The 14 reserves for the 2026 NBA All-Star Game – seven from each conference – are announced live on NBC & Peacock.
Now that the 10 2026 All-Star starters and 14 All-Star reserves have been announced, the next step in the process is sorting them into the three teams – 2 of U.S. players and 1 of international players – that will compete in the round-robin tournament to decide this year’s All-Star winner.
The setup will involve four 12-minute games. The three teams will each have a minimum of eight players, and the rosters will be announced Tuesday on Peacock’s pregame show at 7 ET, ahead of the Celtics-Mavericks matchup (8 ET) on NBC & Peacock.
In the round-robin tournament, Team A will play Team B in Game 1. The winning team from Game 1 will take on Team C in Game 2, followed by the losing team of Game 1 meeting Team C in Game 3.
After Game 3, the top two teams by record will advance to face each other in the championship game (Game 4). If all three teams have a 1-1 record after Game 3, the tiebreaker would be point differential in each team’s two round-robin games.
2026 NBA All-Star Game
NBC/Peacock will present the league’s annual midseason showcase on Sunday, Feb. 15 at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, home of the LA Clippers.
2026 NBA ALL-STAR GAME TO FEATURE NEW U.S. VS. WORLD COMPETITION
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