Portland Trail Blazers overcome adversity to set stage for 2nd half of season: Midseason report and awards
Updated Mar 10, 2021;
Posted Mar 10, 2021
Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard (0) celebrates with forward Derrick Jones Jr. (55) and forward Robert Covington after the team s victory over the New Orleans Pelicans in an NBA basketball game in New Orleans, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) APAP
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The Portland Trail Blazers’ 2020-21 season likely will forever be remembered and defined by the injuries to CJ McCollum and Jusuf Nurkic, and thus viewed as both the tale of two injuries and the tale of two halves.
2021 NBA All-Star Festivities Open Thread
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With the league trying to walk the tightrope of maximizing profits while maintaining the health of its players during the still ongoing global pandemic, this year’s NBA All-Star weekend has been shrunk from the normal Friday-Sunday schedule to a single jam-packed All-Star Sunday. Unfortunately, tonight’s main event won’t include Joel Embiid or Ben Simmons, as the Sixers stars were ruled out earlier today following a positive COVID-19 test from a barber they both went to in Philadelphia.
Yet, the show will go on. The festivities will kick off with the Skills Challenge, followed by the 3-Point Contest, then the All-Star Game itself, with the Dunk Contest taking place during halftime. Honestly, while we lost a couple nights of NBA entertainment this way, I’m looking forward to seeing how this format plays out.
NBA All-Star Game 2021: Live updates from the Dunk Contest
Anfernee Simons beat out Obi Toppin and Cassius Stanley to win the 2021 AT&T Slam Dunk Contest. Check out the running diary of each jam from this year s event. https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/NBA Global CMS image storage/58/74/nba-logo 1otf1c2u207hs1pmrjqq1ba5h5.png?t=-1897533906&w=500 By Benyam Kidane @BenyamKidane
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These kids can fly.
The AT&T Slam Dunk took place at halftime of the All-Star Game as Anfernee Simons edged out Obi Toppin and Cassius Stanley to take home the trophy.