The NBA's best will meet in Sunday night in Madison Square Garden. Tipoff is set for 8:30 p.m. ET on TNT.
The 2015 NBA All-Star Game will take place in New York City from Feb. 13-15. Friday and Saturday night festivities will happen at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, while the actual All-Star Game will take place at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan.
The five starters for each conference were selected via fan vote and announced on Jan. 22. The seven reserves were selected by coaches in each conference and will be announced on Jan. 29. We'll update this post with All-Star reserves as we learn about them. Atlanta's Mike Budenholzer will coach the Eastern Conference and Golden State's Steve Kerr will coach the West.
All-Star Saturday night will again feature the dunk contest, three-point shootout and skills competition. The dunk contest format has been changed back to a standard individual affair after the league experimented with an East vs. West team format last year.
Here's what we know about this year's participants.
All-Star Starters
WEST
Guard: Stephen Curry
Guard: Kobe Bryant (injured, replaced on the roster by DeMarcus Cousins)
Forward: Anthony Davis
Forward: Blake Griffin (injured, replaced on the roster by Damian Lillard)
Forward: Marc Gasol
EAST
Guard: John Wall
Guard: Kyle Lowry
Forward: Pau Gasol
Forward: LeBron James
Forward: Carmelo Anthony
All-Star Reserves
WEST
Guard: James Harden
Guard: Russell Westbrook
Forward: Kevin Durant
Forward: LaMarcus Aldridge
Forward: Tim Duncan
Wild Card: Klay Thompson
Wild Card: Chris Paul
NOT ON TEAM: Damian Lillard, DeMarcus Cousins, Dwight Howard, Mike Conley, Monta Ellis, Dirk Nowitzki. Update: DeMarcus Cousins replaces an injured Kobe Bryant and Damian Lillard replaces an injured Blake Griffin
EAST
Guard: Jimmy Butler
Guard: Jeff Teague
Forward: Paul Millsap
Forward: Al Horford
Forward: Chris Bosh
Wild Card: Kyrie Irving
Wild Card: Dwyane Wade (injured, may be replaced)
NOT ON TEAM: Kyle Korver, Brandon Knight, Derrick Rose, Nikola Vucevic, Greg Monroe.
Rising Stars Challenge rosters
U.S. Team
Kentavios Caldwell-Pope
Zach LaVine
Shabazz Muhammad
WORLD TEAM
Gorgui Dieng
Rudy Gobert
Dennis Schroeder
Andrew Wiggins
Kelly Olynyk
Steven Adams
Slam Dunk Contest
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Victor Oladipo
Mason Plumlee
Zach LaVine
Three-Point Shootout
Klay Thompson
Stephen Curry
James Harden
Wes Matthews
Skills Challenge
Isaiah Thomas vs. John Wall
Michael Carter-Williams vs. Jeff Teague
Jimmy Butler vs. Kyle Lowry
Trey Burke vs. Brandon Knight
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