To start off this blog, Long Beach State is currently winning at half time. Hopefully they win it in the end. Also going on today was the continuation of the All Star Weekend. Today had four different competition that makes up All Star Saturday. The four different competition consists of the Haier Shooting Stars, 3 Point Contest, Taco Bell Skills Challenge, and the Dunk Contest. The Haier Shooting Stars had four teams; Team LA, Team Texas, Team Chicago, and Team Atlanta. After the first round, Team LA and Team Chicago was eliminated, and Team Atlanta won it all. After the Haier Shooting Stars competition, it was the Taco Bell Skills Challenge which consists of 5 all star point guards; Derrick Rose, Russell Westbrook, Stephen Curry, Chris Paul, and John Wall. After two stages of competition between the players, Stephen Curry from the Golden State Warriors took home the trophy to the Skills Challenge. After that challenge was the 3-Point contest which includes Daniel Gibson, Kevin Durant, Dorell Wright, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and James Jones. After the first round, Pierce, Allen, and Jones advanced to the next round with Jones ending up walking away with the trophy. Finally to end out the All Star Saturday was the NBA Dunk Contest. The Dunk Contest consist of DeMar DeRozen, Javale McGee, Blake Griffin, and Sergio Ibaka. The Dunk Contest is based on the fan's votes and Griffin earned his first Dunk Contest Trophy. That ended the All Star Weekend for Saturday with just the NBA All Star Game left to go tomorrow. And most importantly, Long Beach State is winning!!
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