The NBA All-Star Weekend kicks off with the Rising Stars competition. First- and second-year NBA players and G League players will compete in a three-game mini-tournament on Friday at 9:00 p.m. ET on TNT. Four teams will compete in two matches, with the winners of those matches contesting a third match for the Rising Stars title. The two semi-final games will be played to a final target score of 40 and the championship game will be played to a final target score of 25. The teams’ coaches are Pau Gasol, Deron Williams and Joakim Noah, who were drafted among the NBA rookies and sophomores, and Jason Terry, who will lead the G-League team.
How to watch Rising Stars
What: Rising Stars Tournament at NBA All-Star Weekend
If: 9 p.m. ET Friday
Where: Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City
TV: TNT
Time schedule: Game 1, Team Pau 40, Team Deron 25
Game 2, Team Joakim 40, Team Jason 32
Game 3, Championship: Team Pau vs. Team Joakim
Follow the Rising Stars competition.
Rising Teams
Team Paul
Team Deron
Team Joakim
Team Jason
Sidy Cissoko, G League Ignite
Scoot Henderson, G League Ignite
Mojave King, G League Ignite
Kenneth Lofton Jr., Memphis Hustle
Mac McClung, Delaware Blue Coats/Philadelphia 76ers (two-way contract)
Leonard Miller, G League Ignite
Scotty Pippen Jr., South Bay Lakers