14 DAY TRIAL // He got game: Justin Bieber was one of the players at the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game on Friday and, even if his team did not win, he still managed to leave for home with the much-coveted Most Valuable Player award.
Of course, he couldn’t have done it without his fans, as MTV News also points out. Before heading out into the field, The Biebs asked his many Twitter followers to vote for him for MVP.
Said and done: not only did they earn him the title and the statuette, but they also got a new Twitter trend going, “BIEBER ALERT.” At the time of writing, it’s still trending.
“Bieber did his best to play alongside fellow celebrity participants including Romeo, Common, Rob Kardashian, Trey Songz, actor Michael Rapaport and Nick Cannon,” MTV says.
“Basketball stars Scottie Pippen, Bill Walton, Rick Fox, Jalen Rose, Mitch Richmond, Chris Mullin and Swin Cash rounded out the game players. While NBA luminary Bill Walton coached the Eastern Conference, Magic Johnson served as instructor for the Western Conference,” the e-zine notes.
Bieber’s team lost, despite getting off to a very good start. Still, the event ended on a high note for the teen pop star because he was awarded with the MVP award.
“Bieber proved his basketball skills to his West team with a stat line that included eight points, two rebounds and four assists. But in the end, the Eastern Conference took the game by storm with a final score of 54-49 (Western),” MTV says.
The game was not without incidents, though, as the video below will also confirm. At one point, Bieber crossed paths with rapper Common (reports say he’s the one who knocked Justin down) and he ended up on the floor.
Still, the teen got up very quickly and, judging by the way he moved immediately after, he was not hurt in the fall – word has it he didn’t even suffer from a bruised ego.