Morning Coffee: Curry Wins All-Star MVP; Suns Lose Paul

Stephen Curry set an NBA All-Star Game record with 16 three-pointers to lead Team LeBron to a 163-160 win over Team Durant on Sunday night.

Curry, who finished with 50 points, took home All-Star MVP after ending up just two points shy of the all-time All-Star scoring record in the win.

Curry was +900 to win MVP and +950 to score the most points in the game.

LeBron James scored the winning basket and improved to 5-0 as an All-Star team captain in his 18th All-Star Game appearance.

Team LeBron cashed on the money line, but Team Durant covered as a 5.5-point underdog.

While the All-Star festivities were fun, anybody holding a Phoenix Suns’ futures ticket would have been surprised by the unwelcome news that they received on Sunday.

Here’s the TSN EDGE Morning Coffee for Monday Feb. 21, 2022.

Suns Lose Paul To Injury

Suns guard Chris Paul will miss the next 6-to-8 weeks with a fractured right thumb.

Suns guard Chris Paul will be out for the next six to eight weeks due to an avulsion fracture in his right thumb, a source confirmed to ESPN. The news was first reported by TNT. pic.twitter.com/Ec6Zmmelfw

Paul, who leads the association with 10.7 assists per game this season, has 126 more assists this season than the next closest player in Atlanta Hawks’ guard Trae Young.

While Paul will undoubtedly be missed by fantasy basketball league managers that were counting on him to come up big over the final stretch of the season, it isn’t time to panic just yet for anybody holding a Suns’ futures ticket.

Suns expect Cam Payne and Landry Shamet both back for their first game after the break against OKC next Thursday.

Phoenix entered the All-Star break with the best record in the NBA.

The Suns are 6.5 games up on the Golden State Warriors