Team LeBron defeated Team Giannis 178-174. D’Angelo Russell appeared in his first all star game tonight. Russell finished with 6 points and 3 assists on 2-5 shooting. Russell played just 12 minutes (tied for second lowest with Nikola Vucevic) so he had very limited chances to make an impact. D’Angelo hit 2 threes in the fourth quarter during Team Giannis’ comeback efforts. Russell is just 22 years old, so this should be the first of many all star games to come for D’Angelo. Hopefully Russell can get some more minutes in future all star games, and his teammates could give him the ball more. Russell has only been in the league for 4 years, so proven all stars do not respect him enough to allow him to take more shots. D’Angelo could also hope to be named a starter next year if he gets his point averages up a little, and gets more fans to vote for him. Russell is popular among fans already, but he could get more popular with the Nets team success. Being named a starter would be huge for Russell because starters all get over 20 minutes in the ASG. All in all, it was a memorable all star weekend for Russell and it will not be his last. D’Angelo will be back next year, and he will definitely score more than 6 points.

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