The 75th NBA All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles delivered everything the league could have hoped for and more. With a brand new three-team format, a stacked celebrity lineup, and performances that reminded everyone why this event matters, the Intuit Dome and Kia Forum played host to one of the most memorable All-Star weekends in recent memory. From the Rising Stars to the championship game, the moments came fast and they came hard — and these ten plays stood above everything else.
Here is a look at the ten best plays from the 2026 NBA All-Star Weekend, ranked from ten to one.
10 through 7 — Setting the Stage
10. White Chocolate’s Still Got It — Jason Williams, better known as White Chocolate, reminded everyone during All-Star Weekend festivities that his handle and court vision never really left. The crowd reaction said everything — some legends simply do not age.
9. Brunson Lifts Team Knicks — Jalen Brunson was the engine behind one of the weekend’s most entertaining moments as Team Knicks — featuring Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, and NBA legend Allan Houston — dominated the revived Kia Shooting Stars competition. Team Knicks fired up 47 points to outpace Team Cameron’s 38, with Brunson providing the offensive spark that sealed the victory. It was a fitting performance for a player who has become the face of New York basketball.
8. Kawhi Leonard Clutch as Ever — Playing in his home arena at the Intuit Dome, Kawhi Leonard turned in the most unexpected individual performance of the entire All-Star weekend. The Los Angeles Clippers forward dropped 31 points for USA Stripes in the round-robin portion of the tournament, hitting the go-ahead triple with 3.5 seconds remaining to send his team to the championship game. Leonard shot 11-for-13 from the field — an efficiency level that felt almost absurd for an All-Star exhibition — and the M-V-P chants that rained down during his hot streak were entirely deserved.
7. Dane Time From Deep — Damian Lillard delivered one of the weekend’s most emotional storylines by winning the State Farm 3-Point Contest despite battling through an Achilles injury that had kept him off the court for the entire regular season. Lillard finished with 29 points in the final round, edging out Devin Booker’s 27 in a tightly contested showdown. For a player fighting his way back from a serious injury, claiming a third 3-Point Contest title in front of a roaring Los Angeles crowd was the kind of All-Star moment that transcends the game itself.
6 through 3 — The Weekend Heats Up
6. Carter Bryant Brings the Energy — San Antonio Spurs rookie Carter Bryant posted a perfect score during the AT&T Slam Dunk Contest and had the Intuit Dome on its feet. His combination of athleticism and creativity made him the crowd favorite heading into the final round, and his performance set the bar impossibly high for the night’s final matchup.
5. Edgecombe Takes Control — With No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg sidelined through the All-Star break with injury, the Rising Stars stage belonged to Bahamas native VJ Edgecombe. The Rookie of the Year contender was the most dynamic player on the floor throughout Friday night’s Rising Stars showcase, earning MVP honors with a performance that confirmed his status as one of the NBA’s most electrifying young talents.
4. Fox Delivers for Stripes — De’Aaron Fox produced the most dramatic single moment of the round-robin portion of the All-Star tournament when he stepped up and buried a buzzer-beating triple to seal a victory for USA Stripes over USA Stars. The shot — hit with no time remaining — sent the Intuit Dome into complete chaos and instantly became one of the defining images of the entire weekend.
3. Harper Brothers Go Head-to-Head — One of the most compelling subplots of the entire All-Star weekend involved the Harper family. NBA legend Ron Harper anchored Team Harper in the Shooting Stars competition, while his sons Dylan and Ron Jr. — both current NBA players — represented different squads throughout the weekend’s events. Watching the brothers compete against each other on the same All-Star stage was a family storyline unlike anything the event had produced in years.
The Top 2 Plays of All-Star Weekend 2026
2. Keshad Johnson Puts on a Show — Miami Heat guard Keshad Johnson was the undisputed star of All-Star Saturday night, delivering a dunk contest performance that left the crowd speechless. His championship-winning sequence — a smooth through-the-legs move that flowed directly into a reverse dunk — combined technical brilliance with pure athleticism in a way that held up against anything the event has produced in recent years. Carter Bryant had the crowd early, but Johnson had the crowd when it mattered most, and that made all the difference.
1. Barnes, Stars Shock the World — The single best play of the entire 2026 All-Star Weekend belonged to Scottie Barnes, who knocked down a clutch game-winner earlier in the tournament that helped propel USA Stars toward the championship. Barnes delivered in the highest-pressure moment of the night, and his shot set the tone for what became a dominant championship run by the young American squad. Anthony Edwards would go on to earn the Kobe Bryant MVP trophy with 32 combined points across three games, but it was Barnes who gave the Stars the spark that started it all.
