Pregame
Kobe Bryant will look to add to his legacy while Dwight Howard will hope to merely keep his shoulder intact during the NBA’s All-Star Game, which is about to tip off at Toyota Center here in Houston.
Bryant is already the all-time leading All-Star game scorer with 271 points in 14 previous appearances.
Howard wants to merely make it through his seventh appearance without aggravating the torn labrum in his shoulder. He said he doesn’t fear worsening his injury because players don’t typically intentionally foul anyone in All-Star games.
Heck, they barely play defense at all.
But Bryant probably shouldn’t remind his teammate that he sustained a broken nose in last year’s game after being hit by Miami’s Dwyane Wade.
Other story lines to watch include Boston’s Kevin Garnett and New York’s Carmelo Anthony as teammates only a month removed from a brouhaha in which Garnett infuriated Anthony by allegedly making salacious comments about his wife.
There’s also Miami’s LeBron James, who is coming off a recent stretch of dominance unparalleled in NBA history in which he scored at least 30 points and made more than 60% of his shots in six consecutive games.
And it’s always fun to see Lakers and Clipipers working together.
Bryant and Howard will be joined in the West starting lineup by Clippers stars Chris Paul and Blake Griffin.
Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant will try to win a second consecutive most valuable player award in the game after scoring 36 points last year in the West’s 152-149 victory.
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