2022 NBA All-Star Game
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| Date | February 20, 2022 | ||
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| Arena | Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse | ||
| City | Cleveland | ||
| Network | TNT TBS (as all-star game) | ||
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The 2022 NBA All-Star Game will be an exhibition game played on February 20, 2022. It will be the 71st edition of the event. The game will be hosted by the Cleveland Cavaliers at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. This will be the third time that the Cleveland area will host the All-Star Game, the first being in 1981 at the Coliseum in nearby Richfield, Ohio, and most recently in 1997—three years after the Cavaliers moved back to downtown Cleveland to play in the newly built Gund Arena which is now known as Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Coincidentally, on the occasion Cleveland hosted an All-Star Game, the NBA celebrated its 35th season (1981), 50th anniversary (1997), and 75th anniversary (2022).
The game will be televised nationally by TNT for the 20th consecutive year.[1] The announcement of the site selection was made on November 1, 2018 at a press conference held by the Cleveland Cavaliers.[2]
All-Star Game
Rosters
As had been the case in previous years, the rosters for the All-Star Game were selected through a voting process. The 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 each comprised 25% of the vote. The two guards and three frontcourt players who received the highest cumulative vote totals in each conferences were named the All-Star starters and two players in each conferences with the highest votes were named team captains.[3] 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 was to be selected, coaches were encouraged to vote for the player at the position that was "most advantageous for the All-Star team", regardless of where the player was listed on the All-Star ballot or the position he was listed in box scores.[4]
References
- ^ "Cleveland selected to host NBA All-Star 2022". NBA.com. November 1, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
- ^ "Cleveland to Host NBA All-Star 2022 and Commemorate League's 75th Anniversary". NBA.com. November 1, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
- ^ "2020 NBA All-Star voting first returns released". NBA.com. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
- ^ Stein, Marc (January 18, 2013). "1. Reserve Judgment: Stein's All-Star Benches". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
External links
- 2022 NBA All-Star Game at nba.com
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