Kobe Bryant‘s final jersey number will be something this year’s NBA All-Stars play to reach. The NBA announced major changes to the All-Star Game format on Thursday, turning every quarter into a mini-game for charity before an untimed final quarter with a target score that will decide which team wins. The target score is just one of them. It’ll matter to Chicago-area charities, which will benefit from however many quarters Team LeBron, chosen by the Lakers’ LeBron James, and Team Giannis, chosen by the Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo, win that night. For now, this is a one-year change, though the NBA is hopeful that the quarter-score for charity element and the target-score ending become part of the All-Star Game on a long-term basis.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 30, 2020 20:48 UTC