NBA All-Star Weekend 2025: Live results, updates from the Bay Area
The 2025 NBA All-Star Weekend has arrived with festivities taking place in the Bay Area.
The Golden State Warriors are hosting All-Star Weekend for the first time since 2000, a year full of iconic moments such as Vince Carter’s performance in the dunk contest. The events will take place at Chase Center and Oakland Arena.
The star-studded weekend began Friday with the annual celebrity game, where Team Bonds earned a 66-55 win. The Rising Stars event took center stage next, with Team C winning the four-team tournament and advancing to play in the All-Star Game on Sunday. On Saturday, Team Cavs won the skills challenge before Tyler Herro won the 3-point contest. The slam dunk contest will take place next. The 74th NBA All-Star Game will take place Sunday.
This year’s game features a new format with four teams competing in a tournament. Three squads — Team Chuck, Team Shaq and Team Kenny — were drafted by TNT’s “Inside the NBA” analysts, while the fourth, Team Candace, is made up of the Rising Stars game champion.
The tournament includes three games: two semifinals and a championship, with each player on the winning team earning $125,000. Second-place players receive $50,000, while those on the third- and fourth-place teams take home $25,000 each.
Here are the highlights from the 2025 NBA All-Star Weekend.
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The NBA All-Star Game has been trending in the wrong direction for a few years now, but it reached a tipping point last season when the Western Conference defeated the Eastern Conference, 211-186, in a game that broke numerous scoring records.
In response to wide-ranging criticism, the NBA decided to change things up this year. Instead of a traditional All-Star Game, Sunday night’s festivities have been turned into a mini tournament that will feature four teams. The All-Star player pool was drafted into three teams — Kenny’s Young Guns, Chuck’s Global Stars and Shaq’s OGs — and they will be joined by the winner of Rising Stars, Team C.
Game 1 of the single-elimination event will feature Kenny’s Young Stars vs. Chuck’s Global Stars, while Game 2 will pit Shaq’s OGs against Team C. The winners of those two games will square off in the championship later in the evening. In all three games, the winner will be the first team to reach or surpass 40 points.
There will be a $1.8 million prize pool at stake, with each player on the winning team receiving $125,000.
Will the new format result in a more competitive evening? The NBA certainly hopes so, but the players themselves aren’t so sure. During All-Star media day on Saturday, stars from around the league shared their thoughts on the new set-up. Here’s what they had to say:
“Definitely, yeah, [my intention is to go all out],” Wembanyama said. “That’s the goal. The goal is not to chill, for sure.
“I guess maybe it’s not something I learned; I guess it’s maybe innate. But it was definitely encouraged in our family’s culture around sport, of course. I don’t know. I just feel lucky to be — that I have that will to stay true to myself.”
“I mean, I think that’s probably why they put this type of format in, to kind of heighten that sense of pride and not wanting to be on the wrong end of that,” Lillard said.
“I mean, we’ll see. I think one thing about a team full of young players is they’re going to come out there and they’re going to play with some energy. They’re going to play fast. I think that’ll probably heighten the competition. So we’ll see.”
“I’m one guy out there,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “I would love to play — if you’re asking where my stance is, I would love to play like a pickup game, like we do in the summertime for sure. But I’m one guy out there, and I’m not about to be the only guy diving on loose balls.”
“We’ll see. We’ll see,” Durant said. “It’s different from what we’re used to, but it’s basketball at the end of the day. I think guys will go out there and try to play and impress the fans and stay healthy and give a good show.”
“I don’t really know too much about it,” Edwards said.
“I’ll just pick up full court and go from there,” Jackson said. “A lot of talk about it. I’m sure that’s, like, the hottest topic just because of the past couple years. I’m sure dudes aren’t trying to lose 40-0, so I’ll just pick up full court.”
“Maybe [it will improve the competitivness],” Jokic said. “We will see. I think it’s definitely something that we’ve worked to change and it’s worth a try. We’ll see how the players will react and how it’s going to be.”
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NBA All-Star Weekend is always jam-packed with celebrities and wild events, including the crowd-favorite slam dunk contest. This year, two-time champion Mac McClung, who plays for the Orlando Magic, will return to defend his dunk title in a contest against the Chicago Bulls’ Matas Buzelis, the San Antonio Spurs’ Stephon Castle, and Andre Jackson Jr. of the Milwaukee Bucks. The dunk contest is one of three events that comprise All-Star Saturday Night, which also features the Kia Skills Challenge and the Starry 3-point Contest.
