JB: “It isn’t easy to get here, and it’s just special to be able to sit next to them and watch the respect that their peers have for them, the league has for them … you always want to be judged and graded by your peers and earn their respect and I think our guys have done that.”

FINAL: USA Stars 47, USA Stripes 21. Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren and J.B. Bickerstaff win the All-Star tournament

Team Stripes got their one dub in and now it's time to go home

Back-to-back dunks from Duren, a lob from Ant and a putback. Stars are up 21-9

Stars trying to make the old heads look like old heads. Up 12-1

31 points in 12 minutes and only missed two shots. Sheesh

They said American hoops were dead

31 for Kawhi. Crazy

Kawhi getting MVP chants at home, this feels like a legacy game

New All-Star format is great. Can't take many possessions off and the players are bringing it

Fox hits the game-winning 3 to deliver the win for USA Stripes, 42-40. Cade stepped up with 11 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds and a block to lead USA Stars. Duren had 7 points and 3 rebounds.

Cade's got 7 points, 3 assists, 3 rebounds and a block. Duren also has 7 points and 3 rebounds. The co-leaders in scoring for USA Stars with more than half of their 27 points

Duren has 7 points and Cade has 4, they've carried the scoring for USA Stars. Down 19-15 with 7:08 on the clock

Back-to-back buckets from the Pistons, an offensive rebound and dunk for Duren and driving layup for Cade

Scottie hit the 3 to get Team Stars (and the Pistons) the win in OT, 5-2. This is fun. They'll play Team Stripes next

Ant tied it at 32 with a 3 to send the game into OT. First team to 5 points wins

Cade assists a middy from Book and then gets a steal and slam for his first points.

Cade's back on the floor. Duren gets a rest. USA Stars down 26-19

Team World is massive compared to USA Stars lol. They might need Duren on the floor the whole game

Duren gets Team Stars on the board with a lob from Maxey

Almost game time. USA Stars (Cade, Duren and JB) will take the floor first vs Team World

Pre-All Star game read:

Went one-on-one with Jalen Duren at All-Star weekend. Just two years after being at the bottom, the Pistons’ newest star isn’t satisfied with their newfound success. "It’s kinda like being broke and then getting money. You never want to be broke again.” www.freep.com/story/sports...

Caught up with Rip Hamilton after the Shooting Stars Challenge. On watching the Pistons’ rise this season: “You’ve gotta really take your hat off to the organization for keeping the young guys and not trading them early to get a big time free agent.”

2016 dunk contest will never be topped. It is what it is

My vantage point

Two steps inside the free throw line 👎🏾

Caught up with Jalen Duren at All-Star. Story coming soon, here’s a video preview. “We’re about to throw a party because we’re No. 1 in the East or No. 1 in the league? That doesn’t mean anything … the biggest change would be from going to 14 wins to holding a trophy.”

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Recently was gifted a french press. Coffee has never coffee’d like this, I’m a changed man

How many teams can lose their top- two centers and continue business-as-usual? The Pistons haven’t been this good in 20 years. As last night showed, it’s a credit to their depth. www.freep.com/story/sports...

How many teams can lose their top- two centers and continue business-as-usual? The Pistons haven’t been this good in 20 years. As last night showed, it’s a credit to their depth. www.freep.com/story/sports...

Reed: "You have a team full of guys that’s hungry, that’s ready to go out and compete at the highest level. The suspensions are unfortunate but they trust me and Tolu to come in and help us get dubs. That’s what it says about the team, about the front office bringing us in."

Reed said this is the closest NBA team he's been on, comparable with his college and high school team. "Off the court, we hang out so on the court ... we can talk to each other without taking it personally because we all like each other. We know it's not coming from a bad place."

Reed: "At this point, my minutes aren’t always consistent but I know teammates and coaches are expecting me to come in and be ready, so that’s what I'm going to do and I take pride in that and my preparation. Knowing if anything goes left, I can step up and provide huge minutes."

Asked JB about Reed's readiness: "He’s B-Ball. that’s what he does. Basketball is what he eats, sleeps, bleeds, and every time he gets an opportunity it’s quick-twitch and ready to go. A guy who prepares himself every day like he’s going to start and play 48 minutes."

JB on Reed: "It’s more proof of what we were talking about and just how important he is to us, his importance to the depth of this team. His ability to be impactful and set the tone on both ends of the floor … not a surprise but fortunate to have him."

Pistons have their second-best record entering All-Star weekend in franchise history per Pistons PR. The 2005-06 team was 42-9

FINAL: Pistons 113, Raptors 95. Pistons (40-13 overall) enter All-Star weekend tied with OKC in the loss column and the only other team in the league with at least 40 wins. Cunningham: 28 pts, 9 assts, 7 rebs, 6-11 from 3 Reed: 22 pts, 5 rebs, 3 assts, 4 blks, 2 stls

Raptors just emptied their bench. Pistons are following suit, Klintman and Sasser just checked in. Up 108-89 with 3:51 to go

End of 3: Pistons 94, Raptors 74. Cunningham: 28 pts (6-11 from 3), 9 assts, 7 rebs Reed: 22 pts, 4 rebs, 4 blks, 2 stls Robinson: 13 pts Harris: 10 pts, 7 rebs

Cade opens the 2nd half with a pull-up 3. He's 6-8 from 3 and has 25 points.

Halftime: Pistons 67, Raptors 52. Pistons are having one of their best nights of the season from the arc at 9-17 overall. Cunningham (22 pts, 6 rebs, 6 assts) has been surgical and is 5-7 from 3. Career-high in makes is seven. Reed has 18 pts on 8-9 shooting. Just a great half

Barnes stonewalled Ausar at the rim. Got his own rebound and found Cade cutting inside for a layup. Pistons have their biggest lead so far, 56-42, with 2:44 to play until halftime. Cade has 19 points (6-7 overall, 4-5 from 3), six rebounds and five assists

I don't disagree

Pistons are 15-27 overall (55.6%) and 6-13 from 3 (45.2%). Holding the Raptors to 11-28 (39.3%) so far. Up 44-31. Cade and P Reed have 29 points on 11-12 combined shooting.

Cade just knocked down back-to-back-to-back 3-pointers. Taking advantage of the defender going over on screens. He's on triple-double watch: 13 points, 5 rebounds and four assists.

End of 1: Pistons 29, Raptors 19. Reed (16 pts, 7-8 overall) has more than half of their points with three rebounds and a block. His career-high is 30. Stepping up majorly with them very shorthanded at center. Cunningham: 4 pts, 4 assts, 4 rebs

Reed is the most overqualified third center in the league. And a major luxury on this team. Brings it every single time on both ends

Reed is up to 15 points on 7-7 shooting. 3:33 left in the 1st