LIVE: NBA All-Star rosters picked as big guns collide under new format

Basketball
Published 19.02.2023
LIVE: NBA All-Star rosters picked as big guns collide under new format

The NBA massive weapons strut their stuff within the 2023 All-Star sport stay from Utah on Monday at 12pm (AEDT).

While the starters and reserves for the marquee match have already been introduced, the groups themselves are nonetheless but to be determined.

That will occur round half-hour earlier than tip off when workforce captains LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo select their respective sides on the court docket playground fashion in a tweak to the format after the squads had beforehand been chosen nicely earlier than the sport itself.

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James and Antetokounmpo will first decide from the reserves pool after which choose their starters.

It’s not the one change, with the format of the sport totally different this 12 months too. The first three quarters might be 12 minutes lengthy and the workforce that wins every interval might be awarded a money prize to go to charity.

James and Antetokounmpo are the team captains (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
James and Antetokounmpo are the workforce captains (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)Source: FOX SPORTS

The fourth time period will then use the Elam Ending to play to a goal rating, which might be decided by the successful workforce’s level complete after three quarters and including 24 factors.

The sport caps off the NBA’s All-Star weekend after Saturday’s Rising Star Challenge adopted by Sunday’s Skills Challenge, 3-Point Contest and Slam Dunk Contest.

Below are the complete 2023 NBA All-Star sport rosters together with damage replacements, with Denver’s Mike Malone to teach Team LeBron and Boston’s Joe Mazzulla to steer Team Giannis.

2023 NBA ALL-STAR STARTERS

LeBron James (LA Lakers) [captain]

Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks) [captain]

Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics)

Donovan Mitchell (Cleveland Cavaliers)

Kyrie Irving (Dallas Mavericks)

Luka Doncic (Dallas Mavericks)

Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets)

Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers) [replaced Kevin Durant as a starter)

Ja Morant (Memphis Grizzlies) [replaced Steph Curry as a starter]

Lauri Markkanen (Utah Jazz) [replaced Zion Williamson as a starter]

2023 NBA ALL-STAR RESERVES

Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves [injury replacement for Zion Williamson]

De’Aaron Fox (Sacramento Kings) [injury replacement for Stephen Curry]

Paul George (Los Angeles Clippers)

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder)

Jaren Jackson Jr. (Memphis Grizzlies)

Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers)

Domantas Sabonis (Sacramento Kings)

Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat)

Jaylen Brown (Boston Celtics)

DeMar DeRozan (Chicago Bulls)

Tyrese Haliburton (Indiana Pacers)

Jrue Holiday (Milwaukee Bucks)

Julius Randle (New York Knicks)

Pascal Siakam (Toronto Raptors) [injury replacement for Kevin Durant]