The NBA All-Star Recreation adopted its personal model of the “Elam Ending” beginning in 2020, and has caught with the format ever since. With the 2023 NBA All-Star Recreation in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah that includes Crew LeBron vs. Crew Giannis, the winner will once more be determined by a goal rating and never a working clock in the course of the fourth quarter.

Right here’s how the NBA’s model of the Elam Ending works for the 2023 All-Star Recreation:

Crew LeBron and Crew Giannis will play regular 12-minute intervals for the primary three quarters of the sport. With every new quarter, the rating restarts at 0-0, however the cumulative rating nonetheless issues ultimately. Extra on that in a minute.
Crew LeBron and Crew Giannis are every enjoying for charities. The winner of every quarter will donate a giant money prize to the charity they’re enjoying for. A complete of $750K can be donated on the evening.

Right here’s how the NBA defined every charity and its mission: “Crew LeBron will play for Large Brothers Large Sisters of Utah, which creates and helps one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the ability and promise of youth. Crew Giannis will play for Increase the Future, which goals to lower the variety of youth in foster care and enhance the possibilities of lifelong connection by offering trauma-healing companies to younger individuals and households.”
The cumulative rating comes into play within the fourth quarter. At the beginning of the interval, the workforce that’s successful the cumulative rating will add 24 factors to their complete, and that’s turns into the goal rating that may determine the sport. For instance: Let’s say Crew LeBron leads 150-140 on the finish of three quarters. The goal rating can be set at 174 (150 + 24), and the primary workforce to hit 174 factors wins the sport. The NBA makes use of 24 as a strategy to honor Kobe Bryant.

The NBA All-Star Recreation’s system is barely totally different from the unique Elam Ending. Within the authentic Elam Ending, the sport clock is turned off on the first whistle with as much as 4 minutes remaining, and eight factors is added to the successful workforce’s rating to create the goal rating.

Why does the NBA All-Star Recreation use a goal rating to determine winner?

The NBA wished to eradicate groups deliberately fouling on the finish of the All-Star Recreation to get the ball again. With a goal rating to determine the sport, the dropping workforce doesn’t have to foul to have a shot if it’s shut late: they simply have to preserve getting stops on protection and scores on offense.

One other good thing about goal scoring is that each sport ends on a game-winning shot. The one draw back is that may be a free throw, which is boring. Hopefully the refs swallow the whistles late.

2023 NBA All-Star Recreation: Begin time, TV, methods to watch

Date: Sunday, Feb. 19

Time: 8:00 p.m. ET

TV and streaming: TNT

DraftKings Sportsbook odds: Crew LeBron -2.5