NBA All-Star Game Live Thread: D’Angelo Russell Edition

The NBA All-Star Game is Sunday night, as Team LeBron takes on Team Giannis live in Charlotte. One night after Joe Harris took down the lot of NBA sharpshooters, D’Angelo Russell will suit up for Team Giannis.

WHEN: 7 p.m. (tip-off 8:20 p.m.)

WHERE: TNT/TBS

STORY:

D’Angelo Russell will play for Team Giannis as the fourth-year guard makes his first NBA All-Star Game appearance. Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James selected their teams as the leading voters among the starters for their respective conferences. Russell was the fifth of Antetokounmpo’s seven selections from the pool of reserve players.

Russell heads to Charlotte averaging career highs in points (20.3), assists (6.6), field goal percentage (43.6) and 3-point field goal percentage (37.2).

Final predictions: How many points + rebounds + assists for D-Lo?