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NEW ORLEANS - In what has become a highlight of the NBA calendar, All-Star Saturday festivities will commence from Smoothie King Center. Yeezy Boost 350 Moonrock For Sale . The night starts off with the Shooting Stars competition, followed by the Skills Challenge, the 3-Point Shootout and the main event, a showcase of athleticism known as the Slam-Dunk Contest. You can catch all of the action live starting at 8pm et/5pm pt on TSN2. Or, one could call All-Star Saturday, "Damian Lillard Day." The Portland All-Star, who competed in the Rising Stars game on Friday, is scheduled to participate in the Skills Challenge, 3-Point Shootout and Slam- Dunk Contest on Saturday. "Im happy that Im really a part of the weekend. I get to compete in all these events, and just to be in these guys company with all these stars," said Lillard. "It lets you know that the hard work is paying off." This year, much like last, Saturdays competitions are broken down into East vs. West. Paul George of the Indiana Pacers is the East captain, while Steph Curry guides the West. Both are starters in Sundays All-Star game. Saturdays happenings start at 8 p.m. ET. Up first will be the Shooting Stars, a simple enough competition where current NBAers join a legend and a WNBA star in a shooting contest from all over the floor. The first round will feature teams from the same conference against each other. The winning teams advance to the final round for the title. Each competitor will be stationed at one of the first three places, and the shot must be made before the next can be attempted. All three will chuck it up from near half-court and the team with the best time wins. Its a family affair for two of the teams as Curry will join his father Dell Curry and Becky Harmon of the San Antonio Silver Stars. On the East team, Tim Hardaway, Jr. of the New York Knicks will partner with his dad Tim and Elena Delle Donne of the Chicago Sky. Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder will pair with Karl Malone and Skylar Diggins of the Tulsa Shock. The other East team is the defending champion trio of Miamis Chris Bosh, Dominique Wilkins and Swin Cash of the Sky. The Skills Challenge underwent some changes this year. Now, there will be two two-man teams from each conference competing against each other to reach the East vs. West final. It will now be a relay format. The Eastern teams will be rookie Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks and All-Star DeMar DeRozan of the Toronto Raptors as well as rookies Michael Carter-Williams of the 76ers and Orlandos Victor Oladipo. The West will be represented by Lillard and Utah Jazz first-year player Trey Burke and the tandem of Goran Dragic of the Phoenix Suns and Reggie Jackson of the Oklahoma City Thunder. The 3-Point Shootout remained largely untouched, although the East v. West format remains intact. The player from the Eastern Conference with the most points will meet the player from the Western Conference with the most points. However, there is one new wrinkle this year. Each player can make one of the five locations to a full rack of five money balls, each worth two points. Defending champion Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers anchors the East team of Orlandos Arron Afflalo, Washingtons Bradley Beal and Joe Johnson of the Brooklyn Nets. Curry and Lillard are on the West team alongside All-Star starter Kevin Love, who won the title in 2012, and San Antonio Spur Marco Belinelli. And now, its time for the main event. This years edition of the Slam-Dunk contest will see many changes, first of which is a Freestyle Round. Lets let the NBA explain: "In a significant first in the events history, the competition will tip off with a Freestyle Round where the dunkers for each conference will have 90 seconds to showcase as many dunks as they want. At the conclusion of the Freestyle Round, the panel of judges will then choose a winner by voting East or West. The winning conference will earn the advantage of deciding whether its dunkers will dunk first or second in the head-to-head battles that take place in the Battle Round." The Battle Round? "The Battle Round will feature head-to-head matchups pitting East dunkers vs. West dunkers, with the judges choosing a winner for each battle. Upon losing a head-to-head battle, that dunker is then eliminated from the competition. The first team to win three battles will win the competition and be crowned 2014 Sprite Slam Dunk champions." No individual champion? "At the conclusion of the team competition, fans will then have the opportunity to vote for the player of their choice as the Sprite Slam Dunker of the Night through SMS, Twitter, NBA.com and the NBA GameTime app." For the first time since 1988, there will be three All-Stars in the Slam-Dunk Contest. George and John Wall of the Washington Wizards team with defending champion Terrence Ross of the Toronto Raptors, and out West, Lillard, Golden States Harrison Barnes and Sacramentos Ben McLemore round out the team. Buy Nike Air Max BW Classic Black Grey Mens/Womens Cheap Shoes . 