Al Horford is heading to the All Star Game

The votes are in, and Al Horford is joining Kyrie Irving as a 2018 NBA All Star:

Boston's Al Horford has been selected to the NBA Eastern Conference All-Star reserve team, league sources tell Yahoo.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 23, 2018

This will be Al's fifth appearance in the All Star game, his first with the Celtics. He's been one of the top defenders in the NBA this season and his 3-point shooting has made a massive jump from last season - from 35.5% to 43%.

Pour one out for the Al Horford haters. Rough season for them pic.twitter.com/YUmgVWuvW7

— Dan Greenberg (@StoolGreenie) January 23, 2018

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