Australian basketball's most exciting raw talent Nathan Jawai delivered a sparkling Olympic Games audition, lighting up the NBL All-Star Game in Melbourne.

In the NBL's showpiece exhibition match, the 21-year-old Cairns Taipans giant made the paint his own personal playground in the Aussie All-Stars' 146-141 victory over the World All-Stars at the State Netball Centre.

Jawai finished with 24 points, 12 rebounds and the match's most valuable player award - no doubt impressing Boomers coach Brian Goorjian, who was also his Aussie All-Stars coach.

While the all-action, no pressure, score-a-thon environment of an All-Star game is a far cry from the pressure of representing your country, Goorjian now must seriously consider the 208cm, 130kg powerhouse for Beijing next year.

In his first NBL season and with just 16 matches at the top-level under his belt, it was Jawai who shone brightest among the league's brightest stars - many of whom have been in the league for a decade.

Two huge first-quarter dunks set the tone for Jawai's night.

Another half a dozen followed in his 30 minutes on court as he dominated the offensive boards.

The Australians strode to a comfortable lead early and led virtually throughout, though the World All-Stars pulled back to within five points at the finish.

Along with Jawai, the other highlight was a freakish three-pointer from CJ Bruton in the first term - shot from inside his own half.

Jawai's Cairns teammate Stephen Black top-scored with 27 points for the Aussies.

Shaun Redhage top-scored with 23 points for the World All-Stars, while late inclusion Rod Grizzard of the Singapore Slingers was his side's best with 19 points and eight rebounds.

Earlier, West Sydney Razorbacks Troy De Vries won the three-point shooting competition - beating New Zealand's Kirk Penney in the final.

Townsville's Corey "Homicide" Williams also impressed for the World All-Stars with 15 points and eight assists.

Aussie All-Stars coach Goorjian paid tribute to the performance of Jawai, who only took up basketball seriously six years ago.

"He put on a real show for the crowd tonight," Goorjian said of Jawai.

"With his sheer power, size and physical presence in a game where you've got all the best athletes in the competition together, his performance kind of put everybody back on their heels.

"It was very impressive."

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