Kevin Durant won his second career All-Star MVP, after helping lead Team LeBron back from a 20-point deficit in a 178-164 win over Team Giannis. Durant finished the game with a team-high 31 points.
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NEW YORK (AP) — David Fizdale has been hired as coach of the Knicks. He says he’s hoping to ”build the type of winning team the passionate fans of New York will be proud of.”
Kyle Lowry returned to game action with the Miami Heat for the first time since Feb. 2nd and came off the bench. Lowry last played as a reserve in 2013, breaking a streak of 677 games starting.
Lowry wanted to simply help as he can after missing 15 games.
“At this point right now, no,” Lowry said when asked if he cared about still starting. “I know in my heart I’m a starter, but right now we have to figure out things. And me and [Heat coach Erik Spoelstra] talked. He wants to make sure I’m healthy enough to not have a setback and have to change the lineup again and have to change the rotation again.”
Spoelstra and the Heat players were pleased by what they saw from Lowry.
“He came back, and he looked great to me,” Butler said. “Right back in rhythm. But we got to win. With him out there, without him out there, we’re expected to win. We’re in the fight for our life right now. Glad to have my guy back. I think we all know that. I think everybody is. Now we just got to get him back and win.”
DENVER (AP) — In response to an early call, Toronto coach Nick Nurse formed the perfect “O” with his mouth and held it for a dozen or so seconds. Oh, these playoffs. They can leave your mouth agape — just like Nurse’s gone-viral expression on the bench during a win Sunday in Orlando
