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

19 February 2018

Getty Images Victor Oladipo slam dunks in a Black Panther mask

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

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

Getty Images Caleb McLaughlin and Justin Bieber

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

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

It looks like T'Challa approved

Getty Images Victor Oladipo and Chadwick Boseman

But the contest was actually won by Donovan Mitchell

Getty Images Donovan Mitchell dunking and then holding up the trophy — It looks like that smile never left his face

Sunday's All-Star Game featured a performance from Pharrell

Getty Images Pharrell performing with mascots — He performed with NERD (plus some mascots)...

Getty Images Pharrell performing with Migos — ... and also with Migos

Kevin Hart also performed

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

Getty Images Beyonce taking a selfie with Blue Ivy — Queen B looked otherwise occupied though

Getty Images DJ Khaled with Fergie — 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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