I say that, not knowing who won tonight, because I left for work before it ended. But, regardless of who won, I still don't like the game.
Or, maybe I'm overstating it. Maybe it isn't dislike, but, rather, that I simply don't care about the game because it doesn't matter. At all.
Which, essentially, is exactly what it is meant to be - a game that is just a show, a celebration of all that is the NBA.
But I think it is just a chance for players to get injured, a chance for them to risk the second half of the season.
The weird thing is, I do like the other aspects of All-Star Weekend. I like the skills challenge, the shootout, the dunking contest, and the three point competition. I know there is a chance for injury in those as well, but not like in the All-Star Game.
In the All-Star Game, you get about 40 minutes of just showing off. No real defense at all. Then, that last eight minutes the teams seem to play as if it matters.
As I said before, it doesn't.
That's where I always fear the injuries will come in. As the competitiveness sets in, players really start to play. Things can get rough, and I, for one, would not want to hear about one of the Pistons being injured in the last two minutes of a game that doesn't matter, that probably has a score in the 130's or 140's.
That would be a shame.
So, I just sorta ignore the game and hope that it doesn't go badly. After all, the Pistons have three of their starters in that game, and they were on a 10 game winning streak before the All-Star Break. It'd be a real shame if any of them were hurt in an exhibition game like this.
I'll type at you later.
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