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Jose Alvarado #15 of Team Pau celebrates the game-winning shot during the Jordan Rising Stars Game as part of the 2023 NBA All-Star Weekend at Vivint Arena on February 17, 2023 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Alex Goodlett/Getty Images/AFP
Jose Alvarado of the New Orleans Pelicans hit a 3-pointer late in the game as Team Pau won the Jordan Rising Stars competition with a 25-20 victory over Team Joakim in the championship game in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The long shot finished 9-4 and allowed Team Pau to reach the target score of 25. Alvarado was named Rising Stars MVP.
Bennediktus Mathurin of the Indiana Pacers had a team-best seven points for Team Pau. Team Pau’s honorary coach is former Los Angeles Lakers star Pau Gasol, who was named a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame finalist on Friday.
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Quentin Grimes of the New York Knicks scored 14 points for Team Joakim.
Grimes hit two treys and added a layup during a 9-2 run as Team Joakim took an 18-16 lead before Team Pau kicked the finish line.
Joakim Noah, NBA Defensive Player of the Year for the 2013-14 season, is the honorary coach of Team Joakim.
The target score for the first two round games is 40 points.
Team Pau reached the final with a 40-25 win against Team Deron. Alvarado led the way with 13 points on 6-of-10 shooting.
Team Deron’s honorary coach is former Jazz All-Star Deron Williams. Team Deron trailed 13-12 before Team Pau dominated the rest of the contest. Keegan Murray of the Sacramento Kings hit a 3-pointer to allow Team Pau to reach 40.
Trey Murphy III of the Pelicans scored nine points to lead Team Deron.
Grimes scored 13 points and connected on a late 3-pointer in Team Joakim’s 40-32 win over Team Jason, a team loaded with G League players. Grimes was 5-of-6 shooting and had three steals.
Team Joakim jumped out to a 24-11 lead before Mac McClung, representing the Delaware Blue Coats, scored 10 points during a 16-4 surge that pulled Team Jason within 28-27. But Team Joakim held off the onslaught and took a 37-29 lead on a 3-pointer by Oklahoma City Thunder’s Josh Giddey before Grimes finished the job.
McClung’s 10 points led Team Jason. Honorary coach is Jason Terry, who ranks eighth in NBA history with 2,282 career 3-pointers.
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