2025 NBA All-Star Game

The 2025 NBA All-Star Championship was a special basketball game held on February 16, 2025. It was part of the National Basketball Association's 2024–25 season and the 74th time the NBA had an All-Star Game. The game was at Chase Center, home of the Golden State Warriors. This was the fourth time the Warriors hosted and the first time the NBA All-Star Game was in San Francisco.

The tournament was different from past games. It used a four-team single-elimination format with two semi-final games and a championship match. The teams were chosen by NBA on TNT analysts Shaquille O'Neal, Kenny Smith, and Charles Barkley, with Candace Parker helping the winning team. Shaq's OGs team won.

Stephen Curry was named the All-Star Most Valuable Player for his great play. The game was shown on TNT for the 23rd and last time before the broadcast moved to NBC.

Background

The Chase Center in San Francisco was chosen to host the All-Star Game on November 6, 2023. The Golden State Warriors made the announcement at a press conference. Many important people were there, including the NBA commissioner Adam Silver, Warriors leaders, and the mayor of San Francisco, London Breed.

Format change

On December 17, 2024, the NBA announced a new way to play the All-Star Game. It will now be a four-team tournament with a championship, like the Rising Stars Challenge format used since 2022. Each team will have 8 players.

The first three teams will be made up of all-star players chosen by NBA on TNT analysts Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal, and Kenny Smith. They will act as honorary general managers for Team Chuck, Team Shaq, and Team Kenny.

The fourth team will be the winner of the Rising Stars Challenge, led by honorary general manager Candace Parker, known as Team Candace.

The coaches for each team will come from the teams with the best records in each conference up to February 2, 2025. The first team to score 40 points will win each game.

All-Star Game

Coaches

Oklahoma City Thunder’s Mark Daigneault and Cleveland Cavaliers’s Kenny Atkinson were picked to coach the All-Star Game. Mark Daigneault became a coach on January 19, and Kenny Atkinson on January 23. Two assistant coaches joined them from the Oklahoma City Thunder and Cleveland Cavaliers.

Rosters

Fans voted for the All-Star Game players using the NBA website and their Google accounts. The starters were chosen by fans, media, and NBA players. Fans made up half of the vote, while NBA players and media each made up a quarter. The top two guards and three frontcourt players in each conference were named starters. Two players in each conference were named team captains. NBA head coaches chose the reserves for their own conferences.

The starters were announced on January 23, 2025. For the East, Donovan Mitchell and Jalen Brunson were the starting guards, with Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jayson Tatum, and Karl-Anthony Towns as the frontcourt starters. In the West, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Stephen Curry were the starting guards, and Kevin Durant, LeBron James, and Nikola Jokić were the frontcourt starters.

The reserves were announced on January 30, 2025. The West reserves included Anthony Edwards, Anthony Davis, James Harden, Jaren Jackson Jr., Alperen Şengün, Jalen Williams, and Victor Wembanyama. The East reserves included Damian Lillard, Darius Garland, Jaylen Brown, Cade Cunningham, Tyler Herro, Evan Mobley, and Pascal Siakam.

Draft

The NBA All-Star draft happened on February 6, 2025.

Lineups

Bracket

*Team Chris, winners of the Rising Stars Challenge.

Semi-finals

Championship game

Shaq's OGs won the mini-tournament. Stephen Curry scored points for the OGs and was named the All-Star MVP.

All-Star Weekend

NBA on TNT American Express Road Show

Celebrity Game

Further information: NBA All-Star Weekend Celebrity Game

The 2025 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game happened on Friday, February 14, 2025, at the Oakland Arena in Oakland, California. Famous athletes like NFL legend Jerry Rice and MLB legend Barry Bonds helped coach the teams. Special rules, such as "Crunch Time" and the four-point line, were used again this year.

Rising Stars Challenge

Further information: Rising Stars Challenge

Some players could not join because of injuries, and others were chosen to take their places.

Skills Challenge

Further information: NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge

Three Point Contest

Further information: Three-Point Contest

  Indicates the champion

Slam Dunk Contest

Further information: Slam Dunk Contest

  Indicates the champion

Entertainment

The Canadian national anthem was sung by pop singer Alessia Cara. The American national anthem was sung by a Los Angeles firefighter named Dennis R. Rodriguez. During the halftime show, DJ Cassidy, E-40, Too Short, Saweetie, and En Vogue with former member Maxine Jones entertained everyone. R&B singer Raphael Saadiq sang during the player introductions.