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The Shooting Stars event returns to NBA All-Star weekend for the first time since 2015
The Shooting Stars competition returns with four teams of three players each, featuring retirees and current stars competing in a two-round format, replacing the skills contest.
- The NBA brings back the Shooting Stars competition at Intuit Dome on Saturday, Feb. 14, as part of All-Star Weekend, replacing the skills challenge.
- After recent format tweaks to All‑Star Weekend, the league reinstated Shooting Stars, replacing the skills challenge introduced in 2003 to test shooting and ball-handling.
- Four teams of three players will compete in a two-round format with seventy seconds per team to rotate through seven designated shooting spots, with top two advancing and varied point values including a long-range 3-pointer worth 4 points.
- Mixing generations, Ron Harper Sr. teams with sons Ron Harper Jr. and Dylan Harper, while Richard Hamilton, Allan Houston, and others compete; Tyler Herro and Stephen Curry are absent.
- Streaming and creator programming broaden the event beyond on‑court competitions, with Peacock streaming All‑Star Weekend events from Intuit Dome and over 200 content creators featured.
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NBA All-Star Weekend continues across the Atlantic. A trio of New York Knicks stars – two current and one former star – triumphed in the Shooting Stars competition held in Los Angeles on Sunday night.
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The Shooting Stars event returns to NBA All-Star weekend for the first time since 2015
The NBA is bringing back the Shooting Stars contest for All-Star Saturday night. Four three-player teams shoot through timed stations at Intuit Dome, home of the Los Angeles Clippers.
Jalen Brunson Remains Unimpressed Despite Winning Shooting Stars Event
Jalen Brunson (Image Credits: Imagn) The New York Knicks are not disappointing fans with their success this season. After winning the Emirates NBA Cup, they once again amazed their supporters during All-Star Saturday. Teaming up for the Kia Shooting Stars Challenge, Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Allan Houston, and their celebrity passer—Knicks assistant coach (and Jalen’s dad) Rick Brunson—delivered an unforgettable show. They faced off ag…
Knicks’ All-Stars win new rendition of Shooting Stars All-Star event
Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn ImagesJayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images The NBA has brought back its Shooting Stars event for All-Star weekend, and Team Knicks won the first rendition of it since 2015. Team Knicks wins Shooting Stars event The format was a shooting competition between four teams of three. The three players would be made up of two current NBA players and one NBA legend, with the objective to score as many points as possible through each spo…
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