Team World's two-game wining streak is over as Team USA took home a 161-144 victory in the Rising Stars Challenge on Friday.

Kyle Kuzma led all scorers with 35 points and passed Kobe Bryant for the most points ever by a Los Angeles Laker at the game.

Kuzma was named the MVP for his efforts.

Jayson Tatum added 30 points with nine rebounds and Ben Simmons led Team World with 28 points on 14-of-17 shooting with six assists and five rebounds.

Simmons against smaller guards is simply unfair

Everyone knows Simmons is good. He was nearly an All-Star in his first year, won the Rookie of the Year and was selected to his first All-Star team this season. All this after he was selected as the number one overall draft pick three years ago.

But something we do not get to see a lot of – for good reason – is Simmons going up against smaller guards. Donovan Mitchell drew the unfortunate duty of guarding Simmons early and he gives up seven inches to the Australian. He could not have done much to stop him even if he had tried.

Simmons, while tall, is also quick with the ball and is nearly unstoppable going to the basket if he has a mismatch. Those size advantages he had in the first half led to a nine-of-10 shooting performance from the second-year man.

John Collins – dunk preview

John Collins was simply showing off in the first half. He was throwing down ridiculous dunks left and right and had the crowd in Charlotte oohing and aahing.

It is easy to see now why he is in the dunk contest.