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The ending of the NBA’s inaugural in-season tournament couldn’t have been written any better than if it had been pulled directly from Commissioner Adam Silver’s journal.
The face of the league, LeBron James, was named MVP. Anthony Davis stunned a sold-out Las Vegas crowd with a 40-point 20 rebound performance. Tyrese Haliburton’s break-out tournament run forced viewers into a new discussion, “not about legacies and the BS that comes with it, about basketball,” the All-Star said.