{"id":477891,"date":"2026-02-13T18:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T18:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/477891\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T18:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T18:41:09","slug":"full-coverage-of-2026-nba-all-star-weekend-live-on-espn-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/477891\/","title":{"rendered":"Full coverage of 2026 NBA All Star Weekend live on ESPN Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NBA All Star Weekend is getting a serious remix, with USA set to face The World in a brand new tournament format live today on ESPN across Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>From Los Angeles, the league\u2019s showpiece event shifts gears with a three team round robin designed to increase competitiveness and showcase the NBA\u2019s global depth of talent.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 NBA All Star Game introduces USA Stars, USA Stripes and Team World in a four game mini tournament, culminating in a championship clash between the top two sides.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Advertisement &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The format opens with USA Stars against Team World, before USA Stripes enter across successive matchups.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/unnamed-1-640x360.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-190848\" style=\"width:877px;height:auto\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Across the weekend, ESPN will deliver comprehensive coverage including the Celebrity Game, Rising Stars Challenge, Three Point Contest, Slam Dunk Contest and the reimagined All Star Game.<\/p>\n<p>The action comes direct from the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles as the NBA celebrates its 75th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>USA Stars feature emerging names including Scottie Barnes, Devin Booker and Anthony Edwards, while USA Stripes lean on experienced campaigners such as LeBron James, Steph Curry and Kevin Durant.<\/p>\n<p>Team World counters with international heavyweights including Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic, Shai Gilgeous Alexander and Victor Wembanyama.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN\u2019s coverage also includes special courtside editions of Nothing But Net, with host Kane Pitman broadcasting live from Los Angeles across the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Advertisement &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>NBA All Star Weekend on ESPN:<\/p>\n<p>Saturday February 14<br \/>10am AEDT, Nothing But Net: Weekend Edition, ESPN<br \/>11am AEDT, NBA All Star Celebrity Game, ESPN<br \/>1pm AEDT, NBA All Star Rising Stars Challenge, ESPN<\/p>\n<p>Sunday February 15<br \/>8am AEDT, Nothing But Net: All Star Edition, ESPN<br \/>9am AEDT, NBA All Star Saturday, ESPN<\/p>\n<p>Monday February 16<br \/>8am AEDT, Nothing But Net: All Star Edition, ESPN<br \/>9am AEDT, NBA All Star Game 2026, ESPN<\/p>\n<p>ESPN and ESPN2 are available via Disney+, Foxtel, Kayo Sports, Fetch TV and Sky NZ, continuing as the home of NBA coverage across Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Full coverage of the 2026 NBA All Star Weekend airs from Saturday February 14 through to Monday February 16 on ESPN and ESPN2.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Advertisement &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NBA All Star Weekend is getting a serious remix, with USA set to face The World in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":477892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,794,590,229111,85],"class_list":["post-477891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-espn","tag-nba","tag-nba-all-star-weekend","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}