The 2024 NBA All-Star Game witnessed the Eastern Conference defeating the Western Conference with an unprecedented score of 211-186, the highest in the game's 73-year history, surpassing the previous record of 196 points set by the West in 2016. Tyrese Maxey made a winning debut in this high-scoring affair, where defense was notably absent. Damian Lillard of the Milwaukee Bucks earned the All-Star MVP title after contributing 39 points. Despite the record-breaking performance, the event faced criticism for its perceived lack of competitiveness and defense, echoing concerns raised by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver who had previously stressed the need for an improved All-Star experience. Critics, including ESPN's Stephen A. Smith, voiced strong opinions on the game's format and player effort, calling for significant changes. The game's outcome and the surrounding discourse highlighted ongoing debates about the balance between entertainment and competition in the NBA All-Star Weekend.
Sunday night was the second lowest NBA All Star game viewership on record. (Last year was worse.) The NBA has lost 80% of its all star game viewership since the 1990’s. Adam Silver and LeBron James have destroyed the NBA brand. https://t.co/Pkr4R61snY
The NBA All-Star Game was just another example of how the NBA has completely ruined its own brand @ClayTravis https://t.co/DdA8PfuZDv
BLECK & ABDALLA The @NBA All-Star game isn't for you anymore. https://t.co/rlQv6xH2E8
It's time to pull the plug on all-star games. | By @deseretdoug https://t.co/rsYnW6MOaQ
If players aren't willing to take NBA All-Star Game seriously, why does it still need to exist? (By @SamQuinnCBS) https://t.co/xDZZYeQMav
Some interesting ideas for how to "fix" the NBA All Star Game. An idea they don't mention is increase the prize money AND have it go to charities, with reps attending the game. That means they are playing for someone _else_, which creates incentive. https://t.co/paaZdAslTw
It's the NBA that suffers after All-Star performance https://t.co/115cqRROD9
How can you save the NBA All-Star Game? Is it even worth saving? Our writers debate if it needs to be scrapped altogether, and what potential solutions could be. https://t.co/LbU7QOte2A https://t.co/d0K9gbg55d
"Frankly, fans are able to vote by what they watch too. They have so many options." Adam Silver tried to generate fan interest and star effort in the All-Star game by resetting the format. It still didn't work. So, now what? https://t.co/HARjnMV7vP
5 increasingly unhinged solutions to the NBA All-Star Game https://t.co/aGH8wwLwYR
NBA’s scoring binge requires a small but necessary recalibration to find balance ⤵️ https://t.co/jRt4JvWWgi
It's time to move on from the NBA All-Star Game. Sunday was embarrassing. But the data is clear: fans stopped caring about All-Star games in America a long, long time ago. (post is unlocked for all) https://t.co/HARjnMV7vP https://t.co/9KfWwkpT3F
The NBA All-Star Game has never been better! https://t.co/kFaxaw1Zka
From @TheAthletic: It was once again an uninspiring Sunday night at the NBA All-Star Game, which was a dud despite expectations that the league was going to fix it. Can it even be saved? Our writers gave it a shot. https://t.co/vJEP1WORfE
Damian Lillard turns All-Star Weekend into Dame Time with game MVP, 3-Point Contest win ⤵️ https://t.co/5p4smnEePa
NBA All-Star Game Ratings Soar Despite Widespread Criticism of Players’ Effort https://t.co/xlyMxdKuaS
That was too much fun! NBA All-Star 2024 was a weekend to remember 💫 https://t.co/b9FG9hE70K
ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins Trashes NBA All-Stars for ‘Disrespectful’ Performance https://t.co/XiVmPrGZGB
“It’s not a special thing anymore. They don’t have to get rid of it because the guys don’t care. They shouldn’t care about it anymore. It’s an artifact from a bygone age.” We discuss the history of All-Star games and how they stopped mattering. 📺: https://t.co/VCO8LRaWHM https://t.co/SYAO3LiWDs
Fans had to tune in to the highest-scoring NBA All-Star Game EVER 🌟 (via @NBAPR) https://t.co/Sdd3gEy3xS
The Pro Bowl has become flag football and dodgeball. The NHL All-Star Game is less like hockey, more like recess. And now the NBA All-Star Game has reached critical mass: Even commissioner Adam Silver is critical of that mass of... whatever that was. https://t.co/0TjlrBsDEN
The NBA’s scoring boom is still going strong, and some wonder if that’s a good thing https://t.co/E0Thapai7S
It sure sounds like Stephen A. Smith is ready to give up on most of the NBA's All-Star weekend. ⬇️ https://t.co/v7wtgRjAt9
What a great week at All Star. All The players from @KingJames down and the host @Pacers did a great job. Us retired players enjoyed the game and the weekend. Thanks @NBAAllStar @NBA .
