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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2025 NBA Slam Dunk Contest results, highlights: Mac McClung jumps over car on way to three-peat
NBA Slam Dunk Contest history was made Saturday night in San Francisco. Mac McClung, who had four perfect 50s on four attempts, won the Dunk Contest for the third consecutive year, becoming the first player in history to pull off a three-peat in the event. McClung took down Spurs rookie Stephon Castle in the finals.
McClung, currently of the G League’s Oscala Magic, started off the night by dunking over a car.
He followed it up with three more 50s, that includes dunking two balls on his third attempt:
And tapping the rim after jumping over Cavs All-Star Evan Mobley on his final attempt:
Castle had the other perfect score on the night, and he kept the pressure on McClung in the final round. Bulls rookie Matas Buzelis and Bulls guard Andre Jackson Jr. were eliminated after the first round of the Dunk Contest.
While McClung pulled off his three-peat, Damian Lillard came up short. Lillard, going for his third straight 3-point Shootout victory, was ousted in the first round. Heat All-Star Tyler Herro edged Warriors’ Buddy Hield in the finals to win the 2025 3-point contest.
Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley (aka Team Cavs) won the Skills Challenge, which kicked off the night with some unexpected controversy. Chris Paul and Victor Wembanyama (aka Team Spurs) were disqualified from the competition for not taking “valid” shot attempts.
Mac McClung has now won the last three dunk contests, and the question on everyone’s lips is whether or not there he’ll be back next year to make it four. “This might be it for me, we’ll see,” McClung said on the broadcast. “If they want me back bad enough, I’ll think about it.” Based on the relatively unenthused reception most of Saturday’s events got, the NBA will have to do whatever it takes to get McClung to compete next season.
The final dunk almost felt like a victory lap. This time, he jumped over Evan Mobley and tapped the ball off of the rim before dunking it. Unsurprisingly, he was named the dunk contest winner for the third consecutive year. All four of his dunks were scored as 50s. McClung is now the first player ever to win three consecutive dunk contests.
Poor Stephon Castle. After showing us a genuinely innovative dunk on his third attempt, Mac McClung returned to blow him out of the water with this gem. He pulled one ball off of a hoverboard while another one waited for him on the rim. He dunked both of them. Shocker: another 50.
Well, well, well. It looks like we might have some competition for Mac McClung after all! After a relatively ho-hum first two dunks, Stephon Castle opens the finals with a dunk we’ve never seen. He just caught the ball after it went through the net and still went through the legs. Judge Jesser was the only one not to give him a 50.
Stephon Castle may be joining Mac McClung in the Finals, but the night belongs to the two-time defending champion. His second dunk wasn’t quite as incredible as his first, but it was still a clear 50.
We have our first dunk tribute of the evening, but in this case, the follow-up was actually more impressive than the original. All the way back in 2009, Blake Griffin won his Dunk Contest by jumping over the hood of a Kia. Two-time defending champion Mac McClung delivered a Griffin tribute… except he jumped over the entire car! This is one of the easiest 50s you will ever see, and a statement from the returning champion that he does not plan to hand over his crown.
First-time All-Star Tyler Herro is our 2025 3-Point champion. Buddy Hield, who tied the single-round record with 31 points in the first round, gave him a real run for his money despite missing his first seven shots in the final. Hield needed to make all five of his money rack shots to win, but wound up missing his fourth. That gave Herro, who scored 24 points in the final round, the win. Darius Garland’s 19 rounded out the final round scores.
Damian Lillard’s winning streak is over! The two-time defending 3-point champion has been eliminated as Buddy Hield, Darius Garland and Tyler Herro all advance to the final round of the 3-point Contest. Below are the first-round scores for all eight shooters in what was, on balance, a lackluster showing. Hield, at least, managed to tie Stephen Curry’s record for the best single round in the event’s history.
Buddy Hield: 31
Darius Garland: 24
Tyler Herro: 19
Damian Lillard: 18
Jalen Brunson: 18
Cade Cunningham: 16
Norm Powell: 14
Cam Johnson: 14
Be honest, you assumed that Chris Paul concocted San Antonio’s scheme to win the Skills Challenge by intentionally missing shots, didn’t you? It would certainly be in-character for a player who once successfully lobbied a referee to call a uniform violation on an opponent, after all. Paul has always been a stickler for rules, so he seems like the sort of player who could break a challenge like this. Alas, it was actually Wembanyama’s idea, according to ESPN’s Michael C. Wright. Paul did not speak to media Saturday, but Wembanyama revealed it after the Skills Challenge.
After the controversy surrounding Team Spurs’ disqualification, Team Cavs — comprised of Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley — went on to beat the hometown Team Warriors to take home the Skills Challenge championship.
Just another win for the Cavs, who comfortably lead the Eastern Conference with a record of 44-10.
Team Spurs, comprised of Chris Paul and Victor Wembanyama, was disqualified from Saturday night’s Skills Challenge for failing to make a “valid attempt” on their jump shots. Rather than shooting their 3-pointers and free throws, Wembanyama and Paul simply threw the balls off the rack in an effort to save time.
Afterward, it was announced that an actual attempt is required from each spot, leading to their disqualification. Skills Challenge controversy!
We’re just a few minutes away from the first event of the night. The Skills Challenge, featuring notable names like Victor Wembanyama, Chris Paul and Draymond Green, is up first.
