What to know about the 2025 NBA All-Star Game

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The 2025 NBA All-Star Game format has been officially announced pinch a tournament-style arena consisting of 4 teams of 8 players each.

The All-Star play is scheduled for Feb. 14-16, pinch the main arena held astatine Chase Center, location of the Golden State Warriors. Other events will beryllium held crossed the San Francisco Bay Area, including the Oakland Arena.

It's different format alteration to the NBA's yearly showcase pursuing past season's return to the accepted Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference format. For this season, 3 teams will beryllium composed of the 24 NBA All-Star selections, while the 4th squad will beryllium the winners of the Rising Stars arena held connected Feb. 14.

The main arena will played connected Feb. 16 astatine 8 p.m. ET and televised connected TNT. The 4 teams will play 2 semifinal games, pinch the winners moving connected to the championship. Each winning broadside will request to people 40 aliases much points to advance.

The 5 NBA All-Star starters successful each convention will beryllium selected by fans (50% of the vote), existent NBA players (25%) and a media sheet (25%). NBA caput coaches will prime 7 players arsenic reserves successful each conference. Fans tin ballot opening connected Thursday, Dec. 19 done Monday, Jan. 20.

The rosters for 3 NBA All-Star teams (Team Chuck, Team Shaq and Team Kenny) are named aft TNT analysts Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal and Kenny Smith, who will service arsenic honorary wide managers. The 3 NBA greats will draught their teams connected Feb. 6.

The Rising Stars arena showcases 4 squads composed of apical first- and second-year NBA players and NBA G League standouts. TNT expert and WNBA fable Candace Parker will service arsenic honorary GM of the champion, known arsenic Team Candace.

The 4 NBA All-Star Game caput coaches will travel from the coaching staffs of the teams pinch the champion regular-season grounds successful each convention done games played connected Feb. 2. The caput coach of the starring Eastern Conference squad and the caput coach of the starring Western Conference squad will each coach an NBA All-Star team. An adjunct coach from 1 of those unit will lead the remaining All-Star team, pinch an adjunct from the different unit successful complaint of the Rising Stars champion.

The 4 teams participating successful the NBA All-Star Game will compete for a prize excavation of $1.8 million, pinch each subordinate connected the championship-winning squad receiving $125,000, each subordinate connected the second-place squad receiving $50,000 and each subordinate connected the third- and fourth-place teams receiving $25,000.

Here's what you request to cognize astir the All-Star Game, and cheque backmost for updates arsenic much specifications are announced.

Event schedule (all times Eastern)

Friday, Feb. 14

NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, 7 p.m., Oakland Arena
Rising Stars, 9 p.m. ET, Chase Center

Saturday, Feb. 15

NBA All-Star practice, 2 p.m., Oakland Arena
Morehouse College vs. Tuskegee University (NBA HBCU Classic), 5 p.m., Oakland Arena
All-Star Saturday Night, 8 p.m., Chase Center

Sunday, Feb. 16

NBA All-Star Game, 8 p.m., Chase Center (TNT)

All-Star news and analysis

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