthony Towns (Wolves), Fred VanDl (Wolves).
At the end of the evening there was of course the… Best: The Dunk Contest, in which Cole Anthony (Magic), Jalen Green (Rockets), Juan Toscano-Anderson (Warriors), Obi Topin (Knicks) will fill .. .big shoes.
Sportish in Cleveland
Accredited journalist Haris Stavrou is in Cleveland starting Thursday (February 17) to broadcast the pulse of the 71st NBA All-Star Weekend, the gathering of the best basketball players in the world. Sportish is once again at the side of Giannis Antetokounbo, who is entering the eighth festive three days of his career, but in the sixth All-Star Game as a champion. Thanasis and Alexandros Antetokounbo are in Ohio for the Antetokounmpo team to compete in the Skills Challenge.
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