Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic, left, and forward LeBron James react after a first-quarter play against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Feb. 27. The midseason blockbuster trade that brought Doncic to the Lakers didn't pay off; the Lakers were eliminated in the first round of the NBA playoffs.

Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic, left, and forward LeBron James react after a first-quarter play against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Feb. 27. The midseason blockbuster trade that brought Doncic to the Lakers didn’t pay off; the Lakers were eliminated in the first round of the NBA playoffs.

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The NBA season is about halfway over and that means its time for the All-Star Game. 

The star-studded event gives players a chance to have fun, compete and show off a plethora of skills for the world in a weekend full of events in Los Angeles.

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All-Star weekend has evolved in some ways, but several events haven’t change much, such as the Celebrity Game played Friday and the highly anticipated slam dunk contest and 3-point contest Saturday. The crescendo of events is Sunday in a game that, historically, was Team East vs. Team West, but it has changed in recent years. 

Here is a schedule and breakdown of what to expect for NBA All-Star Game events:

2026 NBA All-Star Game format

This season, the All-Star Game will be a Team USA vs. Team World in a round-robin tournament format. There are 135 international players from 43 countries currently on NBA rosters that help comprise the 450 that make up NBA rosters. 

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Sixteen players were selected to be on Team USA, which will be split in half for two teams of eight. The international player roster will be one team of eight players. 

In the tournament, according to NBA.com, Team A will play Team B in the first game.  The winner of Game 1 will take on the third team in the second game, followed by the losing team of Game 1 meeting the third team in Game 3.

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After the third game, the two teams with the best record will face off for the fourth game, the championship. If all three teams have even records after Game 3, the tiebreaker would be point differential in each team’s two round-robin games.

NBA All-Star rosters

Team A (USA Stars)

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C – Jalen Duren, Detroit Pistons

F – Chet Holmgren, Oklahoma City Thunder

F – Scottie Barnes, Toronto Raptors

G – Devin Booker, Phoenix Suns

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G – Cade Cunningham, Detroit Pistons

Bench: Anthony Edwards, Minnesota Timberwolves; Jalen Johnson, Atlanta Hawks; Tyrese Maxey, Philadelphia 76ers

Team B (USA Stripes)

C – Brandon Ingram, New Orleans Pelicans (injury replacement for Stephen Curry) 

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F – Kevin Durant, Houston Rockets

F – Kawhi Leonard, Los Angeles Clippers (commissioner’s addition to balance the Team USA roster)

G – Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics

G – Jalen Brunson, New York Knicks

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Bench: Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland Cavaliers; LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers; De’Aaron Fox, San Antonio Spurs (injury replacement for Giannis Antetokounmpo

Team C

C – Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets (Serbia) 

F – Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs (France) 

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F – Karl-Anthony Towns, New York Knicks (American-born but competes for Dominican Republic internationally) 

G – Jamal Murray, Denver Nuggets (Canada) 

G – Norman Powell, Miami Heat (American-born but will compete for Jamaica internationally) 

Bench: Luka Dončić, Los Angeles Lakers (Slovenia); Alperen Sengun, Houston Rockets (Turkey — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander injury replacement); Pascal Siakam, Indiana Pacers (Cameroon), Deni Avdija, Portland Trail Blazers (Israel)

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NBA All-Star Game: How to watch

Where: Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif.

TV channel/streaming: NBC/Peacock

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NBA All-Star Weekend schedule

Rising Stars challenge

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Format: Three teams of first- and second-year players were selected by NBA assistant coaches. Voters ranked 10 freshman and sophomore players with the top players earning spots on a team that will play in the tournament. A fourth team is comprised of G League All-Stars.

Team Melo will face Team T-Mac in the first semifinal game, while Team Vince will play Team Austin in the second. The winner of Game 1 will meet the winner of Game 2 in the championship.To win the semifinal, a team must meet or beat 40 points. To win the championship a team will have to meet or beat 25 points.

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Stephon Castle (San Antonio Spurs)
Donovan Clingan (Portland Trail Blazers)
Jeremiah Fears (New Orleans Pelicans)
Cooper Flagg (Dallas Mavericks)
Dylan Harper (San Antonio Spurs)
Collin Murray-Boyles (Toronto Raptors)
Reed Sheppard (Houston Rockets)

Tre Johnson (Washington Wizards)
Kon Knueppel (Charlotte Hornets)
Ajay Mitchell (Oklahoma City Thunder)
Cam Spencer (Memphis Grizzlies)
Alex Sarr (Washington Wizards)
Jaylon Tyson (Cleveland Cavaliers)
Kel’el Ware (Miami Heat)

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Matas Buzelis (Chicago Bulls)
Cedric Coward (Memphis Grizzlies)
Egor Dёmin (Brooklyn Nets)
VJ Edgecombe (Philadelphia 76ers)
Kyshawn George (Washington Wizards)
Derik Queen (New Orleans Pelicans)
Jaylen Wells (Memphis Grizzlies)

Team Austin

Sean East II (Salt Lake City Stars)
Yang Hansen (Rip City Remix)
Ron Harper Jr. (Maine Celtics)
David Jones Garcia (Austin Spurs) [injured, will not play*]
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser (San Diego Clippers)
Alijah Martin (Raptors 905)
Mac McClung (Chicago Bulls)
Tristen Newton (Rio Grande Valley Vipers)

Slam dunk contest

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TV channel: NBA and Peacock

Participants: Carter Bryant, San Antonio Spurs; Jaxson Hayes, Los Angeles Lakers; Keshad Johnson, Miami Heat; Jase Richardson, Orlando Magic

3-point contest

Time: 4 p.m. CT Saturday

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TV channel: NBA and Peacock

Participants: Devin Booker (Phoenix Suns), Kon Knueppel (Charlotte Hornets), Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers), Tyrese Maxey (Philadelphia 76ers), Donovan Mitchell (Cleveland Cavaliers), Jamal Murray (Denver Nuggets), Bobby Portis (Milwaukee Bucks), Norman Powell (Miami Heat)