Here’s what’s gone wrong with the NBA All-Star Game: https://t.co/76qPyfQ1DY
ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith Offers Extreme Solution for Beleaguered NBA All-Star Game https://t.co/4hFEzS86Ip
Here lies the NBA All-Star Game, 1951-2024. It died last night in Indianapolis, and when the last bit of dirt is thrown on the grave, it will be missed by nobody. Not what we saw last night anyway. https://t.co/0TjlrBsDEN
I didn’t have a major problem with the All-Star Game but a lot of people did. And Adam Silver’s NBA is in major need of repair. Here’s my column on the game we love. https://t.co/fxwzSrRae5
What can the NBA do to make All Star Weekend better? 🤔🏀 📸:@basketballforever https://t.co/65xYytOmaO
JJ Redick Calls Out The NBA For Their Insane Inability to Start Games On Time https://t.co/Ja428mG6E1 https://t.co/PqoBKe3deP
The NBA All-Star game over the last decade has been very lackluster at best… but last night showing may have been the nail in the coffin for many viewers… https://t.co/GW5BMPsXRC
JJ Redick On Fixing This Awful NBA All-Star Game https://t.co/rCgT1FgEKK
NBA breaks 200-point barrier in record-smashing All-Star game. https://t.co/19RDJIDZ3b
The NBA doesn’t need to fix the All-Star Game, it needs to move on https://t.co/edvrDqvWfb
The All Star game is TERRIBLE, how I’d fix the Dunk Contest, Steph/Sabrina, Kenny Smith interview Newest episode of The Stephen A. Smith Show is going live right now https://t.co/Bskvrq07Ne
Stephen A. Smith Calls NBA All-Star Game an 'Absolute Travesty' Following Low-Effort Contest https://t.co/1HymfhyjQJ
Damian Lillard and Mac McClung were big winners during NBA All-Star Weekend -- and the two champs celebrated like it. See more 👇 https://t.co/jr1aSbrv6P
.@KendrickPerkins says the All-Star game was a complete embarrassment all across the board. https://t.co/eLmA4MGsHn
Where did the NBA All-Star game go wrong? #NBA #NBAAllStar24 https://t.co/6ucCdY8tE2
Tyrese Maxey played in his first All Star game last night, @PaulHudrick has more right now on @975BestShowEver
NBA players should not treat the All-Star Game like it's the NBA Finals, but they also shouldn't be treating it like it's a glorified layup line.
i still believe nba players care about winning regular ball games but all star not so much
The All-Star Game isn't a serious event, so the NBA should embrace that and have some fun https://t.co/Lo8b44wsLb
The NBA's scoring boom is still going strong, and some wonder if that's a good thing https://t.co/NIDXf24w1g
What’s the best option for the future of the NBA All-Star Game?
