2017-18 NBA Regular Season: 10 pleasant surprises

#6 The All-Star game

This year's All-Star game was appreciated by one and all

The All-Star game had been losing its popularity for the past couple of seasons, mostly due to the sheer dominance displayed by a visibly superior Western Conference squad. The NBA decided to step in this season, and on October 3, they announced a revamp of the format for the main attraction of the weekend.

The two teams in play would be stewarded by the two top vote-getters from the Eastern and Western Conferences respectively, and the captains would then get to pick their roster from the rest of the selections (including the starters voted in and the reserves elected by the coaches).

As things transpired, the two most popular players on the planet LeBron James and Steph Curry were voted in as captains. They took their pick of the lot, with LeBron picking Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and Russell Westbrook on his team while Curry picked James Harden, Joel Embiid and Giannis Antetokounmpo on his.

There were six debutants in Joel Embiid, Victor Oladipo, Goran Dragic, Bradley Beal, Kristaps Porzingis and Karl-Anthony Towns (Porzingis missed his appearance due to injury).

The game finished with Team LeBron winning 148-145 over Team Steph, and experts praised the rule change which ended up giving fans a treat of a game to watch. Hopefully, this format will continue to be employed - streaming the roster selection live would be even more of an improvement and would give fans some great fodder for internet humor.