For the third time in NBA history, Cleveland will play host to the All-Star Weekend.
The 2022 NBA All-Star Weekend, the 71st edition of the spectacle, will be conducted during the league's landmark 75th season.
Coincidentally, each of the previous times the city has hosted the mid-season extravaganza, the league has celebrated a landmark season - 35th (1981) and 50th (1997).
This season's schedule of events for the All-Star Weekend are back to the regular three-day format from Saturday to Monday.
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What channel is the NBA Dunk Contest on?
- TV channel: Vh1, MTV (Hindi)
This year's AT&T Dunk Contest is back as the final and headliner event of State Farm All-Star Saturday Night, which is scheduled to start at 6:30 a.m IST (Feb. 21, Monday) at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland.
NBA All-Star schedule 2022
Below is the schedule of events for the 2022 NBA All-Star Weekend from Feb. 18-20.
On Saturday, the Ruffles NBA All-Star Celebrity Game will be played at 5:30 a.m IST at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland. That will be followed by the Clorox Rising Stars at 7:30 a.m IST on TNT at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland.
On Sunday, the State Farm All-Star Saturday Night which tips off at 6:30 a.m IST includes three events - Taco Bell Skills Challenge, MTN DEW 3-Point Contest and AT&T Slam Dunk Contest.
On Monday, the Weekend's headline event - the 71st NBA All-Star Game - will be played at 6:30 a.m IST at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland.
How to watch the NBA Dunk Contest?
Apart from watching the Dunk Contest on Vh1 or in Hindi on MTV, it can also be streamed on digital platforms like Voot Select and Jio TV, along with NBA League Pass.
AT&T Slam Dunk Contest participants
- Cole Anthony, Orlando Magic
- Juan Toscano-Anderson, Golden State Warriors
- Obi Toppin, New York Knicks
- Jalen Green, Houston Rockets
This season, the number of participants in the AT&T Slam Dunk contest is back to four after the league fielded three during last year's All-Star Weekend in Atlanta.
Knicks' Toppin will return for a second appearance while the Toscano-Anderson, Anthony and Green make their debut in the NBA's AT&T Slam Dunk Contest. So, there will be a first-time Champion.
All four contestants will get two dunks in the first round. Then, the two players with the highest combined score advance to final round. In the final round, the two remaining contestants will get two dunks and the contestant with the highest combined score for his two dunks will be crowned champion.
