**NBA ALL-STAR GAME: Salt Lake City, Utah

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NBA ALL-STAR GAME 2023: Location, schedule, roster, news and more​

The 2023 NBA All-Star Game is set to take place Feb. 19 at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City. This season's game marks the 30th anniversary of the first NBA All-Star Game hosted by the Utah Jazz in 1993. This year will also feature the NBA HBCU Classic with a game between Gambling State and Southern on Feb. 18.

2023 NBA ALL-STAR STARTERS
Eastern Conference
C - Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee
G - Kyrie Erving, Brooklyn
G - Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland
F - Kevin Durant, Brooklyn
F - Jayson Tatum, Boston

Western Conference
F - LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers
C - Nikola Jokic, Denver
G - Stephen Curry, Golden State
G - Luka Doncic, Dallas
F - Zion Williamson, New Orleans

Three voting groups determined the starters: • Fans (50%) • NBA players (25%) • Media panel 25%)


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Magic's Paolo Banchero headlines squad for NBA's Rising Stars​

Paolo Banchero's rookie season will include a trip to NBA All-Star Weekend. The Orlando Magic forward and No. 1 pick in last year's draft was announced Tuesday as a participant in this year's Rising Stars Game, to be held in Salt Lake City on Feb. 17, two nights before the All-Star Game. Banchero -- who leads all rookies with 20.7 points per game -- may still be selected as an All-Star reserve. Those players will be revealed Thursday.

Also picked for the game from this year's rookie class: Detroit's Jalen Duren and Jaden Ivey, Atlanta's AJ Griffin, Utah's Walker Kessier, Indiana's Bennedict Mathurin and Andrew Nembhard, Sacramento's Keegan Murray, Houston's Jabari Smith Jr., San Antonio's Jeremy Sochan and Oklahoma City's Jalen Williams.

The second-year players selected were New Orleans' Jose Alvarado and Trey Murphy III, Toronto's Scottie Barned, Oklahoma City's Josh Giddey, Houston's Jalen Green and Alperen Sengun, New York's Quentin Grimes, Denver's Bones Hyland, Cleveland's Evan Mobley and Orlando's Franz Wagner.

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2023 NBA All-Star schedule​

Friday, Feb. 17

• NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN and the ESPN App)
• NBA Rising Stars Challenge, 9 p.m. ET (TNT)

Saturday, Feb. 18

• NBA HBCU Classic: Grambling State vs. Southern, 4 p.m. ET (ESPN2 and the ESPN App)
• NBA All-Star Saturday (skills challenge, 3-point contest, dunk contest), 8 p.m. ET (TNT)

Sunday, Feb. 19

• 72nd NBA All-Star Game, 8 p.m. ET (TNT)

 

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Joel Embild, Ja Morant headline 2023 NBA All-Star Game reserves
After the starters from both conferences were announced last week, the seven reserves from the East and West were selected by the league's head coaches in voting conducted over the past several days.

 

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Sources: Pelicans Zion Williamson out through All-Star break
Williamson was voted in as a starter for the game despite having only played in 29 games this season. When Williamson has played, the Pelicans are 17-12, but without him, they are 12-15.


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Williamson hurt his hamstring on Jan. 2 against the Philadelphia 76ers in the third quarter. He has not played since. In those 29 games, Williamson is averaging 26 points, seven rebounds and 4.6 assists while shooting 60.8% from the floor.

 

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Minnesota's Anthony Edwards, Toronto's Pascal Siakam, Sacramento's Deaaron Fox are All-Star adds
The three players will replace Phoenix Sun's Kevin Durant, Golden Statet's Stephen Curry and New Orlean's Zion Williamson.

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LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo are serving as captains, with the All-Star draft between the two to be held before the game on Feb. 19.

 

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Giannis, Damian Lillard among All-Star Saturday participants​

Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo is teaming up with his brothers again on All-Star Saturday. Portland's Damian Lillard is taking a third shot at the 3-point title, which Indiana's Buddy Hield will aim to win again, and Philadelphia's Mac McClung now can be a slam dunk champion at the NBA and high
school levels. The NBA released the full list of participants for All-Star Saturday's events in Salt Lake City: the skills competition, the 3-point contest and the dunk contest. It'll be a particularly busy weekend for 11 players who are now slotted to be in multiple events during the three days of action in Utah.

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Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo sprains right wrist; All-Star status unclear
Antetokounmpo closes out the season's first half as the first player in NBA history to average 30 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists on 50% shooting at the All-Star break, according to research by ESPN Stats & Information.

 

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NBA alters All-Star game draft; starters to be picked last
Unlike in years past when the All-Star team captains drafted their rosters on a television simulcast from their respective cities weeks before the All-Star Game, this year's draft will be conducted live on stage at Vivint Arena approximately 90 minutes to half an hour before tipoff Sunday, a league spokesman told ESPN.

 

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Mac McClung dominates field to win NBA slam dunk contest
Three of McClung's four dunks earned him straight 50s by the panel of judges, and he completed all of them on his first attempt, generating a palpable buzz through the Vivint Arena crowd as he prepared for every subsequent stuff.

 

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Lillard wins NBA 3-point contest
Lillard, who is known for his penchant for making clutch, game-winning shots late in games, was pleased this happened in the same fashion.

 

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Hometown team Utah wins All-Star skills challenge
It was the third time Utah players won the event since it was introduced in 2003, joining Trey Burke (2014) and Deron Williams (2008).

 

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Jayson Tatum scores All-Star record 55 points, wins MVP
Tatum, who grew up idolizing Kobe Bryant and trained with the Lakers legend early in his Celtics career, was awarded the Kobe Bryant All-Star MVP trophy after the game.

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Most points in All-Star game

2023	Jayson Tatum	55
2017	Anthony Davis	52
2022	Stephen Curry	50
1962	Wilt Chamberlain	42