2024 All-Star Celebrity game summary online: Stats, scores and headlines
Team Shannon take the 2024 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game
Micah Parsons leads Team Shannon to victory
The game started out fairly even. Both teams had trouble settling in and finding the hoop but once they did, they managed to put up some decent numbers.
A real back and forth contest saw the lead trade hands five times before Team Shannon slowly pulled out to a lead. First they got their nose out in front, then a little further after the half, and finally putting some breathing space into it as the fourth quarter got underway.
There was some solid play by CJ Stroud on Team Stephen A, and a beautiful display of dunking by Puka Nacua for Team Shannon, but in the end it was dogged as does it, with Micah Parsons grinding and plowing his way to 31 points to lead Team Shannon to a win.
That 100-91 margin was a good reflection of the game that we watched, with one team quietly climbing out in front. Tonight it was Team Shannon's time to shine.
GOODBYE!!!
That is going to do it for our coverage of the Ruffles NBA 2024 All-Star Celebrity Game. Join us tomorrow as we continue to bring you live coverage of all of the NBA All Star weekend!
Until then, goodnight and God Bless!
Micah Parsons wins MVP
It was almost a no brainer to give the MVP to Micah Parsons. He was on fire.
Team Shannon win!
That is the buzzer! Team Shannon win in a game that was very level for much of it. Micah Parsons was a beast and eventually Team Shannon managed to pull out to a sizeable lead.
The final score: Team Shannon 100 - 91 Team Stephen A.
Micah Parsons pushes in hard for another two and an emphatic dunk from Puka Nacua stretch that out to a full century!
Team Shannon up now 100-89
Stroud sinks another layup as he draws the foul and makes the free throw. Team Stephen A are now pulling close to Team Shannon, with the score now 94-87
CJ Stroud sinks a shot for Team Stephen A to bring that lead down a bit. They now trail 90-84
With that lead chipped down by two, Team Shannon look to be in firm control. They are still up 90-78
Team Stephen A get another bucket to level the game before Team Shannon and Dylan Wang hits TWO four pointers in a row! Team Shannon are now up 86-76!
Each team scores another bucket as the score moves to 77-74. Stephen A Smith is busy questioning the referees as Micah Parsons sinks a free throw to make it 78-76
Both teams have trouble finding the net, each missing gimme layups before Micah Parsons finally hits a fadeaway jumper for Team Shannon.
4th Quarter
The final quarter gets going with Team Stephen A trailing by a single point, 72-71
End of 3rd Quarter
The final minute of the quarter sees the teams draw level at 69 in this back and forth contest. Team Shannon sink a layup and Team Stephen A respond in kind. Right on the buzzer, Micah Parsons draws the foul. He misses one but makes the second to end the quarter with a one point lead for Team Shannon. 72-71
The third quarter is winding down and Team Stephen A close the gap on that lead a little bit with a nice layup as Gianmarco Tamberi draws the 1+1 foul. He sinks the first but not the second and they only trail by two now! 67-65
Team Shannon stretch that lead a little more with a layup to bring it to 67-59
Timeout
The teams take a breather now as Team Shannon have a slight lead at the midway point, 63-59
Both teams miss threes as Team Shannon pull back into the lead 61-59
Team Stephen A is now on a roll, putting up 12 unanswered points! They step back out in front 59-57!
3rd Quarter
As we get bac under way it is Team Shannon who are up.
End of first half
As the half comes to an end, the Team Shannon lead stretches to 50-45
Team Stephen A are not just taking it lying down and are shooting from distance, although they are not falling for them at the moment.
Team Shannon hit one more and as the buzzer sounds, we go into the half 52-45
Some solid defense by Team Shannon keeps Team Stephen A stymied for a few minutes, with fine moves down the court to sink several layups and pull their lead out to 48-41
Tristan Jass is fouled and makes them both to bring the scores back level at 40
Timeout
Team Stephen A call timeout to try and regroup
Team Shannon take the lead for the first time a tthe 6 minute mark with a four point shot making it 40-37
2nd Quarter
Team Shannon have the ball to start the quarter and draw two points closer. A three up the other end stretches that lead back out again for Team Stephen A but a four pointer brings them back to even pegging.
They seem to have found their groove now after a first quarter that was more tentative and each team is trading shots now as the scoreboard slowly ticks it's way upward.
