The critics regularly blasted the NBA All-Star Game as an event in which very little defense was being played. On Sunday night, Stephen Curry was named MVP for scoring 20 points -- over two games. The NBA's new format drew mixed reviews on a night in which Team Shaq prevailed as the winner of the three-game event in San Francisco.

Curry named MVP of the event as his squad defeated a team of mostly international players, including Victor Wembanyama, 41-25.

Of the 24 players who will make up the three eight-man teams for the revamped All-Star Game on Feb. 16 in San Francisco, Brown was the last pick.