The NBA All-Star Recreation returned to an East vs West format this season after six years with captains selecting the groups, however that’s not the one basic contact gamers want to see come again.
“I like East and West,” Phoenix Suns ahead Kevin Durant informed reporters after Sunday’s recreation. “I like playing conference vs conference, the traditional way that I grew up on. Hopefully we go back to playing in our own jerseys, too.”
Durant, a 14-time All-Star and two-time All-Star Recreation MVP, by no means had the chance to put on his workforce’s uniform within the midseason exhibition, although.
The No. 2 general choose within the 2007 NBA Draft missed the development by only a few years, because the East gamers wore their workforce’s house uniforms and the West gamers wore their workforce’s highway uniforms from 1997-2002.
Within the yr’s since, the designs have both related to the host metropolis and franchise or prominently displayed an oversized NBA or team logo on the entrance of the jerseys, which were usually in bold colors.
This season’s designs felt extra conventional, nevertheless, as they pitted the Eastern Conference’s blue against the Western Conference’s red and included some native aptitude as a nod to the host city of Indianapolis.
Now, if solely the groups would play protection like they did in previous All-Star video games, as this yr’s 211-186 victory by the East was the highest-scoring recreation in league historical past and set quite a few different data, together with probably the most subject objectives (163) and three-pointers (66) made.
“The shot-making from the East was incredible,” Durant mentioned. “Hard to play defense when somebody is shooting 30-, 40-footers. Great display of shooting tonight.”