A layup by Tristan Jass brings the score to 36-37 in favor of Stephen A.
End of first quarter
As the first quarter comes to a close, Team Stephen A are out in front of Team Shannon by a score of 26-22
WIth a minute to go, Lilly Singh hits from the Ruffles line for Team Shannon for four points.
There is a spot on the floor that moves around and if a player makes a shot from within that spot it is worth TRIPLE the points.
Team Stephen A is romping away from Team Shannon here with some incredible play. An alley-oop sees Olympic high-jump champion Gianmarco Tamberi make a beauty.
The scores level with a well-worked layup by SiR
Timeout
A break in the action as timeout is called with five minutes left to go in the first quarter.
With the doubling of points, each team scores at both ends taking us up to Team Shannon 10, Team Stephen A 12
Stephen A Smith hits the Ruffles Cruch Time button and for the next two minutes every shot scores double!
Metta World Peace follows up a missed three with a rebound two, before Team Shannon takes the ball up the court for their opening two.
Tip off!
We get things going here in Indianapolis and Team Stephen A get the ball and put it straight in for a quick 2!
That court is lit
Those aren't projected lights, those are LEDS embedded in the court. The future is here!
There are a few wrinkles to the rules tonight with four 10-minute quarters and a three point line PLUS a Ruffles line that is worth four points.
Each player is fitted with a sensor to allow graphics to track their every movement via over 25 million LEDs embedded in the court. Hopefully this should add to the quality of the analysis.
ALL STAR WEEKEND BEGINS HERE
The Ruffles NBA All-Star Celebrity Game is the first ever basketball game to be played on an LED court with a dynamic three point line.
The 2024 Hall of Fame Class will be announced on Saturday during the All Star weekend and the Enshrinement Ceremony will take place in August.
Finalists for the Naismith Hall Of Fame Class 2024
- Seimone Augustus
- Dick Barnett
- Chauncey Phillips
- Doug Collins
- Harley Redin
- Michael Cooper
- Vince Carter
- Walter Davis
- Bo Ryan
- Charles Smith
- Herb Simon
- Michele Timms
- Marian Washington
- Jerry West
2024 Curt Gowdy Media Award
J.A. Adande is a regular ESPN contributor and the Director of Sports Jounalism at Northwestern University.
Debbie Antonelli is a renowned play by play announcer and analyst, two time Emmy Award winner and WNBA Hall of Fame inductee.
Slam Magazine takes the Transformative Media Award.
NBA Inside Stuff (hosts Ahmad Rashad and Willow Bay) was also awarded a Transformative Media Award.
With a nod back to the NBA All Star weekend's history, the annual award winners are announced.
The first is Jo An Scott, who wins the 2024 John W Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award.
Let's get going!
The Press Conference is now getting underway! We will bring you the headlines as they happen.
NBA All-Star Celebrity Game
Directly on the back of our coverage of the Basketball Hall of Fame News Conference, we will jump straight into the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game.
The two teams will be coached by NFL Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe and ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith. Team Sharpe will include Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson while Team Stephen A will include WNBA MVP A'ja Wilson and rapper Lil Wayne.
Team Sharpe will include:
NFL pass rusher Micah Parsons
IndyCar Series driver Conor Daly
actor Quincy Isaiah
Seattle Storm guard Jewell Loyd
streamer Kai Cenat
actor Dylan Wang
television host Lilly Singh
singer-songwriter SiR
country music star Walker Hayes
Latin singer Anuel AA
Team Stephen A will include:
actress Jennifer Hudson
former NBA star Metta World Peace
basketball entertainer Jack Ryan
singer AJ McLean
Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud
chef Kwame Onwuachi
Phoenix Mercury guard Natasha Cloud
content creator Tristan Jass
musician Adam Blackstone
Olympic high-jump champion Gianmarco Tamberi
Stephen A Smith sent to hospital
After this slip, Stephen A Smith is sent to the hospital for X-rays.
WELCOME!!!
Welcome to the Diario AS USA live commentary as the 2024 NBA All-Star weekend gets underway with the Basketball Hall of Fame News Conference.
Fans have been streaming in to see the Panini Rising Stars warmup for tonight's game. Before that, the Ruffles NBA All-Star Celebrity Game will take place at 7 p.m.
We kick things off with the Basketball Hall of Fame News Conference as finalists and select award winners will be announced ahead of the Class of 2024 enshrinement.