NBA All-Star Weekend: Slam dunks, superheroes and a shaky anthem

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The NBA took a break this week for its All-Star Weekend.

It didn't disappoint as actors, musicians and sports stars mingled on the sidelines in LA to watch the exhibition event.

The highlight was Sunday night's All-Star Game, between LeBron James and Steph Curry's teams, selected by NBA fans, media and players.

Team LeBron just edged it with a final score of 148-145, and LeBron proved his status as The King by getting MVP.

The weekend started with the All-Star Celebrity Game on Friday night

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The likes of Justin Bieber were joined by Stranger Things' Caleb McLaughlin

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Jamie Foxx also played, along with comedian and rapper Nick Cannon

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The highlight of Saturday's slam dunk contest was Victor Oladipo dunking in a Black Panther mask

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It looks like T'Challa approved

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But the contest was actually won by Donovan Mitchell

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It looks like that smile never left his face
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He performed with NERD (plus some mascots)...
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... and also with Migos

Kevin Hart also performed

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As did Fergie, whose take on the national anthem was... interesting

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To be fair, it must be pretty nerve-racking when someone famously good at national anthems is sitting right there

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Queen B looked otherwise occupied though
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DJ Khaled had thoughts on how many people actually liked Fergie's rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner

The celebs were out in force on the sidelines

Cardi B enjoyed hearing her own song come on.

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Jamie Foxx (right) seemed to have recovered from his match on Friday enough to hang out with Chris Rock
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Queen Latifah, Shante Broadus, Snoop Dogg and Chance the Rapper watched on from the sidelines
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It looks like Black Panther and Killmonger have patched things up with each other
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There was some crossover from other sports - former footballers Jamie Redknapp and Thierry Henry made an appearance

As for the actual match, it couldn't have been closer

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DeMar Derozan dunking for Team Steph
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LeBron James dunking
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Steph Curry's team was leading 145-144 with 40 seconds left in the fourth quarter...
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... but nobody could stop The King as he won the game with 10.1 seconds to go

In the end there could only be one man for the MVP

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LeBron first won an All-Star MVP in 2006 - beating Michael Jordan's record for longest time between first and last All-Star MVP

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