José Silva crowned king of three points in the All-Star Dhika

The Pavilhão Municipal de Albufeira hosted, on April 7th, another edition of the Basketball All-Star Dhika. José Silva was lord and master of the three-point contest.

After the dunk contest, the Benfica forward delivered a great performance, having been crowned the new king of three points of the Liga Placard after beating Dominique Coleman (Lusitânia SC), João Guerreiro (UD Oliveirense) and his teammate Carlos Morais.

The ballot with greater participation in the history of an All-Star in Portugal led the fans of the sports to vote more than 40 thousand times in the starting 5 of the All-Star Dhika. In the Liga Placard, the most voted were the benfiquista Carlos Morais and the MVP of Final Eight of the Portuguese Cup, Jeffrey Early. In terms of the Women's League, Filipa Bernardeco (Benfica) and Inês Faustino (AD Vagos) were the players who collected more votes.

In the last two seasons, the North team beat the South by 87-85 (in 2015/16) and 97-90 (in 2016/17). This time it was a different story. The South beat the North by 106-103, in the game that closed the festivities of an All-Star Saturday.

In the team from the South, coached by José Ricardo, highlight for the performance of Carlos Morais, with 24 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 3 steals.

In the women's game, the South beat the North (73-69).

MEN'S ALL-STAR DHIKA GAME

NORTH (103): Miguel Maria Cardoso, Jeff Early, Arnette Hallman, Jermel Kennedy, Will Hanley

Substitutes: José Barbosa, Isaiah Johnson, Carlos "Litos" Cardoso, João Balseiro, João Grosso, Eric Coleman, Sasa Borovnjak. 

SOUTH (106): Nuno Oliveira, Dominique Coleman, Carlos Morais, Carlos Andrade, Kevin Coronel

Substitutes: Mário Fernandes, José Silva, Dominique Lee, Henrique Piedade, Khalen Cumberlander, Raven Barber, Demetric Austin.

WOMEN'S ALL-STAR DHIKA GAME

NORTH (69): Inês Faustino, Joana Canastra, Raphaella Monteiro, Isabel Costa, Letícia Rodrigues

Substitutes: Felicité Mendes, Bárbara Falcão, Gabriela Raimundo, Vânia Sengo, Joana Rochete, Sara Djassi, Khadijah Whittington.

SOUTH (73): Inês Viana, Filipa Bernardeco, Josephine Filipe, Ashli Payne, Claire Lamunu

Substitutes: Márcia Carvalho, Luana Serranho, Maianca Umabano, Sara Dickey, Kankou Coulibaly, Dejza James, Beatriz Jordão.

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