After Bryant’s death, the league announced it would use 24 points. Elam predicts it will be as exciting a finish to an All-Star game as the event has seen in its 69 years. And it will honor Bryant perfectly. “Kobe Bryant was many things and one of them? On the court in the fourth quarter, that was his time. He took over,” said Elam. “At the end of this game, we are going to see some of the best players in the world on one court and we will see them step up and rise to that.”