After a whirlwind 48 hours of in the Bay Area, we have arrived at the main event: Sunday’s All-Star Game tournament.
NBA All-Star weekendThe league, after several tweaks to the game’s format in recent years, has . will compete Sunday night for the All-Star crown.
landed on a new setupFour teams of eight players eachCharles Barkley’s “Global Stars” will face Kenny Smith’s “Young Stars” in the night’s first game, set to tip at 5:20 p.m. Then Shaquille O’Neal’s “OGs” will play Candace Parker’s “Rising Stars” — the winning team from Friday’s Rising Stars game.
The winners of those two semifinal games will compete in the title game. All games will be played to 40 points, keeping things moving and avoiding the 200-point scorelines we have seen in recent All-Star Games.
Stephen Curry is on O’Neal’s team alongside former Warriors teammate Kevin Durant (now with the Suns), longtime postseason foe LeBron James (Lakers) and Cal product Jaylen Brown (Celtics). that the would miss the event with ankle and foot discomfort.
James announced Sunday in a pregame press conference