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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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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.
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