In the championship game in Salt Lake City, Team Pau defeated Team Joakim 25-20 to win the Jordan Rising Stars competition.
Jose Alvarado of the New Orleans Pelicans made the game-winning three-pointer. Team Pau defeated Team Joakim 25-20 to win the Jordan Rising Stars competition.
Alvarado was named Rising Stars MVP, and the team’s victory was especially significant because it came at the same time that Pau Gasol, a former Los Angeles Lakers star, was selected as a finalist for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Benedict Mathurin, a forward for the Indiana Pacers, led the team with seven points. The honorary coach for Team Pau was former Los Angeles Lakers star Pau Gasol.
Joakim Noah, the NBA Defensive Player of the Year who played for the New York Knicks and scored 14 points, coached Team Joakim.
The objective of the two first-round games was 40 points. Alvarado led Team Pau to the championship game, defeating Team Deron 40-25, with 13 points. Trey Murphy III, a Pelicans forward, led Team Deron with nine points.
Grimes scored 13 points, a game-winning three-pointer, and three steals to lead Team Joakim to a 40-32 victory over Team Jason, a G League team. G League players made up Team Jason.
During a 16-4 run that brought Team Jason within 28-27, Mac McClung, who plays for the Delaware Blue Coats, scored ten points.
However, Team Joakim fought back and took a 37-29 lead after Josh Giddey, a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder, hit a 3-pointer before Grimes finished the job.
Jason Terry, who has 2,282 career 3-point baskets and ranks eighth in NBA history, served as Team Jason’s honorary coach.
For Sunday’s game, NBA All-Star captains LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo will select their reserve players first in the draft. This is a brand-new format for the NBA All-Star draft.
They will then select the remaining eight starters for their starting lineups. This change was made to avoid any player feeling the stigma of being picked last, despite the fact that this hasn’t been a big issue in the past.
The captains will select their own All-Star rosters for the sixth time through fan voting. However, for the first time, the selection process will occur on the game night prior to the other All-Stars.