2 jersey and flashed a smile that beamed to Texas. With whirring cameras providing the soundtrack, he was welcomed to his NFL home. Originals NMD Runner Black/Grey/Silver Adidas Mens/Womens High Top Sneaker . -- Chad Ochocinco now is going to try bull riding.OTTAWA -- James Reimer couldnt stop smiling Saturday night, and who could blame him? After watching Jonas Gustavsson start 11 of 12 games in goal for the Maple Leafs in January, Reimer made 49 saves for his second straight shutout as Toronto beat the Ottawa Senators 5-0. The 23-year-old admitted he hadnt been feeling overly confident about his game following his return from a head injury, but said hes determined to regain the form that made him Torontos No. 1 goaltender last season. "I really wanted to step it up a bit and the only way I know how is to work hard and do what I think is right and so I went home and got in a little better shape (during the all-star break)," Reimer said. "I never could have guessed that it would come with back-to-back shutouts; thats a lot of fun to experience." Reimer made 25 saves on Wednesday in a 1-0 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Leafs also had a solid outing from Phil Kessel who had a three-point night, including the game-winning goal. Dion Phaneuf, Tyler Bozak, Luke Schenn and Cody Franson also scored for the Leafs (27-19-6). Ottawas Craig Anderson, making his 17th straight start and 50th appearance, had little help from his teammates as he faced 40 shots. With their sixth straight loss, the Senators are looking at their longest winless streak since they went 0-9-2 last season. The Senators remain in seventh in the Eastern Conference, but the Leafs are just one point back in eighth and Washington is just three points back in ninth. Both teams have games in hand on Ottawa. "I mean theres urgency no question, panics not the right word," said Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson. "We need to find a way to dig deep here and work towards getting better in a lot of areas...everybodys got to come together and find one gutsy effort to build on." The Senators realize this black hole could be insurmountable if they allow it to get much bigger. "Right now were in a down point and its just a matter of how quick we can turn this thing around," said Senators forward Jason Spezza. "Weve still got ourselves in the cluster of teams in the playoffs so its no time to quit or get real down on ourselves." Spezza called this "definitely the worst loss," but said the team needs "to take a breath and relax and realize were still in a fairlyy good position, not as good as we were in two weeks ago, but still in that battle and still a lot of hockey left to play. Cheap Air Max 1 Ireland. " The Senators have made a habit of rallying to win this season, but the hole was too deep as they entered the third period trailing 3-0. Any hope quickly died as Schenn made it 4-0 early in the period and Fransons power-play goal completely deflated Ottawa. Playing their second game in as many nights, the Senators got into trouble early as the Leafs jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period. The Senators had two early powerplay opportunities, but couldnt connect on either. "I thought those penalty kills were really big for our team," Phaneuf said. The Leafs have not allowed a power-play goal in their last 14 games. Midway through the period Kessel picked up his own rebound and beat Anderson through the legs to open the scoring. Toronto made it 2-0 late in the period with the man advantage as Kessel found an open Phaneuf, who beat Anderson with a quick wrister. "Phils got great vision," Phaneuf said. "Hes got great hands and he showed it there with that pass through the seam. He put it right on my tape." Despite outshooting the Leafs 21-9 in the second Ottawa could not find a way to beat Reimer. Bozak gave the Leafs a commanding 3-0 lead with his ninth of the season as he broke in around the defence and lifted a backhander over a sprawled Anderson. Phaneuf said the atmosphere in the building was energizing and with so many Leafs on hand almost felt like a home game. "Any time we come here the fans are great supporting us," he said. "The fans are so loud and its a great atmosphere to be a part of. It had a playoff type atmosphere." With three more home games remaining in this homestand the Senators will need to make some quick adjustments if they hope to remain in the playoff hunt. Notes: Saturdays game was the second annual Bell Sens Youth Mental Health Night in support of D.I.F.D. (Do It For Daron), a youth-driven program focused on raising awareness and inspiring conversations about youth mental health... The Senators were without C Peter Regin (shoulder, out for season), C Jesse Winchester (concussion, indefinitely). D Brian Lee (lower body, day-to-day). Torontos D Mike Komisarek, LW Darryl Boyce and LW Jay Rosehill were healthy scratches. Cheap China Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China China NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Cheap Jerseys China ' ' '