West beats East 196-173 in All-Star Game, Russell Westbrook named MVP

Kobe Bryant exited the All-Star Game for the final time to watch Russell Westbrook and Stephen Curry wrap things up with 3-pointers.
Bryant's gone, and these young guys are good.
Bryant said his All-Star Game goodbye and the next generation of the West's best sent him off a winner, rolling to a record-setting 196-173 victory over the East on Sunday night.
"It was fun," Bryant said. "I had a blast playing with those guys, laughing and joking with them on the bench."
The first All-Star Game outside the U.S. was the highest-scoring ever. Bryant didn't provide much of the offense but many of the memories.
"To see him now, it's like the passing of a generation," West coach Gregg Popovich said. "He's been such an iconic figure for so long, and he passes it on to that other group of young guys that you saw out there tonight."
Bryant finished with 10 points, so few that he lost his career lead in All-Star scoring to LeBron James.
But Westbrook scored 31 points in his second straight All-Star MVP performance and Curry added 26 - the final three on a 42-footer. Anthony Davis had 24 on 12-for-13 shooting and Kevin Durant chipped in 23.
Paul George finished with 41 for the East, tying Westbrook's total from last year in New York that was one off Wilt Chamberlain's record. John Wall added 22 points.
James finished with 13 points, just enough to move ahead of Bryant for most ever in the All-Star Game. James has 291, while Bryant, who is retiring after this season, leaves with 290.
Paul finished with 14 points and 16 assists and is the leader in All-Star assists per game. DeMar DeRozan scored 18 points for the East and Kyle Lowry had 14 points and 10 assists as both Raptors played well in front of their home crowd.