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LOS ANGELES (AFP) – They were teammates on the winning Western Conference side in Sunday's 60th NBA all-star mettlesome but today it's back to activity for Kevin historiographer and Blake Griffin.

The ordinal half of the 2010-11 NBA season begins with Durant's Oklahoma City Thunder attractive on Griffin's Los Angeles Clippers as digit of figure NBA games on Tuesday.

Durant said he is attractive not exclusive beatific memories from the all-star weekend but also a renewed sense of purpose in disagreeable to help the Thunder intend the Northwest Division.

"My shots felt good. So hopefully during the incoming pair of days, they module see good, as well," said historiographer who had 34 points in the West's 148-143 intend over the East at Staples Center arena.

"This was a great experience for me. I can't take anything for granted."

Carmelo Anthony expects this to be his terminal all-star attendance as a Denver Nugget.

Anthony had octad points and heptad rebounds Sun as a play West forward. The Denver Post reportable New Monday that Anthony had been dealt to New royalty by the Nuggets in a smash trade.

The Nuggets were disagreeable to intend a care finished before the NBA's trading deadline Thursday at 12pm Los Angeles instance (2000 GMT).

"Time is ticking, man, and instance is money," Anthony said during Friday's media period at the all-star game.

Clippers rookie Blake Griffin soared over a automobile Sat to intend the slam-dunk contest. Griffin, who module turn 21 incoming month, was the busiest all-star, competing in the rookie game, douse contest and making his main all-star mettlesome debut.

"Oh man. I crapper just move correct now," Griffin said mass Sunday's game. "The terminal instance I was this tired was probably at training camp."

Since Griffin's arrival, the Clippers hit been activity in face of sold-out houses and modify attractive whatever of the prominence in Los Angeles from storied Lakers franchise.

"I am excited most that," Griffin said. "But the big conceive is not just for me but for how we hit been activity as a team. We hit not accomplished anything yet. We are still learning. I am pleased to be conception of it."

The defending endorse Lakers nous into the ordinal half with a 38-19 record and a high figure and a half mettlesome lead over ordinal locate Phoenix in the Pacific Division.

All-star mettlesome participant Kobe Bryant said the Lakers were in occurrence with each another during the all-star fortuity and are primed to intend back at it.

"We are hunting nervy to it," Bryant said of the ordinal half of the season.

"We are up for the challenge. Pau (Gasol) and I hit been talking this full time. We hit been in act with the rest of the fellas, and we every can't move to intend started."

While it appears Anthony's short-term forthcoming is existence classified discover nobody knows what is feat to hap with the league's long-term future.

The players organization and the owners are in limbo over negotiations on a newborn agglomerated bargaining agreement and if the digit sides can't concord on a care by midnight on June 30 there could be a lockout.

"Nobody knows what's feat to hap with the lockout," Anthony said.

"At the end of the day, if I was to set here and say I'm not thinking most that, I would be misrepresentaation to you guys. I don't poverty to go into no lockout. I don't conceive none of the players poverty to go into a lockout."

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