INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — If you still didn’t like the NBA’s newest All-Star Game format, you probably just don’t like All-Star games. That seemed to be the sports sphere’s consensus after the U.S.-against-the-world, round-robin tournament Sunday produced three thrilling mini-games and several impressive individual performances. Something about the setup compelled these stars to play their exhibition at a level much closer to real competition than usual. “I think every team honestly wanted to win,” said Phoenix’s Devin Booker, a member of the victorious Stars team. That’s no small statement about an event that had become sports shorthand for pointless midseason pseudo-competition — a charade...
