February 19, 2018 - Yesterday's NBA All-Star game took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California with Lebron James' team defeating Stephen Curry’s team 148-145. "King" James captured his third All-Star Game MVP with his brilliant performance: 51 points/10 rebounds/8 assists. Click HERE for Full Box Score.

As in the past couple of years, the Dominican Republic was well-represented with the additions of Al Horford and Karl-Anthony Towns, who play for the Boston Celtics and the Minnesota Timberwolves respectively. Both Dominican-descended players were selected to play on Team Stephen Curry as reserves. This year, the NBA altered the All-Star game format; team captains LeBron James and Stephen Curry selected their own players from the NBA pool as opposed to those from their corresponding conference, which is why we saw Kevin Durant team-up with "King" James against Curry and other exciting matchups and team-ups.

Towns and Horford played the least amount of minutes for their team, yet made the most of those minutes with their contributions. Tied with teammate Draymond Green in minutes played (18), Towns scored 17 points and led his team in rebounds with 10. Horford played 13 minutes, scored six points, had two assists, and grabbed five rebounds on the stacked Curry team.

The two stars of Dominican basketball found themselves playing together on the same team for the first time since 2012 when they played for the Dominican Republic National Basketball Team. In 2012 they were able to win the Gold Medal for the Dominican Republic in the Centrobasket tournament that was played in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.