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The primary fan voting returns for the 2025 NBA All-Star Recreation had been revealed on Monday with a pair of former league MVPs main the way in which.
Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo was the main vote-getter general with greater than 1,700,000 votes. Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokić is not too far behind and leads the Western Convention with greater than 1,400,000 votes. Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum additionally earned almost 1,400,000 votes. Listed below are the remainder of the outcomes:
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Antetokounmpo has been on an absolute tear in his eleventh season in Milwaukee, main the NBA with a career-high 32.6 factors per sport whereas capturing 61.0 p.c from the sector and likewise including 11.6 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 1.4 blocks. He led the Bucks (17-14) to the NBA Cup championship, and he is motivated so as to add to his mantle later this yr.
Nevertheless, he isn’t the one former NBA MVP in search of some extra {hardware}. Jokić has continued his unbelievable run of all-around brilliance whereas main the Nuggets to a 19-13 report. He ranks third within the league with averages of 30.7 factors and 13.0 rebounds and second with 9.7 assists. He is capturing 56.1 p.c from the sector and a blistering 49.2 p.c from three-point vary, by far the most effective mark of his profession.
Tatum has been the driving drive for the defending-champion Celtics, who rank second within the East with a 24-9 report. He leads Boston with 28.3 factors, 9.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists per sport whereas additionally including 1.3 steals.
Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder star level guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the one guard in both convention to have earned over 1,000,000 votes. The 26-year-old has led the Thunder to first place within the West with a 27-5 report and ranks second within the league with a median of 31.3 factors per sport. He is additionally contributing 6.0 assists, 5.5 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 1.2 blocks.
Voting for the 2025 All-Star Recreation will conclude on Jan. 20 at 11:59 p.m. ET and the starters for the sport can be revealed on Jan. 23 throughout TNT’s NBA Tip-Off earlier than a doubleheader that includes the Bucks vs. the Miami Warmth and the Celtics vs. the Los Angeles Lakers.
The format for this yr’s All-Star Recreation can be very completely different, as it is going to be a four-team match that includes three groups of eight NBA All-Stars and the successful staff from the Rising Stars Recreation. Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith will draft the three groups of All-Stars on Feb. 6. All-Star Weekend will kickoff on Feb. 14 and conclude with the All-Star Recreation on Feb. 16.
