West wins NBA All-Star Game, Melo struggles, Westbrook MVP – New York Daily News

Carmelo Anthony at least came through on his promise as New York’s self-proclaimed host and ambassador this weekend by waving to the home crowd and acknowledging the fans that voted him into the Eastern Conference starting lineup for Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game. Anthony typically received the loudest pregame ovation from the Garden fans, but he couldn’t reward that hometown support. He had a rough shooting night that did little to dispel the notion that the hobbled Knicks star may end his season to have surgery on his bothersome left knee. The $ 124 million forward started and logged 30 minutes over four half-speed stints in the East’s 163-158 loss to the Western Conference. Anthony scored 14 points on just 6-for-20 shooting – including 11 of 13 misses from three-point range. Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images Thunder guard Russell Westbrook scores 41 points a near All-Star Game record in leading the West to a win at Madison Square Garden Sunday night. “I wasn’t expect
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