2023 All-Star Game

The **2023 NBA All-Star Game** was an exhibition game played on February 19, 2023 on the 30th anniversary of the first All-Star Game held in Salt Lake City in 1993. It was the 72nd edition of the event and occured during the 2023 All-Star Weekend. The game was hosted by the Utah Jazz at Vivint Arena and was televised nationally by TNT for 21st consecutive year. It is succeeded by the 2024 All-Star Game and preceded by the 2022 All-Star Game.

The announcement of the site selection was made on October 23, 2019, at a press conference held by the NBA and the Jazz.

Team Giannis defeated Team LeBron 184-175. It was Team Giannis' first All-Star Game victory, handling Team Lebron their first loss in such game. Jayson Tatum scored an All-Star Game record 55 points, and was named All-Star Game MVP.

## All-Star Game

### Coaches

Joe Mazzulla, at the time interim coach of the Boston Celtics, qualified as the head coach of Team Giannis on January 30. Michael Malone, coach of the Denver Nuggets, qualified as the head coach of Team LeBron on February 1.

### Rosters

As had been for the last few years, the rosters for the All-Star Game were selected through a voting process. Fans could vote through the NBA website as well as through their Google account. The starters were chosen by the fans, media and current NBA players. Fans made up 50% of the vote and NBA players and media made up 25% of the vote each. The two guards and three frontcourt players who received the highest cumulative vote totals in each conference were named All-Star started and two players in each conference with the highest votes were named team captains.

NBA head coaches voted for the reserves for their respective conferences, none of which could be players from their own team. Each coach selected two guards, three frontcourt players and two wild cards, with each selected player ranked in order of preference within each category. If a multi-position player is selected (E.G. Anthony Edwards being a guard and a forward), coaches were advised to vote to the position that the player would be most advantageous for the All-Star Team, regardless of the voting results.

### Rosters

**Notes**

*Italics indicates leading vote getters per conference.*

### Draft

The NBA All-Star draft started at 7:30 pm ET on Sunday, February 19. For the first time, the draft occurred immediately before the game. LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo were named as captains as they received the most votes from the West and East. Lebron won the first starter pick (Pick 15) due to having more votes than Giannis.

### Game

The 2023 All-Star Game used the same format as the 2020 edition; the team that scores the most points during the each of the first three 12-minute quarters will receive a cash prize which will be donated to charity. The fourth quarter will be untimed, with the first team to meet or exceed the target score (the score of the leading team's first 3 quarters + 24) . The target score in this game was 182 since Team Giannis was leading 158-141 at the end of the third quarter.

Team Giannis defeated Team LeBron 184-175. It was Team Giannis' first win, and Team LeBron's first loss. Jayson Tatum, who scored a record 55 points, won All Star Game MVP. His 55 points surpassed Anthony Davis' record of 52 points in 2017. Damian Lilliard scored the game-winning three pointer to give Team Giannis their first victory in NBA All-Star history.

Pts = J. Tatum (55) J. Brown (35)
Rebs = J. Tatum (10) J. Brown (14)
Asts = D. Mitchell (10) K. Irving (15)

Full Recap can be seen here

1. ↑ After being announced as an Eastern Conference starter, Kyrie Irving was traded from the Brooklyn Nets to the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference
2. ↑ After being named an Eastern Conference starter, Kevin Durant was traded from the Brooklyn Nets to the Phoenix Suns

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