The NBA offseason is well underway with the majority of the main events set to take place this summer having come and gone. With the NBA Draft in the books, NBA Summer League in Utah, Orlando, and Las Vegas completed, and most of the notable free agents having agreed to return to their teams or signed elsewhere, the next league event was the 2017 NBA Africa game which was played over the weekend.
There were plenty of household names playing in the NBA Africa game with DeMarcus Cousins, Dirk Nowitzki, Kyle Lowry, and Kristaps Porzingis leading the way. Although the biggest names helped draw the crowd with Team World and Team Africa going head-to-head, it was Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers guard Victor Oladipo that stole the show.
Here’s a look at the top-five plays from the 2017 NBA Africa game, via NBA’s YouTube account.
Ultimately, Team World came out on top this weekend with Brown finishing with a team-high 15 points following by Porzingis with 14 points and eight rebounds. Seven players finished in double figures for Team World with Andre Drummond pitching in with a double-double of 14 points and 13 rebounds while Cousins also had double-digit scoring and rebounds with 11 and 10.
As for Team Africa, Oladipo led all scorers with a game-high 28 points and nine rebounds. Emmanuel Mudiay came a few assists and rebounds shy of a triple-double. Mudiay finished with 22 points, nine assists, and eight rebounds as Team Africa fell, 108-97.
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