Shooting Stars The Shooting Stars returned for the first time since
2019 with a different format. There was one PBA courtside reporter, one government official, one sportswriter and a lucky fan. Team Red led by courtside reporter Apple David won the Shooting Stars.
All-Star Game The format of the all-star game was patterned after the NBA's version, wherein fans voted up to 24 players and two coaches. The two players with the highest number of votes became the team captains and selected their teammates via draft. The game also introduced a four-point line and a three-point dunk, similar to the earlier Blitz Game.
Rosters The voting started on January 25 and ended on February 15. The final results were announced on February 17, with
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel teammates
Japeth Aguilar and
Scottie Thompson emerging as the top vote-getters and thus are the two opposing captains during the All-Star Game. The 25th up to the 28th-ranked vote-getters are named as the all-star reserve. They will replace the top 24 players in case a player misses the game due to injury. In another coin toss, Team Scottie won the flip and earned the right to draft first.
Lineups All of the reserve players, except
Jeff Chan, eventually played during the game as replacements to injured All-Stars, namely team captain
Japeth Aguilar,
LA Tenorio,
Terrence Romeo, and
Mikey Williams. Jeff Chan, despite being in the reserve team, begged off from the game and was replaced by
Alex Cabagnot. This was Cabagnot's eighth All-Star appearance.
June Mar Fajardo was unable to play the game due to injury and was replaced by
Raymond Almazan. This was Almazan's third All-Star appearance. Reserve
Gabe Norwood was also unable to play the game due to injury and was replaced by
Arwind Santos. This was Santos's twelfth All-Star appearance.
Game Prior to the game, Team Japeth won the traditional
dance-off. •
PBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award:
Paul Lee (Team Japeth) ==Notes==