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The biggest overhaul for the 2023 NBA All-Star Game featured a shift from the traditional East vs. West matchup to a multi-team tournament format. This year, the league introduced a fourth team comprised of the Rising Stars winners, leading to a series of games where the first team to score 40 points would win. Gone were the traditional timing mechanisms, and in their place was a more bracket-like scenario, which theoretically should increase competitiveness.