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All-Star Game 2022 |  LeBron James and Kevin Durant captains!  |  NBA
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All-Star Game 2022 | LeBron James and Kevin Durant captains! | NBA

Unsurprisingly, and in the continuity of the final score dating from last week, these are LeBron James (West) and Kevin Durant (East) who finish at the top of the votes aimed at designating the holders of the All-Star Game 2022 (the 71st in history). Therefore, and as in 2021, the Lakers winger and the Nets winger will be the captains of Team LeBron and Team Durant. They will therefore each be able to select the 11 other players who will walk the floor of Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse with them on Sunday, February 20, once the announcement of replacements has fallen next Thursday. “With them”, or almost, since we recall that Kevin Durant will not be able to hold his place in Cleveland, due to his recent knee injury. Which means that he will be replaced in the five by one of the rep...
No All-Star Game for Kevin Durant |  NBA
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No All-Star Game for Kevin Durant | NBA

For the third year in a row, the All-Star Game will be without Kevin Durant. Absent in 2020, in full rehabilitation of his Achilles tendon, the Nets winger had withdrawn last season, after being shot in the leg. Rebelote this season since it is his left knee that will prevent him from participating in the all-star game, tells us Yahoo! Sports. Voting leader in the Eastern Conference, Kevin Durant was injured against the Pelicans ten days ago and suffers from a sprained medial collateral ligament. His absence was estimated between four and six weeks, which could suggest a return for the All-Star Game, organized in Cleveland on February 20. But the 2014 MVP has other priorities, that is to say the long term and the playoffs. He prefers to continue to recover well and then attack...