All Star Game: day, time and everything you need to know about the most important game of the year in the NBA

Led by A Lebron James established as the top scorer in the history of the regular stage of the NBAAmerican basketball action lands in Salt Lake City this weekend for an edition of the All stars game marked by the absence of Kevin Durant AND Stephen Curry.

the House of Utah Jazz will host the 73rd All-Star Games, whose highlight will come on Sunday with the match between the teams led by LeBron and the great figure of Milwaukee Bucksthe Greek Giannis Antetokounmpo. At 10pm, on ESPN and Star+, an unmissable event for lovers of the world of the orange ball.

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Lebron James (Los Angeles Lakers) Ja Morant (Memphis Grizzlies) Luca Doncic Dallas Maverick Lauri Markkanen (Utah Jazz) and Nicholas Jokic (Denver Nuggets) were chosen as appetizers in the West while Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks) Kyrie Irving Dallas Maverick Donovan Mitchell (Cleveland Knights) Jason Tatum (Boston Celtics) e Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers) on the east side.

This does not mean that teams should be assembled with these blocks in mind, but that each captain can choose the players of his choice regardless of the conferenceas if it were a ‘picado’ of the neighborhood and each of them chose among their friends. This rule has been in force since 2018.

As for reserves, in the West there are Ja Morant (Memphis Grizzlies) Paul George (Los Angeles Clippers) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder) Jaren Jackson Jr. (Memphis Grizzlies) Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers) Lauri Markkanen (Utah Jazz) and Domantas Sabonis (Sacrament King).

In that, the substitute bench of the East was made up of Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers), Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat) Jaylen Brown (Boston Celtics) DeMar DeRozan (Chicago Bulls) Tyrese Haliburton (Indiana Pacers) real vacation (Milwaukee Bucks) e Julius Randle (New York Knicks).

After Durant, Curry and Williamson withdrew with injuries, they were selected as replacements Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves) De’Aaron Fox (Sacramento Kings) e Pascal Siakam (Toronto Raptors). Thanks to this, Embiid, Markkanen and Morant have earned a starting place.

There could be more moves, given that downtown Philadelphia has claimed physical discomfort and its presence at this weekend’s appointment has not yet been confirmed.

This edition, It will also serve to LeBron James breaks new record for Kareem Abdul Jabbar as player with most All-Star picks (19). He had already surpassed him as the top scorer in NBA regular season history and now continues to write golden pages.

The Los Angeles Lakers star has been picked six consecutive times as captain since the NBA changed its format and his team has won every game so far.

Mike Mallone (Denver Nuggets) will be the coach of LeBron teamWhile joe mazzulla (Boston Celtics) will lead the Antetokounmpo team.

The prelude to the big game

In the golden age of long range shooting in the NBA, the All-Star triple contest will feature a splendid roster with lots of capitalized names. Thus, Tyrese Haliburton (Indiana Pacers), Tyler Herro (Miami Heat), Buddy Hield (Indiana Pacers), Kevin Huerter (Sacramento Kings), Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers), Lauri Markkanen (Utah Jazz), Anfernee Simons (Portland Trail Blazers) and Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics) will compete to see who is the successor of Latino Karl Anthony Towns (Minnesota Timberwolves), who won last year.

Other doubts are raised by the dunk contest, which has been declining in recent years and with many voices in the NBA calling for changes. Kenyon Martin Jr. (Houston Rockets), Mac McClung (Philadelphia 76ers), Trey Murphy III (New Orleans Pelicans) and Jericho Sims (New York Knicks) will battle it out to take over from 2022 winner, Obi Toppin (New York Knicks) Knicks).

With plenty of events going on over the weekend, basketball fans will have a point of interest on Fridays at tournament between rookies and sophomoreswith Paul Gasol as one of the coaches in that competition.