{"id":8553,"date":"2025-02-16T10:21:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T10:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/?p=8553"},"modified":"2025-02-16T13:22:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T13:22:27","slug":"the-nba-all-star-games-whos-playingthe-new-format-and-where-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/the-nba-all-star-games-whos-playingthe-new-format-and-where-to-watch","title":{"rendered":"The NBA All Star Games: Who&#8217;s playing,the new format and where to watch?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/basketball\/league\/nba-all-star-7673\"> NBA All-Star Weekend<\/a> in San Francisco has been a thrilling showcase of basketball talent and entertainment. On Saturday night, fans were treated to exhilarating performances in the Skills Challenge, Three-Point Contest, and Slam Dunk Contest. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/basketball\/team\/cleveland-cavaliers-1303\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> duo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/basketball\/player\/donovan-mitchell-53571\">Donovan Mitchell<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/basketball\/player\/evan-mobley-90121\">Evan Mobley<\/a>, clinched the Skills Challenge title, demonstrating exceptional coordination and precision. In the Three-Point Contest, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/basketball\/team\/miami-heat-1314\">Miami Heat<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/basketball\/player\/tyler-herro-71331\">Tyler Herro<\/a> emerged victorious, narrowly edging out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/basketball\/team\/golden-state-warriors-1322\">Golden State<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/basketball\/player\/buddy-hield-53672\">Buddy Hield<\/a> with a final-round score of 24 points. The highlight of the evening was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/basketball\/team\/orlando-magic-1302\">Orlando Magic<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/basketball\/player\/mac-mcclung-89358\">Mac McClung<\/a> making history by securing his third consecutive Slam Dunk Contest win, impressing judges and fans alike with a series of perfect-score dunks, including a spectacular leap over a car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MAC MCCLUNG COMPLETES THE THREE-PEAT SCORING FOUR 50s ?<br><br>? Reverse Jam over a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KiaK5?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#KiaK5<\/a><br>? 360 over Nate Dougherty<br>? Double Dunk over hoverboard<br>? Rim-tapping Slam over 6&#39;11&quot; Mobley<br><br>What a DOMINANT 3-year <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ATTSlamDunk?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ATTSlamDunk<\/a> run for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McclungMac?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@McclungMac<\/a>! ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/geHmNwJGcR\">pic.twitter.com\/geHmNwJGcR<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1890995393934045656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 16, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>As the weekend culminates, anticipation builds for tonight&#8217;s main event: the NBA All-Star Game. Departing from tradition, this year&#8217;s game features a new format\u2014a four-team tournament. The teams, drafted by NBA legends <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/basketball\/team\/shaq%E2%80%99s-ogs-85973\">Shaquille O&#8217;Neal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/basketball\/team\/chuck%E2%80%99s-global-stars-85974\">Charles Barkley<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/basketball\/team\/kenny%E2%80%99s-young-stars-85975\">Kenny Smith<\/a>, along with Team C representing<a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/basketball\/team\/candace%E2%80%99s-rising-stars-85976\"> Candace&#8217;s Rising Stars<\/a>, will compete in two semifinal matchups. Each game will be played to a target score of 40 points, with the winners advancing to the final. The action is set to begin at 8:00 p.m. ET at the Chase Center in San Francisco. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/where-to-watch\">Where to watch<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2199277562-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Tyler Herro of Miami Heat won the 3-point contest on Saturday night at Chase Center on 2025 NBA All-Star weekend in San Francisco\" class=\"wp-image-8563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2199277562-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2199277562-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2199277562-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2199277562-1-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2199277562-1-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> (Photo by Tayfun Coskun\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With a lineup featuring basketball&#8217;s elite, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/basketball\/player\/lebron-james-53358\">LeBron James<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/basketball\/player\/stephen-curry-53625\">Stephen Curry<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/en-us\/basketball\/player\/kevin-durant-53628\">Kevin Durant<\/a>, and rising stars from the weekend&#8217;s events, tonight&#8217;s All-Star Game promises to be an unforgettable conclusion to a weekend filled with high-flying dunks, sharpshooting displays, and skillful performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-widget-type=\"predictions\" data-entity-type=\"game\" data-widget-id=\"0.jkkkz6sj9x\" data-lang=\"en-US\" data-entity-id=\"4379835\" data-publisher-id=\"125\" data-inner-links=\"scores365\" data-show-odds=\"true\" data-odds-type=\"decimal\" data-live-mode=\"true\" data-hide-powered-by=\"true\"><\/div>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/widgets.365scores.com\/main.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-widget-type=\"predictions\" data-entity-type=\"game\" data-widget-id=\"0.34i8yibd1nn\" data-lang=\"en-US\" data-entity-id=\"4379836\" data-publisher-id=\"125\" data-inner-links=\"scores365\" data-show-odds=\"true\" data-odds-type=\"decimal\" data-live-mode=\"true\" data-hide-powered-by=\"true\"><\/div>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/widgets.365scores.com\/main.js\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NBA All-Star Weekend in San Francisco has been a thrilling showcase of basketball talent and entertainment. On Saturday night, fans were treated to exhilarating performances in the Skills Challenge, Three-Point Contest, and Slam Dunk Contest. The Cleveland Cavaliers duo, Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley, clinched the Skills Challenge title, demonstrating exceptional coordination and precision. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148,11],"tags":[86,1220,1021,769,808,1023,44,1916,756,1039],"class_list":["post-8553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-nba","tag-all-star","tag-charles-barkley","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-donovan-mitchell","tag-lebron-james","tag-miami-heat","tag-nba","tag-shaquille-oneal","tag-steph-curry","tag-tyler-herro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}