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Ah, the calm of the NBA, February All-Star break, the highlight, the cherry on top,

All-Star weekend, the All-Star Game.

And I was not planning on watching it, but I was like, there's not much else going on, so I'll check it out.

And I watched.

And it looked the equivalent of like if you practice against air, that's pretty much what happened. It was the same story.

I guess they're saying it was a little bit better,

a little bit better than previous All-Star games,

which were the crem d'allacrem of crap in recent years.

Kevin Durant was the star of stars.

Actually, I thought Janice, Adentacombo, was the star

of stars. But Kevin Durant

knocked down six money balls,

and he had 31 points to lead

something called Team LeBron.

I don't know what that is.

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