SAN FRANCISCO — The first test run of the new, truncated All-Star weekend format produced mixed results. One of the three Rising Stars games, each played to a target score, was competitive. Intensity was scarce and hundreds of Chase Center seats were empty, but there were still some memorable moments.

Honorary coaches Tim Hardaway Sr., Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin drafted their respective teams on Feb. 4, each selecting seven players to build their squad. Jeremy Lin will coach the G-League team that will play in the event. Richmond had the first pick where he chose Houston Rockets second-year guard Amen Thompson.

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The NBA All-Star Rising Stars Game will take place on Friday, February 14th, as part of NBA All-Star Weekend at the Chase Center, featuring the league's next up

Trying out a new format for the NBA All-Star Game apparently didn’t sit well with the masses, with this year’s edition of the event bringing in the second-fewest average viewers, Front Office Sports reported Wednesday.

The NBA competed with “SNL 50,” which averaged 14.8 million viewers Sunday. The post NBA All-Star Game Ratings: Second-Least-Watched Ever, Down 13% appeared first on Front Office Sports.