{"id":21010,"date":"2025-02-15T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=21010"},"modified":"2025-02-15T08:23:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T07:23:41","slug":"everything-from-nba-rising-stars-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/everything-from-nba-rising-stars-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 NBA All-Star: Who was the Rising Stars MVP? Who will face Shaq&#8217;s OGs in All-Star Game? Everything from 2025 NBA Rising Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 74th edition of the 2025 NBA All-Star event kicked off on Friday, Feb. 14 with the <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/who-won-the-all-star-celebrity-game-who-was-the-mvp-of-all-star-celebrity-game\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>NBA All-Star Celebrity Game <\/a>and later, it was the Rising Stars Championship. Standout performers of G League and rookie players of the NBA participated in the event featuring four teams. <\/p><p>It was a three-game competition between four teams. In the first semifinal, Team C beat Team T 40-30 to reach the final and faced Team G League, who overcame Team M 40-39 in the second semifinal. The second semi-final was a thrilling one as G-League&rsquo;s Bryce McGowens made a game-winning 3-point shot to defeat Team M, who had the Thompson twins and Bilal Coulibaly.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/he-doesnt-want-to-be-a-wizard-social-media-reacts-as-projected-no-1-pick-cooper-flagg-says-hewants-to-come-back-next-year\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>&ldquo;He doesn&rsquo;t want to be a Wizard&rdquo; &ndash; Social media reacts as projected No.1 pick Cooper Flagg says he&rdquo;wants to come back next year&rdquo;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-legend-shaquille-oneal-signs-extension-with-tnt-in-new-broadcasting-deal\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>NBA legend Shaquille O&rsquo;Neal signs extension with TNT in new broadcasting deal<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/who-won-the-all-star-celebrity-game-who-was-the-mvp-of-all-star-celebrity-game\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>2025 NBA All-Star: Who won the All-Star Celebrity Game? Who was the MVP of All-Star Celebrity Game? <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who will face Shaq&rsquo;s OGs in All-Star Game?<\/h2><p>On a night of final, Stephon Castle led Team C to a 25<em>&ndash;<\/em>14 win over Team G-League at Chase Center. They have also advanced to the All-Star game on Sunday. Team C, coached by two-time Olympic champion Chris Mullin, had five rookie players and two second-year players. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The full wrap-up from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CastrolRisingStars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#CastrolRisingStars<\/a> at 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBAAllStar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#NBAAllStar<\/a> Weekend! <br><br>Team C defeated Team G League to secure their place in Sunday's mini-tournament, tipping off at 8:00pm\/et on TNT on Sunday, 2\/16 &#127775;&#127775; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BRYJIogPrc\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/BRYJIogPrc<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1890634646393905227?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>February 15, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Team C will now formally become Team Candace Parker and the fourth team to play in the NBA All-Star Game mini tournament on Feb. 16. Chris Mullin&rsquo;s champion side will take on Team Shaq in Sunday&rsquo;s All-Star Game at Chase Center. <\/p><p>It will be the toughest battle for the young guns as Shaq&rsquo;s OG&rsquo;s have players like LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant. <\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who won the 2025 Rising Stars MVP award? <\/h2><p>San Antonio Spurs&rsquo; Stephon Castle was named the 2025 Rising Stars MVP. The rookie player scored 22 points including 12 in the championship game. He also added 3 assists and 4 rebounds. <\/p><p>The Spurs rookie played a big role in Team C&rsquo;s win in the final game to guide them into Sunday&rsquo;s All-Star battle with Shaq&rsquo;s OGs. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stephon Castle is the Rising Stars MVP &#127942;<br><br>He had 22 PTS, 3 AST, 3 REB &#128293; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DuydLlIZto\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/DuydLlIZto<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Basketball Forever (@bballforever_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bballforever_\/status\/1890618583375348129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>February 15, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Castle also warned Team Shaq before the All-Star Game on Feb. 16. <em>&ldquo;Just be ready for us,&rdquo;<\/em> Castle said after receiving his MVP award. <\/p><p>Now, all four teams are ready for the All-Star Game on Sunday, Feb. 16. It will be played in mini-tournament format which was introduced by the NBA this season. Winners of two semifinals will battle out in the championship game at Chase Center. <\/p><p><em>Image Credit: Kyle Terada-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team C will now formally become Team Candace Parker and the fourth team to play in the NBA All-Star Game mini tournament on Feb. 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":21026,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1893,3590,18,3575],"class_list":["post-21010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-2025-nba-all-star","tag-2025-rising-stars","tag-lebron-james","tag-stephon-castle"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2025 NBA All-Star: Who was the Rising Stars MVP? 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