The starting lineups for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game were announced Thursday, led by Giannis Antetokounmpo, who received more than 4.4 million votes from fans, the most of any player. The leading vote-getter among Western Conference All-Stars was Nikola Jokić.
Of course, fans are used to seeing Jokić make incredible passes, but this time it was a shot that sent the NBA world into a frenzy. Jokić pulled off a nearly full court shot to beat the buzzer at the end of the third quarter that put Denver up 110-85.
Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo and Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić maintain their leads in the Eastern and Western Conferences, respectively, as the third fan returns of NBA All-Star Voting 2025 presented by AT&T are announced.
More like a quarterback’s pass than a three-pointer, Nikola Jokić’s scarcely believable 66-foot shot pretty much summed up his historic performance in the Denver Nuggets’ 132-123 win over the Sacramento Kings.
The Bucks had been stuck in New Orleans, where they had arrived Monday to prepare to face the Pelicans on Wednesday. That game got postponed after a historic winter storm Tuesday dumped about a foot of snow there, with many of the city’s roads remaining coated in ice a day later.
Nikola Jokic took 709 games to beat Larry Bird's mark and become the fastest to ever record 15K points, 7.5K rebounds and 5K assists.
On Friday night, the Milwaukee Bucks are playing the Toronto Raptors (at home) in Wisconsin. During the game, two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo had a big high
Jokić is putting up MVP-caliber numbers yet again this season, averaging 30.6 points, 13.2 rebounds, and a career-high 9.9 assists, playing in 34 of the Nuggets' 40 games so far this season. He has his team squarely in the middle of the playoff picture in the West, sitting in the 4th seed with a 24-16 record.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WKOW) -- Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has been selected as a starter for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game. This is Antetokounmpo's ninth consecutive All-Star Game selection and start.
Giannis Antetokounmpo and Nikola Jokić lead their respective conferences in the third fan returns of NBA All-Star Voting presented by AT&T. Fans account for 50% of the vote to decide All-Star starters, while players, and a media panel account for 25% each.
The starting lineups for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game were announced Thursday, led by Giannis Antetokounmpo, who received more than 4.4 million votes from fans, the most of any player. The leading vote-getter among Western Conference All-Stars was Nikola Jokić.
The Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo, Denver Nuggets' Nikola Jokić and Oklahoma City Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander headline the leaders in the