Who says NBA is losing viewers? Stars will always bring in the ratings.. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110221/tv_nm/us_nbaratings LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Kobe Bryant's on-court drama for the West team brought TNT its highest rated NBA All-Star Game since 2003. The Sunday night game delivered 9.1 million total viewers and six million households. It was second most-watched NBA game on television during the 2010-11 season to date. Bryant won MVP for the West team which pulled out a dramatic victory over the LeBron James-led East team. Rihanna performed at the half-time show before taking a courtside seat next to Justin Bieber, who was named MVP in the Celebrity All-Star game on Friday night. The 2003 All-Star Game was the final appearance by NBA superstar Michael Jordan.
I usually don't watch any of the All-Star game itself. My interest is solely on Saturday. I watched a little bit of the 2nd quarter and started again after halftime. Because the East came out playing hard, I stayed with it. When LeBron raised his game up and went all-out, it was actually worth watching. I can't remember the last time the players acted as if they cared about the outcome. There were even a couple of semi-hard fouls. From that point on, I wasn't switching the channel.
I think the Rookie-Sophomore Game is what hyped up the weekend. That was the best rookie-sophomore I've seen in years. Highlight reel.
The game was held in a big market, there were exciting new stars like Blake Griffin (a hometown boy no less), and we didn't have 3 or 4 lame "All-Star" replacements like last year. Chris Kaman, God.
I'm somewhat surprised by this seeing how the last few All-Star games were just terrible. This one however, especially the second half... well... This.
That's funny, because this year was the first time in a long time where I didn't watch any of the All-star events. Just zero interest this time around.
Was the standard All-Star game. Quarter 1 - Kobe takes all the shots, few dunks, no sprinting allowed Quarter 2 Kobe takes all the shots, few dunks, silly passes leading to turnovers. Quarter 3 - Kobe takes all the shots, someone else realises he's going for MVP and tries to catch up Quarter 4 - Kobe takes all the shots, scoreboard finally becomes relevant, sprinting allowed for final 5 minutes. (no jumping for rebounds allowed however) Kobe wins MVP and displays smug smile.
