The Celtics’ Jayson Tatum is the star of the stars, with a record 55 points and the NBA All-Star Game MVP

SALT LAKE CITY — Jayson Tatum hosted a record-breaking show and made Giannis Antetokounmpo look like a genius.

Tatum scored an All-Star Game-high 55 points, and Team Giannis ended LeBron James’ hold on All-Star captain supremacy by defeating Team LeBron, 184-175, in the annual NBA exhibition on Sunday night.

Tatum had 27 points in the third quarter, another All-Star Game record for any span. He was Antetokounmpo’s first pick in the starters portion of the All-Star Draft, and in the end, that pick turned out to be the right one.

It was James’ first loss in six times as captain. Antetokounmpo improved to 1-2 in his All-Star captaincies.

Donovan Mitchell added 40 for Team Giannis, who got 26 points from Damian Lillard – including the game-winner to push his team past the target score.

Fellow Celtics star Jaylen Brown had 35 points and 14 rebounds for Team LeBron, Kyrie Irving had 32 points and 15 assists, and Joel Embiid finished with 32 points.

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Lillard, the 3-point contest winner on All-Star Saturday Night, made eight 3s — including a half-court pull-up in the third quarter.

The league held a ceremony before the second half to honor the top three scorers in NBA history: No. 3 Karl Malone, No. 2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James, now the career leader of the game after passing Abdul-Jabbar earlier this month.

Malone and Abdul-Jabbar were brought on stage and then Dwyane Wade – James’ former Miami teammate and now co-owner of the Jazz – introduced James to bring him to the platform.

“We all witnessed it,” Wade said. “No matter the challenge, no matter the noise, he was relentless.”

With the number 38,388 displayed behind him, James then raised his hand to thank the fans for their standing ovation, hugged Abdul-Jabbar and Malone. He did not return to action, his night ending with a bruise on his right hand.

He finished with 13 points and said a first-half chasing block caused him to get his finger caught in the rim.

“Precautionary reasons,” James said.

James played one half. The other game captain didn’t play half a minute.

Antetokoumpo drafted his squad before the game, did warm-ups (as they were) and started the game as planned.

But his right wrist was wrapped, and that was an ominous sign. The injury kept him out of the All-Star skills event on Saturday, limiting him to 20 seconds in this one. He got an uncontested dunk to open the game, then fouled and headed for the bench.

“Everything I have I will give away,” Antetokounmpo said. “It’s who I am. This will never change.

As in previous years, teams played for charity, with Team LeBron raising money for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah and Team Giannis for Raise the Future, which connects young people waiting to placement with stable adults. Each team started with $150,000, with the top three quarterbacks worth an additional $100,000 each and the winner of the All-Star Game receiving an additional $150,000.

The teams were tied 46-46 in the first quarter and Team Giannis won the second quarter 53-46. Team Giannis also won the third quarter 59-49, and the aggregate score to that point – 158-141, Team Giannis – meant that 182 would be the score to go in the untimed fourth quarter with an end of target score.

Team Giannis won $700,000 for their charity and Team LeBron won $200,000.