HomeFeatureRussell Westbrook Leads West to Victory, Named MVP of NBA All-Star Game admin Monday, February 16, 2015 Feature, Scoreboard, Sports, The Game Russell Westbrook celebrates being honored as Most Valuable Player at the 2015 NBA All-Star Post-Game. (Photo Credit: Elsa/Getty Images) Russell Westbrook and the West took home the win Sunday night, scoring 163-158 against the East at the 2015 NBA All-Star Game. Westbrook was the night’s leading scorer with 41 points, which earned him the title of Most Valuable Player. The game took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Oklahoma City Thunder star made 16 of his 28 field-goal attempts, including five of nine 3-point tries, to set a new All-Star record for points scored in a half (27, besting the 24 managed by Glen Rice in 1997 and Kyrie Irving in 2014). He fell one point shy of matching the all-time All-Star single-game record set by Wilt Chamberlain in 1962. LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers led the East with 30 points on 11-for-21 shooting to go with seven assists, five rebounds and two steals in 32 minutes. He has now scored 278 total points over the course of 11 All-Star appearances, sitting just two points shy of the career All-Star scoring record held by Kobe Bryant. The two sides traded blows in the third, finishing the frame knotted at 122 heading into the fourth. Neither side could gain much separation in the first half of the final stanza, but the West began to pull away late in the proceedings, keyed by a pair of 3-pointers from Harden and five Westbrook points in the final 2:22 to seal the victory. To read more and to see video highlights from the game, visit Yahoo Sports.
