NBA All Star Game: New-look format sees LeBron James, Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, James Harden team up

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NBA All Star Game: New-look format sees LeBron James, Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, James Harden team up

The NBA All Star game has had a major overhaul to breathe new life into what was once the showpiece event of the US basketball calendar.

With fans, and the stars themselves, appearing to lose interest in the game, the NBA is trying a new format today.

With more than 200 points scored in last year’s game and little to no defence being played, the game had started to resemble a shoot-around at a playground court, not a fierce competition between the league’s best players to determine which conference had the more talented players.

Returning to the traditional Eastern against Western Conference format in 2024 failed to deliver a better quality of game.

“I think there’s no doubt that the players were disappointed as well in last year’s All-Star Game,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said late last year. “We all want to do a better job providing competition and entertainment for our fans.”

Today’s All Star game will not be one game but three, with four teams of eight stars playing two games with the winners to meet in the final.

The three All Star teams are “coached” by an NBA great, while the fourth team is the winning team from the Rising Stars game on Sunday, which is led by US sports broadcaster Candace Parker.

The three All Star teams playing in San Francisco are themed.

Shaq’s OGs (Shaquille O’Neal) features LeBron James, Steph Curry, and Jayson Tatum; Chuck’s Global Stars (Charles Barkley) features Donovan Mitchell, Nikola Jokic, and Victor Wembanyama; and Kenny’s Young Stars (Kenny Smith) features Anthony Edwards, Jalen Brunson, and Evan Mobley.

The teams will play an untimed first-to-40-point format, with each game allocated less than an hour’s playing time.

The first match has Chuck’s Global Stars against Kenny’s Young Stars (12.20 pm AEDT), followed by Shaq’s OGs against Candace’s Rising Stars (1.10 pm). The final will be played at 2 pm AEDT.

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