The NBA’s scoring binge isn’t just a problem at the All-Star Game https://t.co/RxjF375Zr0
The All-Star Game has really fallen off over the last few years — Sunday night was especially bad. We discuss it at 2:30. @DerekBodnerNBA @KyleNeubeck https://t.co/jgM7pwblHG https://t.co/dZ4Qd2dzDj
All-Star games were great back in a time where you didn't get to see other teams' stars much—other than in a national TV spot, or when your home team was playing them. Obviously, that novelty is gone now. Result: Not much reason for people to watch, or athletes to play anymore. https://t.co/1RObFW201R
ESPN's JJ Redick Fed Up With NBA After All-Star Game Starts 40 Minutes Late: 'It's Absolutely Out of Control' https://t.co/wz3xdMpELy
Damian Lillard took home #KiaAllStarMVP honors in the star-studded 2024 #NBAAllStar Game 🌟 https://t.co/qHdBObuATF
The NFL eventually euthanized the Pro Bowl, due to understandable lack of effort. For the All-Star Game, the NBA might need to do the same thing. https://t.co/poZBGZb6FY
Stephen A Smith- “They need to do away with NBA All-Star Weekend” https://t.co/2ippAGvnAo
“Why can’t we start anything on time in the NBA?”… If it says 8:00, I don’t want it to tip-off at 8:42… It’s driving me crazy!” JJ Redick can’t take the league’s late starts any longer 😂 (via @OldManAndThree) https://t.co/7HiSRa0Dd9
JJ Redick wants NBA games to start on time: ‘It’s out of control’ https://t.co/bTY4BzTv46 https://t.co/OoqYWvoOFk
Just watched the NBA All Star game 🤦🏽
'Dame put on a show,' Jayson Tatum praises Lillard's MVP performance at All-Star Game https://t.co/scWiSiUVZI
NBA All-Star Game breaks 200 point mark https://t.co/HST8GgwaxE
7 times Luka Doncic and Nikola Jokic showed they were best friends at the NBA All-Star Game https://t.co/WKttYPvU3c https://t.co/Fssd2ajqob
how did NBA all star weekend become so unbearably bad?
PHOTOS | 2024 NBA All-Star Game highlights East defeated West with a record-high 211-186 score. https://t.co/HgSKWXJHJz
The Pro Bowl is now flag football and dodgeball. The NHL All-Star Game is less like hockey, more like recess. And now the NBA All-Star Game has reached critical mass: Even commissioner Adam Silver is critical of that mass of... whatever last night was. https://t.co/0TjlrBsDEN
.@stephenasmith goes scorched earth on “trash” NBA All Star game on @FirstTake. https://t.co/jx7zGUAaxi
Stephen A. Smith calls on NBA to ‘do away with’ All-Star game and dunk contest https://t.co/FpcRbB4Iov https://t.co/G605Wb0r3B
'It's an honor,' Dame Lillard on being compared to Michael Jordan after winning All-Star MVP and 3-Point Contest https://t.co/zgXZqB6FEc
'An Absolute Travesty!' Stephen A. Smith Goes OFF on NBA Players for 'Flagrant Lack of Effort' in All-Star Game https://t.co/XTXjZdJYYx
Death certificate is being prepared for the NBA All-Star Game, which has become as unwatchable as the NHL All-Star Game and the NFL’s Pro Bowl ... and one of those is going, while the other’s already gone. https://t.co/0TjlrBsDEN
NBA All-Star weekend takeaways: Lots of points, lots of winners 🏀 https://t.co/Cx5cMjL2hT
Can we please start things on time in the NBA? Watch @jj_redick’s live reaction to the #NBAAllStar Game and Weekend: https://t.co/KygzroEyxA https://t.co/h7jQvkViSg
All-Star MVP Damian Lillard of the Milwaukee Bucks scored 39 points and the Eastern Conference beat the Western Conference 211-186 on Sunday night, with the winners putting up the most points in the game’s 73-year history. https://t.co/nRTOnejGeg
The NBA had hoped for a more intense and competitive All-Star Game. Instead, it got a record-setting scoring explosion in a forgettable blowout that unexpectedly ended with a wave of boos. https://t.co/apj0viFrCd
