NBA: Luka Doncic maintains second place in the voting for the NBA All-Star | NBA 2019

Luka Doncic walk steadily towards his first NBA All-Star. In the third vote count, the star of the Dallas Mavericks It remains the second most supported player with 4,598,323 supports, just behind Lebron James. Although popular support is only half the vote (the other half is shared between the players and the specialized press), the results leave it one step closer.

Doncic has a minimum (almost) assured finish first among the western players, the category in which it appears this year. In the absence of only four days for the voting to close, it has more than a million and a half votes of advantage over the second, James harden (2,934,614) and a chasm separates it from the third, Damian Lillard (984.140).

Everything indicates that Luka Doncic is an All-Star this season. Although popular support is only part of the vote for the All-Star holder quintets, Slovenian is already by right an NBA star. In his last game, he became the youngest player in history to get a triple-double with more than 15 rebounds and 15 assists, and the youngest to achieve it with at least 17 basket passes, the top of his career.

LeBron James, in the lead

The most voted player for the All-Star is Lebron James (4,747,887), which last week completed the 'sorpasso' of Doncic. Among the interiors of the West (eaves and pvots) are followed by his partner in Los Angeles Lakers Anthony Davis and Kawhi Leonard.

In the East Giannis Antetokounmpo, almost doubles any other player. The current MVP has received 4,474,107, compared to less than 2.5 million Pascal Siakam. The third place is for Joel Embiid. Among the exteriors, Bring young already exceeds two million votes, while the difference for second place between Kyrie Irving and Kemba Walker It is under 20,000.

The quintet holders of the All-Star are decided according to the vote obtained in the popular vote (50%), the vote among the players (25%) and the specialized press (25%). The elected will be announced on January 23 and on the 30th the substitutes will be announced, which are chosen by a vote among the coaches of the 30 franchises.

Voting for titular quintets closes next Monday, January 20. Both that day and Thursday 16, the votes will count twice and can be cast through the NBA website, the official application or Google search.