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“Worst All-Star Game Ever” – NBA fans react to 2025 All-Star Game

Shaq's OGs defeated the Global Stars to win the 2025 All-Stars Game.

Image Credit: Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images

The 2025 NBA All-Star Weekend concluded with the Shaq’s OGs winning the All-Star Game and Stephen Curry being named the MVP on Sunday, February 16. This year, the All-Star Game was hosted in a new format, where three teams, selected by NBA analysts, and the winning team of the Rising Stars, clashed against each other in a mini-tournament.

While the organization aimed to increase competitiveness with the change, it seems that idea has failed completely. Fans didn’t shy and expressed disappointment with the format, which reduced game time and more of other things, including commercials, and mid-game breaks.

However, it seems that the NBA’s idea has backfired, considering how fans took to social media to talk about how frustrating it was.

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Check out some of the reactions-

NBA All-Star game Minutes:

Game 1: 10:07

Game 2: 12.54

Game 3: 10.40

A total of 33 minutes of 41 seconds.

2 hours and 26 minutes of commercials/fluff.

We didn't get a full 48 minutes of ball. 🤣🤣🤣#NBAAllStar2025 #NBAAllStar
— Sam (@Sfh986) February 17, 2025

NBA: “We want the players to take the All Star Game more seriously”

Middle of the game: pic.twitter.com/bYGUYiBsBN
— Geofferson (@geoF_THAT) February 17, 2025

The NBA All-Star game this year:

– 2:30 hours of Advertisements
– 50 minutes of ceremonies

25 minutes of ACTUAL BASKETBALL.

Adam Silver, ladies and gentleman. pic.twitter.com/Q0FIZJ0BNX
— CelticsUnite (@CelticsUnite18) February 17, 2025

Worst All-Star “Game” EVER
— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) February 17, 2025

Adam Silver really ruined the all star game even more #NBAAllStar2025 pic.twitter.com/zg9sCZDdef
— kira (@Kira23Betta) February 17, 2025

This is the worst presentation of an All-Star game in sports history. We’re breaking in the middle of actual basketball to hand out lifetime achievement awards…. And Silver expects these players to take the game seriously??? #NBAAllStar2025 #NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/hI39yshE5B
— Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (@Giavotella_170) February 17, 2025

Talking of the 2025 All-Star mini-tournament, Chuck’s Global Stars featuring Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, took down Kenny’s Young Stars 41-32 in the first semi-final of the night.

In the other game, the Shaq’s OGs clashed against Candace’s Rising Stars and booked a finale date with Team Chuck by winning it 42-35.

The OGs continued the winning run and took down the Global Stars 41-32.

“All-Star game just needed a fresh look”- Stephen Curry on new All-Star Game format

While the fans and his teammate Draymond Green seemed to disagree, Stephen Curry had a different opinion. The Golden State Warriors’ star who went on to win his second MVP Award on Sunday, backed the NBA’s decision to change to format.

Curry said that the marquee game needed a fresh change and it was a perfect hit. Curry told Green in a post-match interview, “I really felt like the All-Star Game needed a little fresh look.”

He added that the format can be reassessed and opined that the new change worked perfectly. The 36-year-old added, “You can always reassess, you can always continue to make decisions on what’s in the best interest of the fans. I think it worked out perfectly.”

Notably, Curry scored 12 points, four rebounds and one assist and won his second MVP Award after winning it in 2022.

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Garima Ranawat

Garima is a sports writer with around two years of experience in Indian sports and a newfound interest in the NBA. Inspired by the leadership of cricketing legend MS Dhoni, she wishes to bring in newer perspectives to the NBA fanatics with her writing.