The Eastern Conference beat the Western Conference 211-186 on Sunday night in the All-Star Game, with the winners putting up the most points in the game’s 73-year history. The previous mark: 196 by the West in 2016. https://t.co/vEZc1cGOtX
Analysis by Ben Golliver: NBA All-Star Weekend delivered an uneven All-Star Saturday highlighted by a gripping new event and a record-setting, albeit forgettable, blowout during Sunday’s showcase. https://t.co/DY8BvdaJEV
Column: The winners & losers from the 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend @washingtonpost @PostSports https://t.co/1CWGyKevBN
The NBA All-Star Game died last night in Indianapolis. Cause of death: player apathy. https://t.co/0TjlrBtbul
Here lies the NBA All-Star Game, 1951-2024. It's not our fault – it's not anybody's fault – but the game died last night in Indianapolis. https://t.co/0TjlrBsDEN
Indianapolis just witnessed the death of the NBA All-Star Game. https://t.co/0TjlrBsDEN
I can fix the NBA All-Star Game. We have the technology. The LED court. From now on, let's play NBA All-Star Jam: 2-on-2, full-court, hot spots and "HE'S ON FIRE" and probably a few more additions I haven't thought of yet. Page Adam Silver for me. https://t.co/iKb7Dc1J5e
“I think last night is the biggest evidence that it [NBA All-Star Game] is in fact dead.” -@BFW WATCH @mostlysports LIVE: https://t.co/IoFImRAxnX https://t.co/soBHk0nomw
The stars were out at the 2024 #NBAAllStar Game last night 🤩! #NBACelebRow https://t.co/MmijvQCY7N
A combined 397 points in the NBA All Star game. A new record. What’s the realistic maximum number of points that could be scored? I’m now fascinated with this.
Four ways the NBA can improve All-Star Saturday… including less Kenny Smith https://t.co/rR0VpT3pq1 https://t.co/Fez5PINu6G
Great All Star Weekend!!!! https://t.co/dNL8BibGWO
Last night was the death of the NBA All-Star Game. #columncoming
Damian Lillard Shared Such a Sweet Moment With Daughter After Winning All-Star Game MVP https://t.co/FMTwtTauti
Dour Adam Silver Looked So Unenthused About NBA All-Star Game Scoring Record https://t.co/0FNOi10aqU
Sunday's All-Star Game exemplified the NBA's dilemma: more players have elite offensive skills than ever. But the game – the actual game of basketball – is out of balance, the tug of war between offense and defense stretched out too far. In @TheAthletic: https://t.co/dxoM2cVzOA
New ESPN story: Adam Silver spent months stressing how Sunday’s All-Star Game needed to be better than last year. Saturday, he declared it would be. But it turned out Silver was wrong — and his frustration was plain to see postgame. So, what now? https://t.co/j3N9U5Wp5R
New ESPN story: Adam Silver spent months stressing how Sunday’s All-Star Game needed to be better than last year. Saturday, he declared it would be. But after a repeat performance Sunday, Silver’s frustration was fully on display. So, what now? https://t.co/j3N9U5Wp5R
NBA All-Star Game ripped for ‘embarrassing’ defense after record total https://t.co/rGfwWPj8kg https://t.co/g6K7EN5r6O
Defense barely in sight as teams shatter scoring records at NBA All-Star Game https://t.co/oVPigkRYS2
How the NBA All-Star game lets fans down https://t.co/LAA9lp90LY
Why Mavericks’ Luka Doncic was happy to let others shine in 2024 NBA All-Star Game https://t.co/SAcCxpYQgB
The NBA All-Star weekend would be better if _____
A winning All-Star debut for Tyrese Maxey and a 211-point night for the Eastern Conference. 🌟 ⤵️ https://t.co/I71yfmlZGV