The NBA's 2025 All-Star Game is approaching, and fan voting has entered its final stages, ending on January 20th local time. Therefore, the current vote counts for players are still subject to change, especially considering the upcoming phase where one vote equals three votes!
In the third round of voting results, who are the top vote-getters in the East and West? The answer is Antetokounmpo and Jokic, consistent with the previous round's voting results.
Antetokounmpo - 3,489,956 votes
With 3.48 million votes, the current top vote-getter is still Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Bucks. His personal statistics and performance this season have been outstanding, especially at the beginning of the season when the Bucks were once so low that they ranked last in the Eastern Conference, which led to many trade rumors about Antetokounmpo.
However, Antetokounmpo eventually teamed up with Lillard to lead the Bucks out of the mire and onto the road to success, winning the NBA championship. This remarkable comeback left a deep impression on the outside world, and his strength is undoubtedly among the best in the league, hence the high number of votes.
In the Eastern Conference frontcourt, Tatum ranks second with 2,842,956 All-Star votes, ranking third among all stars! Following him is Towns with over 2.45 million votes, who has performed well with the Knicks.
Ball - 1,908,967 votes
Currently, the highest vote-getter in the Eastern Conference backcourt is LaMelo Ball, with 1.9 million votes! Looking at his personal performance this season, he is undoubtedly the most outstanding player in the Eastern Conference in terms of statistics, followed by Mitchell of the Cavaliers, whose team's record speaks for itself, and is expected to be a starter as well.
Alexander - 2,405,404 votes
Alexander currently has 2.4 million votes, making him the player with the highest number of votes among the backcourt players in this All-Star Game. After him is Curry of the host team, who currently has 1,793,150 votes, and there is a chance that he can overtake Alexander later.
Harden has 540,000 votes, and it seems unlikely that he will make it to the All-Star Game this year! Harden's specific vote count is 543,669, which is still a significant gap from Edwards' 900,000 votes before him, not to mention the two All-Star guards from the Mavericks, Doncic and Irving, who have both received more than one million votes!
Jokic - 2,924,436 votes
Currently, the top vote-getter in the West is Jokic, with 2.92 million votes! Judging from his team's performance and personal statistics this season, Jokic will undoubtedly be the starting forward in this All-Star Game, and after him, James and Durant are also almost certain to be selected.
James has surpassed Durant in terms of votes and now has 2,591,287 votes! As the player who has won the most votes in NBA history, can James surpass Jokic or even Antetokounmpo in the final stage of fan voting and media + player voting?
Let's do a simple calculation. Currently, the difference in votes between James and Jokic is 333,149! The difference with Antetokounmpo is 898,669 votes! Therefore, even though there will be a stage in the subsequent voting where one vote equals three votes for two days (including today), the gap between James and Jokic is still 300,000 votes, which is indeed quite difficult!