The second half of the game saw a marked increase in intensity from Team Antetokounmpo.

Since Tang Tian's All-Star selection, the East had been defeated for five consecutive years.

Even after the team divisions, Team James, representing the East, hadn't won.

Everyone has their pride. They weren't just fighting for some steamed bun, but for honor, and it was time for them to win.

However, on Team Tang Tian's side, both Tang Tian and Durant were in excellent form, and their cooperation was almost unstoppable.

Team Antetokounmpo narrowed the score difference several times, but it was quickly widened again.

After this back-and-forth, in the latter part of the fourth quarter, the outcome was decided ahead of schedule.

Team Tang Tian ultimately defeated Team Antetokounmpo with a score of 142 to 127, winning the All-Star game.

Team Antetokounmpo wanted to win, but in the end, they didn't. James suffered his nth defeat on the All-Star stage.

But where there is a losing side in a game, there is naturally a winning side.

Durant won, and he won beautifully.

He scored a game-high 41 points, along with 7 rebounds and 3 assists!

According to the previous All-Star game voting principles, he would be the MVP of this All-Star game.

However, there was still suspense.

Team Antetokounmpo played fiercely in the second half, and Tang Tian's score also rose. Although his final score wasn't as high as Durant's, his stats were more comprehensive.

He had a near triple-double of 31 points, 7 rebounds, and 18 assists.

Both of them were major contributors to Team Tang Tian's victory tonight, and it was very suspenseful who would get the MVP in the end.

After waiting for a while, the staff had already tallied the final results and handed the envelope containing the results to Tatum in the center of the court.

The results were fairly selected by fans and media, which guaranteed great impartiality.

"A very interesting result, I think it's a miracle."

Tatum didn't announce the results immediately but said something to whet people's appetites.

This sentence filled the fans in the audience with curiosity, and some impatient fans on the hotline had already started cursing.

"The MVP of the 2019 NBA All-Star Game is Kevin Durant..."

A cheer erupted from the audience.

This result wasn't too surprising. Although Durant's MVP was largely thanks to Tang Tian, he deserved it for getting the highest score in the game.

A look of joy appeared on Durant's face.

The last time he won an MVP was back in 2012 when the Oklahoma City Thunder's "Four Young Masters" were in their prime.

Back then, he was high-spirited, with a great momentum to challenge for the league's top player.

But so many years had passed, and he still didn't have a championship and had earned a pile of criticism.

Now that he had won this trophy again, he really had many emotions.

And he had to thank Tang Tian.

He turned his head to look at Tang Tian.

It is said that being kind to one's enemies is being cruel to oneself.

Tang Tian fully interpreted this sentence.

Now the MVP was his. No matter what Tang Tian's reasons were, in the end, Durant was the winner!

On social media, a bunch of extreme fans were also blasting Tang Tian for being a fool.

He had given away his fifth All-Star MVP to his greatest enemy.

Although the All-Star Game MVP was the least valuable of all the MVPs, it was still an MVP, an honor!

It would have been better to give it to Walker, Davis, or even Leonard than to Durant!

"...and Tang Tian."

However, just as they were cursing, after the cheers died down, Tatum continued.

Durant and Tang Tian?!

Everyone was stunned.

They had heard such a result six years ago when Stern announced Westbrook and Tang Tian!

In other words, this year's MVP once again had a shared situation!

Tang Tian and Durant became the sixth pair of players in NBA history to share the MVP!

Unexpected, really unexpected.

You have to know that this year's results were voted by fans and the media together.

"Tang had more fan votes, and Durant had more media votes. After calculating according to the formula, they got the same number of votes."

Tatum followed up with an explanation.

Moreover, while he was explaining, the staff also put the votes and calculation process on the LED screen.

No problem.

The two's votes were the same.

There was a commotion in the audience, even mixed with bursts of whistles.

This was definitely the most incredible and laughable thing.

Even though it seemed reasonable!

The biggest pair of rivals in the NBA shared the All-Star Game MVP!

This was not just a result, but a piece of history!

In other words, when fans discussed it in the future, they would tie Tang Tian and Durant together.

Hey, they shared the MVP, just like Kobe and Shaq!

Words like that would definitely appear during leisure time.

Even though it sounded incredibly strange!

Durant's expression at this time was extremely wonderful, as if he had just experienced the ups and downs of life.

He originally thought he had won, but the result was that he and Tang Tian shared the honor!

"I personally think this is the best result. Team Tang Tian was able to win tonight because of their joint outstanding performance."

Tatum said a few more words because he knew how to talk.

After he finished speaking, there was a huge cheer from the audience.

Although the result was both funny and frustrating, what he said was right.

Tang Tian and Durant joined forces to score 72 points, repeatedly stopping Team Antetokounmpo's counterattacks.

They both deserved the MVP, and they should indeed share the MVP.

The fans and the media had voted that way, which meant it was destined, and God wanted them to share it together!

"Tang! Tang!"

"Kevin! Kevin!"

The fans on the scene began to cheer for the two of them.

In the cheers of the fans, Tatum handed the MVP trophy to Tang Tian and Durant.

Led by Tang Tian, the two jointly held up the MVP trophy.

The cheers from the audience reached a climax.

James' expression was unspeakably ugly.

He somewhat understood how Durant felt when he saw Westbrook and Tang Tian drinking coffee together in a cafe.

After the award ceremony, the two gave their acceptance speeches one after another.

Durant recovered, and his speech was mostly about thanking his relatives and friends.

Tang Tian's speech was more about thanking and praising his teammates.

As the captain, he had chosen all these people, so praising them was actually praising himself in a disguised way.

Of course, he also mentioned Durant.

"Kevin Durant is the best shooter in the league, and he proved that tonight."

Although the praise was somewhat formal, after all, Tang Tian and Durant couldn't be considered friends.

But praise was praise after all. When Tang Tian said this, the whistles and cheers in the audience exploded.

They originally thought that yesterday's Three-Point Contest was already the most eye-catching thing in this All-Star Game, but they didn't expect that the main game would be even more explosive.

On the sidelines, Tatum's face was also full of smiles.

"Mark, are their votes really the same?"

Beside Tatum, his assistant Sean couldn't help but ask.

"What do you think?"

Tatum replied with a smile.

How could there be such a coincidence in this world?

However, it was true that the two's votes were close. Slightly changing the data to make both sides of fans satisfied, wasn't that a happy ending?