The 2026 NBA All-Star Game hopes to up the ante with a three-team, round-robin tournament. Will a team of international stars vs. two teams of Americans make All-Star Sunday more exciting this year? Maybe, maybe not. Either way, we'll see 25 All-Stars take the court at some point with their chance to fill up the box score...or no show.
Here's how the format works: USA Stars will take on World in Game 1. The winner of that game will play against the USA Stripes in Game 2. Then, in Game 3 the Stripes will go again against the loser of Game 1. The teams with the best record (or tiebreakers) will advance to the All-Star Championship. That all make sense? (We're not going to get into OT rules)
While playing for their teammates is an obvious motivator, each All-Star is also playing for themselves. The tournament champions get $125,000 each. Plenty of folks out there will be watching with their own money on the line.
First and last points scorer
First Scorer | Last Scorer | |
|---|---|---|
Game 1 | Victor Wembanyama | Scottie Barnes |
Game 2 | Kevin Durant | De'Aaron Fox |
Game 3 | Kawhi Leonard | Kawhi Leonard |
NBA All-Star Game stats: USA Stars at World (Game 1)
Team World were the favorites, but the USA Stars stunned them in overtime with Scottie Barnes' 3-pointer. The final was 37-35 in favor of the stars.
Final stats
USA Stars Game 1 | Points | Threes | Rebounds | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Scottie Barnes | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Devin Booker | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Cade Cunningham | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Jalen Duran | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Anthony Edwards | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Chet Holmgren | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jalen Johnson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Tyrese Maxey | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
World Game 1 | Points | Threes | Rebounds | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Deni Avdija | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Luka Doncic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Nikola Jokic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Jamal Murray | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Norman Powell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Alperen Sengun | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Pascal Siakam | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Karl-Anthony Towns | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Victor Wembanyama | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Which Game 1 player props hit?
- Jalen Duren rebounds: 4+
- Scottie Barnes rebounds: 4+
- Devin Booker assists: 4+
- Anthony Edwards points: 10+ and 12+
- Anthony Edwards 3-pointers: 2+ and 3+
- Pascal Siakam points: 4+
- Karl-Anthony Towns points: +6 and +8
- Karl-Anthony Towns 3-pointers: 2+
- Victor Wembanyama points: +8
- Victor Wembanyama 3-pointers: 2+
- Victor Wembanyama rebounds: 6+
Lines via Draft Kings
Game 1 bad beats
Jamal Murray only needed six points to hit one of Draft Kings' props. And his 11 minutes were the most time spent on the floor across either team. Yet somehow, the Nuggets star went 0-6 and didn't score a single point.
Alperen Sengun only playing three minutes in Game 1 (fewest on either team) really cut into his ability to hit his totals for points. He didn't even take a shot.
NBA All-Star Game stats: USA Stripes at Team Stars (Game 2)
Anthony Edwards led a surge in the final minute, putting the Stars up by one with 19.5 seconds left. But the Stripes didn't let them take two-in-a-row. De'Aaron Fox hit from distance at the buzzer to give the USA Stripes a 42-40 win. That's two walk off winners in two games on Sunday.
Final stats
USA Stripes Game 2 | Points | Threes | Rebounds | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jaylen Brown | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Jalen Brunson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Kevin Durant | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
De'Aaron Fox | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Brandon Ingram | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
LeBron James | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Kawhi Leonard | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
Donovan Mitchell | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
USA Stars Game 2 | Points | Threes | Rebounds | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Scottie Barnes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Devin Booker | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Cade Cunningham | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Jalen Duran | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Anthony Edwards | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Chet Holmgren | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Jalen Johnson | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Tyrese Maxey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Which Game 2 player props hit?
- Jaylen Brown points: 10+
- Cade Cunningham points: 10+
- Cade Cunningham assists: 4+
- Jalen Duren points: 6+
- Anthony Edwards points: 10+
- LeBron James points: 8+
- Kawhi Leonard rebounds: 4+
- Donovan Mitchell 3-pointers: 2+
Game 2 bad beats
Draft Kings offered some combo lines for including Cade Cunningham 12+ points and 4+ assists. He finished with 11 points and four assists.
Cunningham, Anthony Edwards and Jaylen Brown were each one point away from hitting the 12+ mark.
Chet Holmgren played twice as many minutes in Game 2 as Game 1. It didn't make a different. He was 0-of-3. If the Stars don't make it to the championship game, he'll end All-Star Sunday with an egg.
NBA All-Star Game stats: USA Stripes at World (Game 3)
Kawhi Leonard went absolutely wild on his home court, hitting 6-of-7 threes while racking up 31 points. He was one point shy of matching the point totals for both teams in regulation of Game 1. Thanks to his efforts, the Stripes moved on to face the Stars in the championship game.
Final stats
USA Stripes Game 3 | Points | Threes | Rebounds | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jaylen Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jalen Brunson | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Kevin Durant | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
De'Aaron Fox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brandon Ingram | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
LeBron James | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Kawhi Leonard | 31 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
Donovan Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
World Game 3 | Points | Threes | Rebounds | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Deni Avdija | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Luka Doncic | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Nikola Jokic | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Jamal Murray | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Norman Powell | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Alperen Sengun | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Pascal Siakam | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Karl-Anthony Towns | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Victor Wembanyama | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Which Game 3 player props hit?
- Jalen Brunson 3-pointers: 2+
- LeBron James assists: 4+
- Kawhi Leonard points: 10+ and 12+
- Kawhi Leonard 3-pointers: 2+ and 3+
- Jamal Murray points: 6+ and 8+
- Jamal Murray 3-pointers: 2+
- Pascal Siakam points: 4+ and 6+
- Karl-Anthony Towns points: 6+
- Karl-Anthony Towns 3-pointers: 2+
- Victor Wembanyama points: 8+ and 10+ and 12+
- Victor Wembanyama 3-pointers: 2+
Game 3 bad beats
Anyone who put anything on rebounds just had a very bad time. No player on either team produced more than three. Totals started at 4+.
Victor Wembanyama's three with a chance to tie at the buzzer would have been his third make of the game, hitting 3+. But it hit the rim and bounced away.
Four minutes of floor time each for Brandon Ingram, Donovan Mitchell and De'Aaron Fox produced exactly one rebound and n other stats. That hurts just as much as Nikola Jokic not playing at all.
Norman Powell was one missed free throw away from hitting 6+ points.