USA Stars Win All-Star Championship

- Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards was named the Kobe Bryant All-Star Game MVP for the first time in his career. He scored a total of 32 points across the three mini-games, including eight in the championship final. - This year's event at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, debuted a new format: a three-team mini-tournament featuring USA Stars, USA Stripes, and a Team World composed of international players. The two teams with the best records after a round-robin of 12-minute games advanced to the final. - While the final was a 47-21 blowout, the preliminary games were highly competitive. The USA Stars beat Team World 37-36 in overtime on a Scottie Barnes three-pointer, and the USA Stripes defeated the Stars 42-40 on a De'Aaron Fox buzzer-beater. - In the final round-robin game, Kawhi Leonard scored 31 points on 11-of-13 shooting to lead the USA Stripes over Team World, hitting the game-winning three-pointer with 3.5 seconds left. However, he was held to just one point in the championship game against the USA Stars. - Jalen Brunson's career-high 61 points on March 29, 2024, came in an overtime loss to the San Antonio Spurs. The performance was the second-highest single-game point total in New York Knicks history, just one point shy of Carmelo Anthony's franchise record of 62. - Joel Embiid's 70-point performance against the San Antonio Spurs on January 22, 2024, broke Wilt Chamberlain's previous Philadelphia 76ers franchise record of 68 points. Embiid became just the ninth player in NBA history to score 70 or more points in a game.