The 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend is now simply days away, with all the joy set for Feb. 16-18 in Indianapolis. Whereas Friday evening’s Rising Stars Problem and the precise All-Star Recreation on Sunday are each attention-grabbing, All-Star Saturday Night time and its array of occasions are all the time probably the most anticipated a part of the annual showcase. That is no totally different this 12 months, with plenty of stars set to be in motion.
Here is every thing you could know concerning the 2024 iteration of All-Star Saturday evening:
Expertise Problem
- When: Saturday, Feb. 17
- Time: 8 p.m. ET (first occasion) | TV channel: TNT | Dwell stream: TNT app
Contributors:
The workforce format is again for the Expertise Problem, which shall be contested between Workforce Pacers, Workforce Prime Picks and Workforce All-Stars. There shall be three rounds — Workforce Relay, Workforce Passing and Workforce Taking pictures — that problem all contestants in numerous sides of the sport.
The profitable workforce within the first two rounds will obtain “100 Problem Factors,” and the profitable workforce within the third spherical, the capturing competitors, will obtain “200 Problem Factors.” On the conclusion of all three rounds, the workforce with probably the most factors shall be topped champion. Within the occasion of a tie, these two groups will compete in a halfcourt capturing contest, with the workforce that makes a shot from halfcourt within the least period of time declared the winner.
Odds: Prime Picks +140, All-Stars +180, Pacers +180
3-Level Contest
- When: Saturday, Feb. 17
- Time: After Expertise Problem (Approx. 8:45 p.m. ET) | TV channel: TNT | Dwell stream: TNT app
Contributors:
The three-Level Contest stays largely unchanged since its inception. There are 5 racks arrange in 5 spots across the arc with 5 balls every. 4 of the racks have 4 common balls value one level and one cash ball value two factors, whereas one rack has 5 cash balls. Lately, two long-range photographs value three factors have been added to the combination.
Within the first spherical, every contestant may have 70 seconds to make as many photographs as doable, and the highest three scores will advance to the championship spherical. There, these gamers will shoot once more underneath the identical guidelines, with the very best rating within the championship spherical named the winner.
Odds: Lillard +375, Haliburton +425, Younger +500, Beasley +650, Brunson +700, Cities +800, Mitchell +800, Markkanen +800
Steph vs. Sabrina
- When: Saturday, Feb. 17
- Time: After 3-Level Contest (Approx. 9:45 p.m. ET) | TV channel: TNT | Dwell stream: TNT app
Contributors:
A particular occasion has been added to the combination this 12 months, and can characteristic Warriors legend Steph Curry and reigning WNBA 3-Level Contest champion Sabrina Ionescu, who set the very best rating of all-time final summer time with 37 factors. The 2 elite shooters will go head-to-head in a one-round battle underneath commonplace 3-Level Contest guidelines.
Odds: TBD
Dunk Contest
- When: Saturday, Feb. 17
- Time: After Steph vs. Sabrina (Approx. 10 p.m. ET) | TV channel: TNT | Dwell stream: TNT app
Contributors:
As common, the Dunk Contest will shut out All-Star Saturday Night time, and the usual format is again. Every participant will get two dunks within the first spherical, which shall be evaluated by 5 judges. The minimal rating a dunk can obtain is 40, and the utmost is 50. The 2 dunkers with the very best mixed scores within the first spherical will advance to the championship spherical.
There, every dunker will once more have two dunks to point out what they’ll do, and the participant with the very best mixed rating within the championship spherical will elevate the trophy.
Odds: McClung -190, Brown +420, Toppin +600, Jaquez Jr. +650
