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5 must-see moments from the NBA All-Star Game

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With 24 of the NBA's biggest stars taking to the same court at Madison Square Garden, there was bound to be a plethora of must-see moments on Sunday.

Here are five everyone will be talking about Monday morning.

Brotherly love

Pau and Marc Gasol share a special moment onstage upon being announced as the first sibling All-Star starters in league history.

Vine by Vinnyviner

Chef Curry cooking

Stephen Curry delivers arguably the highlight of the night by coming up with a steal, crossing up Kyrie Irving and John Wall, and then delivering an incredible no-look lob to set up a James Harden jam.

Stephen Curry. Huh?

Dirk and Lowry show us their hops

Seeing a Dirk Nowitzki alley-oop flush would have been gratifying enough considering we hadn't seen one in over 11 years - but a Dirk dunk and a Kyle Lowry dunk on the same night, mere moments apart?

Surely the basketball gods are smiling down on us.

Dirk dunk and celebration
Kyle Lowry putback dunk All-Star 2015

Lowry has one recorded dunk in his NBA career, and it came in 2008. This may be the end, friends.

LeBron throws down reverse alley-oop slam

Speaking of Lowry, he also set up one of the prettier alley-oops of the night, lobbing an underhand pass up for LeBron James, who proceeded to destroy the rim while in reverse.

Russ can't get any higher

And finally, we finish with Russell Westbrook, the MVP who became only the third player in history to record a 40-point game in an All-Star contest.

Nothing summed up Westbrook's night - or his game, for that matter - quite like him finishing a thunderous alley-oop jam while hitting his head on the backboard.

Wow Russell Westbrook hit his head on the backboard on that dunk

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