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Pistons-Led USA Stars Team Wins New-Look NBA All-Star Game
The NBA's new format splits 24 stars into three teams for a mini-tournament to boost competition and showcase its international talent, with Americans still 70% of rosters.
- On Sunday, February 15, the NBA debuted a US-versus-World mini-tournament at the Intuit Dome, with 24 stars divided into two teams made up of players from the United States and one team of international players, broadcast on NBC and streamed on Peacock.
- Faced with falling interest, the NBA moved away from the East‑versus‑West format after low competitiveness and declining audiences, while foreign MVP winners pushed a US‑versus‑World framing to boost intensity.
- Under the new rules, each matchup is a 12‑minute standalone game in a round‑robin structure with two U.S. teams and one world team, where point differential is the first tiebreaker.
- The USA Stars won 47-21 over USA Stripes, with Edwards earning MVP and players collecting a $125,000 award, after the tournament's final on Sunday.
- Former President Barack Obama noted that international stars boosted 'the appeal of the game' during the All-Star event on Sunday, with NBC scheduling an earlier start time.
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The NBA All-Star Weekend was won by the USA Stars, who defeated the USA Stripes in the finals of the tournament, which was held in a new format. Luka Dončić also played for the World Team, scoring two points and two assists in five minutes on the court.
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For the first times since 2010, the Denver Nuggets had two representatives participating in the NBA All-Star Game – or Games – in three-time MVP Nikola Jokic and star guard Jamal Murray, who was making his first ASG appearance. They dynamic duo – who’ve formed one of the NBA’s best tandems over the past decade – both started for the World Team in the debut of the three-team, round-robin format.Between 2011 and 2019, Denver did not have a single …
NBA All-Star Game results: Team Stars wins, Anthony Edwards earns MVP as NBA seems to fix All-Star Game problem
The Sporting News tracked live scores, stats, and highlights as Team USA takes on Team World in the 2026 NBA All-Star game. Here are all of the updates.
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