All-Star Weekend Hosted by Staples Center

All-Star weekend in the NBA is off to a good start this week with the Celebrity All-Star and Rookie Challenge already taken place. Staples Center is playing host this year to the event. With all the best players in the league in attendence for the different events it has always been a spectacle and hopefully will continue to be.

Celebrity All-Star game MVP Justin Bieber and

West Coach Magic Johnson

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In the Celebrity All-Star game the East team won 54-49 against the West with Justin Bieber taking in the MVP honors friday night. He scored 8 points on (3-11) shooting but with some big time 3-pointers made.

Blake Griffin goes up for the Dunk.

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The much talked about Carmelo Anthony dressed to
 impress at the Rookie Challenge

In the Rookie Challenge on the other hand, the points were much easier to come by with the Rookies defeating the Sophmores 148-140. Rookie John Wall won MVP of the game with his 22 assists for the night breaking Chris Paul's All-Star record of 17 assists. Fellow Rookie and ex-Kentucky Wildcat teammate of Wall's, DeMarcus Cousins had 33 points and 14 rebounds, while fellow power-forward Rookie Blake Griffin contributed with 14 points. For the Sophmores Los Angeles home grown talent James Harden had 30 points while DeJuan Blair scored 28 points and had 15 rebounds.

With the weekend in full effect, the rest of the activities should be just as good as friday night. Saturday night Staples Center will host the Skills Competition, Three-Point contest, and the much publicized Slam Dunk Contest.