Third and final wave of votes for the LeBron James ousts Stephen Curry and takes his place on the throne”>All Star Game 2022, which will be held at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland on February 20. And there is an important change with respect to the first two: LeBron James is the player with the most support from fans with 6,827,447 votes. In this way, the Los Angeles Lakers forward would become (in the absence of the votes of journalists and players, 25% each of the total) in the captain of the Western Conference.
Kevin Durant, with 5,496,513 supports, continues as the first in the East. The Brooklyn Nets forward would maintain this honor despite having his participation in the All-Star Game very difficult due to a knee injury that will keep him out for between four and six weeks. In the last two editions he was also absent due to physical problems of varying severity. Both KD and LeBron were already captains in the previous two editions.
The rest of the headlines remain the same as after the second wave, with Luka Doncic in the third position of the guards (point guards and shooting guards) from the Western Conference with 1,923,187 votes. Ahead of the Slovenian are Stephen Curry and Ja Morant. The Golden State point guard exceeds the barrier of six million votes (6,019,418) and the Memphis Grizzlies is at 2,623,359.
Irving and Thompson
Kyrie Irving, who has played just five games this season because of his refusal to get vaccinated, is sixth among Eastern Conference guards at 844,398; while Klay Thompson is fourth in the West (1,240,781) after returning to the courts this month after two and a half years out due to injury.
headlines for the All Star Game
Eastern Conference
Trae Young, DeMar DeRozan, Kevin Durant, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Joel Embiid.
Western Conference
Stephen Curry, Ja Morant, LeBron James, Nikola Jokic y Andrew Wiggins.
Votes for him All Star Game
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Dates and team format
Voting will close on January 22. On the 27th the five headlines of each Conference will be announced: both guards (point guards and shooting guards) and the three froncourts (forwards, centers and power forwards) with more support from the West and the East. The selection is made by the fans, who represent 50% of the total weight of the votes, the players (25%) and the media (25%). The coaches of the 30 NBA franchises will choose the substitutes, 7 per Conference regardless of their position (the date is still unknown).
The All Star will be held at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland for the third time in its history and will return to the full weekend, with the game between the rookies and sophomores of the United States against those of the world and the different contests such as the slam dunk , triples and skills. Last year, only the meeting of the stars was played due to the coronavirus pandemic and the reduced schedule of the season, which went from 82 games to 72.
For the fifth edition in a row, the teams will be chosen by the most voted players from each of the Conferences. In turns, each of them will choose their companions, regardless of their Conference, but taking into account their position. With the alternates, the election turn will be reversed and they will be selected regardless of Conference and position.
The duel will also keep the revolutionary elam ending successfully tested in 2020 in Chicago. The match will not last the usual 48 minutes, but will proceed with the system that gave it spice and competitiveness: the first three quarters start 0-0 and the winner of each wins a financial prize for a local NGO. Before the last set, the markers of the other three are added and a number of points is added to the highest figure (24, in tribute to Kobe Bryant). And it is played without a time limit until one of the teams reaches that number that gives victory.
