The nation’s top high school basketball players took to the Chicago floor for the 2022 McDonald’s All American Games and, as expected, with such talented teams — in every lineup — the highlights lasted. All night long.
When the final buzzer sounded, East edged West in both matchups – 95-75 for the girls; 102-75 for the boys – with Kiki Rice and Gabriela Jaquez winning co-MVPs in the girls’ game while Dariq Whitehead received the honor in the boys’ game.
It was high-flying and fun, and nice to see the game back after a two-year hiatus.
Here are some of the best shots captured of all the action at Wintrust Arena.
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West’s Ashlon Jackson (2) heads for the basket past East’s Ashlyn Watkins.
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East’s Talaysia Cooper, left, and West’s Aaliyah Gayles battle for a loose ball.
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East’s Paris Clark, left, and West’s KK Bransford battle for a loose ball.
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West’s Aaliyah Gayles, left, drives to the basket past East’s Grace VanSlooten in the first half.
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East’s Paris Clark, left, takes the ball away from West’s Maya Nnaji.
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East’s Janiah Barker shoots West’s Raegan Beers.
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East’s Ayanna Patterson blocks West’s Flau’jae Johnson’s shot.
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Kiki Rice of the East heads for the basket while Gabriela Jaquez (11) of the West defends in the second half.
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West’s Lauren Betts, right, shoots East’s Kyla Oldacre (44).
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East’s Kiki Rice, left, and West’s Gabriela Jaquez: co-MVP of the McDonald’s All American Girls basketball game.
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East’s Cam Whitmore (22) and Ernest Udeh pressure West’s Mark Mitchell.
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East’s Ernest Udeh (21) tackles West’s Kijani Wright for a loose ball as Julian Phillips (5) watches in the first half.
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West’s Mark Mitchell (25) drives to the basket between East’s Dillon Mitchell (23) and Derek Lively in the first half.
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West’s Kijani Wright shoots East’s Cam Whitmore.
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West’s Nick Smith Jr. dives the ball in the first half.
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West’s Cason Wallace, centre, heads for the basket between East’s Ernest Udeh (21) and Cam Whitmore in the first half.
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East’s Jarace Walker dives the ball in the first half.
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West’s Gradey Dick (3) is sandwiched between East’s Chris Livingston, left, and Derek Lively in the second half.
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East’s Dariq Whitehead, left, and Arterio Morris celebrate the end of the McDonald’s All-American Boys basketball game
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East’s Arterio Morris, centre, drives to the basket between West’s Keyonte George (1) as Kel’el Ware also defends in the second half.
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East’s Dereck Lively dives the ball in the second half.
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Dariq Whitehead d’East : MVP du match de basket McDonald’s All American Boys.
