Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant and Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James led the first round of fan voting for this year’s NBA All-Star Game.
The update was announced by the NBA on Thursday afternoon.
Durant, who missed all of last season, his first as a member of the Nets, with a torn Achilles tendon, leads all players with 2,302,705 votes, slightly ahead of James’ 2,288,676, the highest total in the league. Western Conference.
Stephen Curry (2.11 million) was the only player, other than Durant and James, to surpass two million votes and, as a result, was the solo leader for the top spot among West guards / guards. Dallas Mavericks point guard Luka Doncic (1.39 million) was second, followed by Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard (998,853) in third place.
Durant was joined on the East front line by Milwauke Bucks power forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (1.75 million votes) and Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (1.58 million), with all three well ahead of the Los Angeles forward. Boston Celtics Jayson Tatum (822,151) in fourth place.
Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal, the NBA’s leading scorer, led all East backcourt players with nearly 1.3 million votes, and was closely followed by Durant’s teammates in Brooklyn: James Harden. (1,093,611) and Kyrie Irving (1,014,763).
Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown, Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine and Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young were a distant fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively.
In the West, James was followed on the front line by Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (1.47 million), LA Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard (1.28 million) and Lakers teammate Anthony Davis (1.19 million). , with Leonard’s partner Paul George in a distant fifth place.
Voting for the All-Star Game began on January 28, and fans can vote through the NBA’s website, its app, or on Twitter, and will continue through February 16. The All-Star Game headlines, which are determined through fan voting (representing 50 percent of the vote), media voting (25 percent), and player voting (25 percent). ) – will be announced on TNT on February 18. The reserve players – who are selected by NBA coaches – will be announced on TNT on February 23.