Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant and Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James led the first round of fan votes for this year’s NBA All-Star Game.
The update was announced by the NBA on Thursday afternoon.
Durant, who missed the entire season, his first as a member of the Nets, with a ruptured Achilles tendon, leads all players with 2,302,705 votes, slightly more than James’ 2,288,676, the highest total in the league. Western Conference.
Stephen Curry (2.11 million) was the only player, except Durant and James, to surpass more than two million votes and as a result he was the solo leader for the first place among Western guards / guards. Dallas Mavericks point guard Luka Doncic (1.39 million) came in second, followed by Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard (998853) in third.
Durant was joined on the eastern front line by Milwauke Buck’s power forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (1.75 million votes) and Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (1.58 million), all three well ahead of Los Angeles. Boston Celtics Jayson Tatum (822151) in fourth place.
Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal, the NBA’s top scorer, led all defensive players with nearly 1.3 million votes, followed closely by Durant’s Brooklyn teammates 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 lines 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. place.
Voting for the All-Star Game began on January 28, and fans can vote through the NBA website, the app, or on Twitter, and will run through February 16. The All-Star Game’s headlines, which are determined by fan votes (representing 50 percent of the vote), media votes (25 percent), and player votes (25 percent) – will be released Feb. 18 on TNT announced. The reserve players – selected by NBA coaches – will be announced on TNT on Feb.