Team Jalen wins Rising Stars Challenge with Bennedict Mathurin as MVP

Ball Don’t Lie @Balldontlie
Bennedict Mathurin is the Rising Stars MVP 🔥 pic.twitter.com/vnBdvvII3Z – 11:05 PM

Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Tyrese Haliburton called “game time” as soon as the ball left Jalen Williams’ hands.
JDub knew. Mathurin knew. pic.twitter.com/6pPjigqdSv – 11:04 PM

Tony East @TonyREast
Bennedict Mathurin is the Rising Stars MVP. – 11:04 PM

Scott Agness @ScottAgness
Bennedict Mathurin’s Team Jalen wins Rising Stars 26-13 over Team Detlef.
Second consecutive year for Mathurin to win.
He had 4pts, 2asts in the game. Tshiebwe with a game-high 8pts, 2rebs. – 10:57 PM

Tony East @TonyREast
Benneduct Mathurin now has a record that is very hard to beat: Back-to-back Rising Stars champion. – 10:57 PM

Scott Agness @ScottAgness
Team Jalen (Mathurin) v Team Detlef (Tshiebwe) in the finals. So one ex-Pacer each coaching a current member of the team.
And one will win.
Target score is now 25. – 10:40 PM

Tony East @TonyREast
Team Detlef with the win. Oscar Tshiebwe with 8 boards. Tshiebwe and Mathurin will face off in the final game. – 10:27 PM

Jason Anderson @JandersonSacBee
Team Jalen defeats Team Tamika 40-35 in Game 1 of the Rising Stars Challenge. Kings forward Keegan Murray had five points, three rebounds and two assists for Team Tamika. Bennedict Mathurin stole the show for Team Jalen with 18 points, telling Jaden Ivey: “You can’t guard me.” – 9:46 PM

Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Chet and JDub advance to the Finals.
Team Jalen shot attempts
Mathurin: 13
Chet/JDub/Sochan/Kessler/Lively/Hawkins: 14 – 9:45 PM

Tony East @TonyREast
18 points including the game winning bucket for Bennedict Mathurin in Team Jalen’s first game victory. – 9:42 PM

Mike Curtis @MikeACurtis2
We’ll see more Jaden Ivey-Bennedict Mathurin very soon.
The Pistons’ first game after the All-Star break is on the road against the Pacers.pic.twitter.com/6COea3NG6a – 9:41 PM

Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Bennedict Mathurin and Jaden Ivey bringing Draymond and Nurkic energy to the Rising Stars game. – 9:37 PM

Scott Agness @ScottAgness
Mathurin telling Jaden Ivey “you can’t guard me.”
He then went to the FT line and heard M-V-P chants in his home arena. – 9:36 PM

Tony Jones @Tjonesonthenba
Considering the final word Benedict Mathurin just used in that mic’d up moment, I don’t think he was talking to Tamika Catchings – 9:33 PM

Scott Agness @ScottAgness
Mathurin is heating up, responsible for four of Team Jalen’s last five buckets. – 9:32 PM

Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Thunder Team Jalen Rising Stars intros:
“A perfect storm of shooting, scoring and shot blocking.. Oklahoma City’s Chet Holmgren.”
“An explosive OKC forward who can throw it down with the best of them, Jalen Williams.”
Team Jalen starters
Mathurin
Sochan
JDub
Chet
Kessler – 9:13 PM

Scott Agness @ScottAgness
Here are the rosters for Rising Stars.
– Mathurin on Team Jalen
– Tshiebwe on Team Detlef
– Jaden Ivey on Team Tamika pic.twitter.com/KBcqBt370V – 9:09 PM

Tony East @TonyREast
Bennedict Mathurin introduced to the crowd at Rising Stars: pic.twitter.com/fcqNlK9aSP – 9:07 PM

Tony East @TonyREast
Bennedict Mathurin and Oscar Tshiebwe at Rising Stars practice pic.twitter.com/rIr6aJx4pD – 1:15 PM

Scott Agness @ScottAgness
Bennedict Mathurin on this weekend and his health:
“I feel pretty good. Just ready to play tonight, and ready to get going for the rest of the season.”
He wants to win Rising Stars and be MVP. pic.twitter.com/0oCsHdkmhO – 12:33 PM

Tony East @TonyREast
Rising Stars media sessions later on today. We’ll hear from Oscar Tshiebwe and Bennedict Mathurin. pic.twitter.com/l9fugZSGtb – 9:51 AM