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know how they will count All Star Stats? There are a few with pretty good PPG. How do these stats fit in? Does a 12 Minute Game count as a Game? Final was a bust!

How the New All-Star Game Format Will Work

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NBA All-Star Game format, explained

The 24 All-Stars will be divided into three teams of eight. There will be two U.S. teams (USA Stars and USA Stripes) and one World team.

Detroit Pistons coach J.B. Bickerstaff will coach USA Stars, while San Antonio Spurs coach Mitch Johnson will lead USA Stripes. Toronto Raptors coach Darko Rajaković will coach Team World.

There will be a round-robin tournament of four, 12-minute games. USA Stars and Team World will face off in Game 1. The winner of that game will play USA Stripes in Game 2. The losing team of Game 1 will then play USA Stripes in Game 3.

Following the three games, the two teams with the best record will face off in Game 4 with the chance to be crowned champions of All-Star Weekend.

If all three teams have a 1-1 record after the first three games, the point differential from the round-robin games will be used to determine the two teams that advance to the championship game.

The All-Star Game has a $1.8 million prize pool. Each player on the championship-winning team gets $125,000. Players on the second-place team get $50,000, while players on the third-place team get $25,000.