2.25.2016

NBA All-Star 2016 delivers records to Toronto

NBA All-Star 2016, the first NBA All-Star held outside the United States, registered new records across social, digital and retail platforms. This year’s game was the most viewed NBA All-Star Game in Canada since 1996.

Below are highlights from NBA All-Star 2016:

Turner Sports’ exclusive coverage of Sunday’s game delivered 7.6 million total viewers, up 6% over last year’s game in New York City. Collectively, 27 million viewers tuned in to watch NBA All-Star events airing across Turner networks.

Most viewed NBA All-Star Game in 20 years in Canada with TSN and Sportsnet simulcasting Turner Sports’ exclusive coverage of the game in the U.S. Overall, the game had 3.1 million unique viewers in Canada.

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2.24.2016

NBA news and notes

Bulls point guard Derrick Rose has been on fire in February

Three Points



1. FIFTY APLENTY: New Orleans forward Anthony Davis scored an NBA season high of 59 points and grabbed 20 rebounds in a victory over Detroit on Sunday, two days after Portland guard Damian Lillard erupted for 51 points in a win against Golden State. With Davis and Lillard joining Jimmy Butler, DeMarcus Cousins, Stephen Curry (two), James Harden and Kemba Walker, seven players have already posted 50-point games in 2015-16 – one behind the most ever for a season, according to Elias Sports Bureau. A record eight players had 50-point games during the 1989-90 season: Larry Bird, Tom Chambers (two), Terry Cummings, Dale Ellis, Patrick Ewing, Michael Jordan (three), Hakeem Olajuwon and Karl Malone (two). 2. VC AND SIR CHARLES: Grizzlies guard Vince Carter’s most productive stretch of the season has him on the verge of a milestone. The 39-year-old Carter needs eight points to pass Charles Barkley (23,757) for 24th place on the NBA’s career scoring list. Carter ranks seventh among active players with 23,750 points. In addition, Carter on Friday became the sixth player in NBA history to make 1,900 career three-pointers – part of a 15-point performance in a win over Minnesota, which was followed Sunday by a season-high 16-point effort in a loss to Toronto. Five of Carter’s seven double-digit scoring outings this season have come in his last eight games. 3. ROSE IN BLOOM: Bulls guard Derrick Rose is playing better and better as the season progresses. The 2010-11 Kia NBA MVP is averaging 21.1 points (on 46.2 percent shooting), 5.7 assists and 5.7 rebounds in his last 10 games. In three games since the All-Star break, Rose has led Chicago to a 2-1 record by averaging 26.0 points and shooting 57.4 percent. His strong performance comes at an important time for the Bulls, who are battling for playoff position. Chicago is tied with Charlotte (both 29-26) for seventh place in the Eastern Conference, with only two more losses than third-place Boston (33-24).