Jimmer goes for 35, keeping dream alive

TORONTO -- There was Jimmer Fredette as you might remember him: basketball in his hands, pulling up from unconscionable distances, hitting from unconscionable

TORONTO -- There was Jimmer Fredette as you might remember him: basketball in his hands, pulling up from unconscionable distances, hitting from unconscionable distances, taking over a game, feeling it.

There were shouts from the crowd as he heated it up, urging him to keep firing away. There was a chant of "MVP! MVP!" as he headed to the free throw line to seal the win in his first all-star game as a pro.

Still, it could not have been exactly what Fredette imagined for himself.

By the time he took the court on Saturday morning, the NBA All-Stars had wrapped up their morning practice and the crowd in the small arena had thinned substantially. Just a few hundred people stayed behind to watch the D-League All-Stars play.

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