Nightly Pulse: NBA News & Highlights from February 14th

Tonight marks the start of a new era for NBA All-Star weekend, with the league introducing a tournament-based format. Kicking off the festivities is the always entertaining Celebrity All-Star game at 7PM ET. Following that, the highly anticipated Rising Stars games will take center stage, with the victorious team progressing to Sunday's bracket. The tournament action officially begins at 9PM ET, promising an exciting night of basketball for fans around the world.

Lights. Camera. Action

The stars are in the building for tonight’s Celebrity All-Star Game. This backstage interaction between Druski and Kai Cenat is a foreshadowing of a plethora of viral moments that will take place on the court tonight. The two internet sensations often stream together, but they’ll be opponents tonight. Cenat played in last year’s game while Druski will be making his debut.

Here are the rest of the celebs and athletes lacing up their shoes for this one.

The rosters are full of recognizable names. Among them, Grammy-nominated artist Shaboozey who’s teaming up with the likes of Lethal Shooter and WWE Superstar Bayley. On the other side, a couple of professional ballers such as Baron Davis and the WNBA’s Allisha Gray.

Two Bay Area sports legends will be on the sidelines in Barry Bonds and Jerry Rice.