The Toronto Raptors' 10th straight victory Friday night, a 105-92 win against Detroit, means Nick Nurse and his staff will coach Team Giannis in the Feb. 16 All-Star Game.
Although the Bucks have the best record in the East, Mike Budenholzer and his staff coached the All-Star Game last year and therefore were ineligible to do so again this year.
The Lakers' Frank Vogel will coach Team LeBron, wrapping up that last week by way of the West's best record.
Toronto went 58-24 last season, the second-best record in the Eastern Conference and in the NBA behind only the Milwaukee Bucks -- and Nurse coached the Raptors to their first NBA championship.
Nurse graduated from Northern Iowa and got his first head coaching position at Grand View College when he was only 23 -- some 27 years ago. He spent more than a decade in Europe, was an assistant coach for Britain at the 2012 London Olympics, is a past G League coach of the year and coached Rio Grande to that league's title in 2013.