Taking place in San Francisco this year, All-Star Weekend also includes the celebrity All-Star game and the Rising Stars competition on Friday, as well as the newly-formatted All-Star tournament and championship game on Sunday night. Get the full schedule of games and events at 2025 All-Star weekend including information about how to watch them all below.
Dates: Feb. 15, 2025
Time: 8 p.m. ET
TV channel(s): TNT, TruTV
Streaming: Max, DirecTV, Hulu with Live TV and more
Two-time defending champion Mac McClung of the Orlando Magic will be competing against the Chicago Bulls’ Matas Buzelis, the San Antonio Spurs’ Stephon Castle, and Andre Jackson Jr. of the Milwaukee Bucks.
This season, the NBA’s All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest, as well as the Kia Skills Challenge and the Starry 3-point Contest, will air on TNT and truTV as part of All-Star Saturday Night. These channels are all available on platforms like DirecTV, Sling, and Hulu + Live TV, as well as on Max.
All times Eastern
Friday, Feb. 14
All-Star celebrity game, 7 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN+)
Rising Stars competition, 9 p.m. (TNT, TruTV, Max)
Saturday, Feb. 15
NBA All-Star practice, 2 p.m. (NBA TV)
NBA HBCU Classic, 5 p.m. (NBA TV)
All-Star Saturday Night (includes Kia Skills Challenge, Starry 3-point Contest & AT&T Slam Dunk Contest), 8 p.m. (TNT, TruTV, Max)
Sunday, Feb. 16
NBA Legends Brunch, 2 p.m. (NBA TV)
NBA All-Star Semifinal, Game 1, 8:20 p.m. (TNT, TruTV, Max)
NBA All-Star Semifinal, Game 2, 9:10 p.m. (TNT, TruTV, Max)
NBA All-Star Championship Game, 10 p.m. (TNT, TruTV, Max)
This year, All-Star players have been split into four teams of eight players this year, each of them drafted by TNT analysts Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley, Candace Parker, and Kenny Smith. The team breakdowns are as follows:
Team Chuck: Nikola Jokic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Victor Wembanyama, Pascal Siakam, Alperen Sengun, Karl-Anthony Towns, Donovan Mitchell, and Trae Young. (Giannis Antetokounmpo was originally picked to play but has been replaced by Young due to injury.)
Team Shaq: LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Kevin Durant, Damian Lillard, James Harden and Kyrie Irving (who replaces an injured Anthony Davis).
Team Kenny: Anthony Edwards, Jalen Brunson, Jaren Jackson Jr., Jalen Williams, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, Cade Cunningham and Tyler Herro.
Team Candace: TBD
In addition, a huge roster of entertainers and athletes will be participating in Friday night’s Ruffles NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, including Shaboozey, Noah Kahan, Terrell Owens, Matt Barnes, Walker Hayes and many others.
While we typically love Fubo for most sports, there’s one caveat when subscribing to Fubo specifically for NBA access, and that’s the fact that the platform doesn’t carry TNT, which will be carrying a majority of All-Star weekend coverage, including the dunk contest on Saturday. Fortunately, you can tune in to TNT, as well as ESPN, ABC, NBA TV and ESPN2 on DirecTV and Hulu with Live TV, which will give you access to all of the weekend’s events.
DIRECTV has the channels you need to watch All-Star Weekend’s basketball games live, including ABC, ESPN, TNT, FOX Sports, NBA TV & 40+ regional sports networks, making it one of the most comprehensive places to watch the NBA. You can also add on a subscription NBA League Pass so you won’t have to miss a single out-of-market game. After a free trial, packages start at $74.99/month.
Max has been “the one to watch” for entertainment fans for quite some time, but now it’s got sports fans covered, too. For an unspecified limited time, Max subscribers can get the new B/R Sports add-on totally free. That means you can watch live NBA games and All-Star Weekend coverage on TBS, TNT, and truTV, included in your Max subscription!
With NBA League Pass, you can tune into hundreds of live and on-demand games each season. A Premium plan lets fans stream on up to three devices at once with 4-game multi-view and 24/7 access to NBA TV. And now through Feb. 14, gift subscriptions are available for 30% off the regular rate; grab a 12-month subscription for someone you love for just $76.99.
