TNT’s coverage of NBA All-Star Weekend festivities tips off Friday, Feb. 12 at 9 p.m. (ET) with the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge and Youth Jam. Kevin Harlan (play-by-play), Kevin McHale (analyst), Dwight Howard (analyst) and Dwyane Wade (analyst) will be courtside to call the action with Craig Sager reporting from the sidelines. Howard will also serve as an analyst for during the All-Star Slam Dunk-In alongside Harlan, Barkley, Smith and Cheryl Miller. At 11 p.m. (ET), the network will present The Best of Inside the NBA presented by Hyundai commemorating 10 years of Johnson, Barkley and Smith working together on the popular post-game show.
On Saturday, Feb. 13, the network will present All-Decade NBA presented by esurance at 5 p.m. (ET). Throughout the regular season, 13 categories featuring the top performances, games and moments throughout the 2000’s were voted and selected by the fans on NBA.com. At 6 p.m. (ET), TNT will present a one-hour special Dunk Defying: Spud and Nate which will look back at two notable Slam Dunk Contest champions: Spud Webb and Nate Robinson. At 7 p.m. (ET), H.O.R.S.E. presented by GEICO returns with a move to prime time and will showcase 2009 H.O.R.S.E. winner and Western Conference All-Star Kevin Durant challenging Omri Casspi and Rajon Rondo in a classic basketball competition.
NBA All-Star Saturday Night presented by State Farm begins at 8 p.m. (ET), with the Taco Bell Skills Challenge, the Foot Locker Three-Point Contest and the Sprite Slam Dunk. The Haier Shooting Stars, which is a four team competition with each team comprised of an NBA player, WNBA player and NBA legend. For the first time, the four legends in the competition will be TNT and NBA TV analysts, including Kenny Smith (Team Texas), Webber (Team Sacramento), Steve Smith (Team Atlanta) and Brent Barry (Team Los Angeles). The teams will compete in a timed, two-round event featuring six shooting locations of increasing difficulty.
The 2010 NBA All-Star Game takes center stage on Sunday, Feb. 14 at 8 p.m. (ET) from Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, with an anticipated crowd of more than 90,000 fans, the largest to watch a live NBA game. Albert will handle play-by-play and will be joined by analysts Collins and Reggie Miller; Sager and Aldridge will report.
