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The Oklahoma City Thunder (37-9) will lean on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (first in NBA, 32.5 points per game) to help them knock off Anthony Edwards (seventh in league, 26.6) and the Minnesota Timberwolves (27-21) on Thursday,

The Dallas Mavericks head to Paycom Center to face the Oklahoma City Thunder in a Western Conference ... and are coming off back-to-back losses to the Minnesota Timberwolves and Charlotte Hornets.

The NBA All-Stars have been selected. The 10 players designated as starters were announced on Jan. 23, the remaining 14 players designated as reserves were revealed Thursday — and now, those 24 players will be drafted onto eight-player teams for the games that will be played on Feb.

The NBA head coaches have to pick two guards, three frontcourt players and two "wild card" players at any position for the reserves. The West All-Stars have five frontcourt reserves in Davis, Jackson Jr., Sengun, Wembanyama and Jalen Williams.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Karl-Anthony Towns had already been named All-Star Game starters before the reserves were revealed Thursday night.

Coaches selected the reserves after the 10 names for the starters pool were announced last week through a combination of fan voting (50%), media voting (25%) and active player voting (25%).

The nine-time WNBA All-Star center Brittney Griner announced on Instagram Tuesday that she agreed to join the Atlanta Dream in free agency

As the NBA's leader in rebounds and double-doubles, there was no reason for Domantas Sabonis to be denied another all-star honor after he was snubbed while in a

The versatile guard is named to the Western Conference reserves; teammate Norman Powell is not despite averaging a team-best 24 points per game.

San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama and Boston guard Jaylen Brown were among 14 players named on Thursday as reserves for next month's NBA All-Star Game at San Francisco.

Oklahoma City, Houston and Memphis are young teams with large asset pools, but going "all-in" at the wrong time could backfire.