The Stephen Curry vs. Sabrina Ionescu shootout last year on All-Star Saturday in Indy was the highlight of All-Star Weekend for many fans. With the Warriors hosting festivities this year, a rematch seemed like a no-brainer. However, the NBA earlier this week announced it would not be happening. Here’s why:
CBS Sports’ Sam Quinn has his best picks for tonight’s festivities, including a three-peat for Mac McClung in the Dunk Contest:
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The Philadelphia Eagles prevented one three-peat six days ago, dismantling the Kansas City Chiefs in a dominant Super Bowl LIX victory. But the sports world didn’t have to wait long for its next, if much-less-heralded three-peat opportunity. Both Damian Lillard (3-point Shootout) and Mac McClung (Dunk Contest) are trying to win their respective events for the third year in a row.
Lillard would join Craig Hodges (1990-92) and Larry Bird (1986-88) as 3-point three-peaters. A three-peat in the Dunk Contest has never been done. Will we see history on Saturday?
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The Spurs’ Stephon Castle takes home MVP honors to help Team C win the title and advance to Sunday’s All-Star Game mini-tournament.
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San Antonio Spurs rookie and Rising Stars MVP Stephon Castle led the way with 12 points and two assists in the final, a 25-14 victory over Team G League.
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> Game 1: Team C 40, Team T 34
> Game 2: Team G League 40, Team M 39
> Game 3: Team C 25, Team G League 14
SAN FRANCISCO — Team C, comprised of five rookies and two second-year players, will play in the 74th annual All-Star Game on Sunday, having won the Castrol Rising Stars at All-Star 2025 on Friday night.
San Antonio Spurs rookie and Rising Stars MVP Stephon Castle led the way with 12 points and two assists in the final, a 25-14 victory over Team G League. He scored eight straight points for Team M at one point and found Utah Jazz guard Keyonte George in transition for the game-winning 3-pointer from the left wing. Team M trailed by four early, but then went on a 17-2 run to win the competition.
Team C ran out to an early, double-digit lead in the first semifinal. Team T was within four points late, but Castle finished them off with a step-back jumper from the right elbow, Team C’s fifth attempt at the game-winning bucket. Team C shot 61% and was led by George with 10 points, while Team T’s Gradey Dick had a game-high 12.
The second semifinal was a thriller, with the Portland Trail Blazers’ Bryce McGowens giving Team G League the win with a 3-pointer with his team down 39-37. It was a close game throughout and Team M left the door open by missing five of six free throws down the stretch. McGowens (12) and the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Leonard Miller (14) scored 26 of Team G League’s 40 points, while the Houston Rockets’ Amen Thompson led Team M with 10.
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Team C’s Stephon Castle is presented with the MVP trophy for the 2025 Castrol Rising Stars.
Honorary coach = Tim Hardaway
Honorary coach = Mitch Richmond
Honorary coach = Chris Mullin
Honorary coach = Jeremy Lin
* Rookies Ryan Dunn (PHX) and Matas Buzelis (CHI) along with sophomores Anthony Black (ORL), Toumani Camara (POR), Ausar Thompson (DET), Brandin Podziemski (GSW) and Julian Strawther (DEN) have been named replacements for the 2025 Castrol Rising Stars.
Rookies Jared McCain (PHI) and Yves Missi (NOP) along with sophomores Victor Wembanyama (SAS), Brandon Miller (CHA), Dereck Lively II (DAL), Cason Wallace (OKC) and Scott Henderson (POR) will not play.
The Castrol Rising Stars player pool consists of 10 NBA rookies, 11 NBA sophomores and seven NBA G League players. The 21 NBA players, selected by NBA assistant coaches, were split into three seven-player teams. The seven NBA G League players, selected by the league office, comprise the fourth team.
New for 2025, the winning Rising Stars team will feature in the All-Star Game mini-tournament on Sunday, Feb. 16, competing against the NBA All-Stars. TNT analyst and WNBA legend Candace Parker will serve as honorary GM of the Rising Stars champion, known as Team Candace.
In the Castrol Rising Stars mini-tournament, Team C will face Team T in the first semifinal (Game 1), and Team G League will play Team M in the second semifinal (Game 2). The winner of Game 1 will meet the winner of Game 2 in the championship (Game 3).
For each semifinal game, the winner will be the first team to reach or surpass 40 points. For the championship game, the winner will be the first team to reach or surpass 25 points.
The winning Rising Stars team will play in the All-Star Game mini-tournament on Sunday, Feb. 16, competing against the NBA All-Stars. TNT analyst and WNBA legend Candace Parker will serve as honorary GM of the Rising Stars champion, known as Team Candace.
In selecting the NBA players for Castrol Rising Stars, each NBA team submitted one ballot per coaching staff. Each coaching staff selected four frontcourt players, four guards and two additional players at either position, in order of preference, for the rookie ballot and the sophomore ballot. Coaches were not permitted to vote for any player on their team.
The NBA participants for Castrol Rising Stars were determined by the total points each player received from the ballots. Points were awarded based on where a player was ranked on each ballot. The player pool includes one more sophomore than rookie based on total points received.
A trio of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famers are among the four coaches who will serve as honorary head coaches for the Castrol Rising Stars.
The NBA announced Tim Hardaway Sr., Chris Mullin and Mitch Richmond — all of whom are former Golden State Warriors players — will serve as honorary coaches as will former NBA player and Warriors guard Jeremy Lin.
Assistant coaches from the NBA All-Star Game coaching staffs – the Cleveland Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder – will join the honorary head coaches in coaching the Castrol Rising Stars teams.
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