Andrew Wiggins wins BBVA Rising Stars MVP as World beats USA, 121-112 (Ball Don’t Lie)
NEW YORK — Barclays Center seems to agree with Andrew Wiggins. The first time he was here, back in June, the Cleveland Cavaliers made him the No. 1 overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft and , just as important, he earned top marks in the unofficial rookie fashion show . For his second trip, in November, after the blockbuster trade that made him a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves, he scored 17 points on 12 shots and grabbed four rebounds in a road win over the Brooklyn Nets. And now, in his third visit, he won the first Most Valuable Player award of a career that gets brighter by the day. [ Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball ] Wiggins scored 22 points in 23 minutes on 8-for-11 shooting, adding six rebounds, four assists, a block and a steal to lead the World team to a 121-112 win over the USA in Friday's rebooted international incident of a Rising Stars Challenge. After receiving his MVP trophy from TNT's Rachel Nichols — a trophy that his Timberwolves teammate-turned-Friday night adversary Zach LaVine dutifully polished to begin their shared postgame media availability — Wiggins made a point of shouting out his home and...
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