NBA All-Star Game

The 2023 NBA All-Star Game is underway at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City. Here are the top moments from Sunday's action!

[ National Basketball Association](/stories/nba/mac-mcclung-commits-to-2024-nba-dunk-contest-ill-be-back) [ National Basketball Association](/stories/nba/durant-silver-offer-differing-views-on-trade-demands-in-nba) [ National Basketball Association](/stories/nba/nba-odds-skills-contests-draws-shooters-dunkers) [ National Basketball Association](/stories/nba/kevin-love-picks-miami-heat-also-to-sign-cody-zeller) [Damian Lillard](https://www.foxsports.com/nba/damian-lillard-player) showed it was his time in the 3-Point Contest. [ National Basketball Association](/stories/nba/2023-nba-title-odds-updated-championship-futures-after-trade-deadline) Both players will pick from the reserve pool first before moving to the starter pool. [View All Stories](/stories) The recently-signed [Sixer](https://www.foxsports.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers-team) stole the show with a slew of never-before-seen jams to make off with the Dunk Contest title. [Ja Morant](https://www.foxsports.com/nba/ja-morant-player), [Luka Dončić](https://www.foxsports.com/nba/luka-doncic-player), [Nikola Jokić](https://www.foxsports.com/nba/nikola-jokic-player), [Lauri Markkanen](https://www.foxsports.com/nba/lauri-markkanen-player), [Joel Embiid](https://www.foxsports.com/nba/joel-embiid-player), [Kyrie Irving](https://www.foxsports.com/nba/kyrie-irving-player), [Donovan Mitchell](https://www.foxsports.com/nba/donovan-mitchell-player) and [Jayson Tatum](https://www.foxsports.com/nba/jayson-tatum-player). [LeBron James](https://www.foxsports.com/nba/lebron-james-player) and [Giannis Antetokounmpo](https://www.foxsports.com/nba/giannis-antetokounmpo-player) will pick their respective teams. But [Mac McClung](https://www.foxsports.com/nba/mac-mcclung-player) might have been the man of the night.

The Joker and the Magician have arrived. Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic and Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic showed up to the All-Star Game in Utah in ...

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Josh Giddey put on a show on and off the court for this year's All-Star Weekend. The 23-year-old player was spotted in an icy blue pair of leather pants with a match turtle neck sweater. Players are often spotted in their finest ensembles as they watch the events over the course of the weekend.

Team captains LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo chose their respective sides on the court playground style in a tweak to the format after the squads had ...

[Click here!](https://go.arena.im/live/fox-sports-australia/QFkNi0Y?v=2) (Memphis Grizzlies) was the last reserve taken. The Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. Knicks star Julius Randle was picked as a reserve for Team LeBron. James joined in the fun, too.

There are two schools of thought when it comes to betting on All-Star Games. The first, more prudent logic is that doing so is absolutely insane.

[Jayson Tatum](/nba/players/2268018/jayson-tatum/) has a chance to be the game's closer, but he's probably not going to put on much of a show from a highlight perspective. The same goes for [Donovan Mitchell](/nba/players/2842760/donovan-mitchell/) at +650. Speaking of opportunities to bet against the public, James (+525) is the current All-Star MVP favorite. The experience is still relatively novel to him, so he's likelier to take things seriously. Without knowing the rosters, we can't say for certain who the best value is going to be, but there are a few rules of thumb that we can work off of. This is where the randomness of the All-Star Game works in your favor. [Damian Lillard](/nba/players/1992810/damian-lillard/) is going to take a few shots from absurd distances, but at +600, his odds aren't appealing enough. [LeBron James](/nba/players/400553/lebron-james/) has never lost an All-Star Game in which he served as a captain. If you assume that it is one, you're essentially getting an extra 18 cents on the dollar to take Team Giannis. The value is too good to pass up. The second, more adventurous perspective is to embrace the randomness. He's 5-0 since the [NBA](/nba/) introduced the format in 2018.

The Sunday showcase is being held at Vivint Arena, home of the Utah Jazz. The team captains — LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo — drafted their teams ...

Beginning in 2020, the NBA adopted the Elam Ending at the NBA All-Star Game - a target score system designed to increase excitement in fourth quarter.

The NBA used a targeted score for the first time at the 2020 All-Star Game in Chicago using this format: the first three quarters are played under the normal 12-minute quarter, and then the target score “will be the leading team’s total score after the first three quarters plus 24 points,” according to the NBA. So, let’s say a game is 80-79, and the targeted scored is 90, the first team to 90 wins. With Team Giannis leading Team LeBron 133-124 after the third quarter, Team LeBron rallied for a 157-155 victory. (The 24 is for Kobe Bryant’s No. "The good thing about our league is we're always adding things and trying new things and trying to figure out from my fans what they like," Paul said in 2020. But through tireless research and exploration he became convinced the idea had merit,” according to Elam’s website.