2017 VTB United League All-Star Game explained

Game Name:	2017 VTB United League All-Star Game
Visitor:	World Stars
Home:	Russian Stars
Visitor Total:	121
Home Total:	131
Date:	11 February 2017
City:	Sochi, Russia
Mvp:	Andrey Vorontsevich
Attendance:	12,000
Next:	2018

2017 VTB United League All-Star was the inaugural All-Star event of the VTB United League as a part of the 2016–17 VTB United League. The event took place on February 11, 2017.^[1] The game was played at the Bolshoy Ice Dome in Sochi, Russia. The game was played in a Russia Stars vs. the World Stars format. The Russian Stars won the game against the World Stars, by a score of 131:121.^[2] Andrey Vorontsevich was named the MVP of the game.^[3] Jānis Timma won the All-Star Game's slam dunk contest,^[4] and Sergey Karasev won the 3-Point Contest.^[5]

All-Star Game

**Russian Stars**^[6] ^[7]
Pos	Player	Team
Starters
G	Alexey Shved	Khimki
G	Sergey Karasev	Zenit Saint Petersburg
G		Lokomotiv Kuban
F	Victor Khryapa	CSKA Moscow
F	Andrey Vorontsevich	CSKA Moscow
Reserves
G	Anton Ponkrashov	UNICS
G	Sergey Bykov	Avtodor Saratov
G	Evgeny Voronov	UNICS
G	Evgeny Kolesnikov	Avtodor Saratov
G		Nizhny Novgorod
F	Sergei Monia	Khimki
F	Vladislav Trushkin	Enisey
C	Andrey Zubkov	Lokomotiv Kuban
C		Nizhny Novgorod
Head coach: Evgeniy Pashutin (UNICS)

**World Stars**
Pos	Player	Team
Starters
G		CSKA Moscow
G	Nando De Colo	CSKA Moscow
F	Keith Langford	UNICS
F	Jānis Timma	Zenit Saint Petersburg
C	Artsiom Parakhouski	UNICS
Reserves
G	Stefan Marković	Zenit Saint Petersburg
F	Jānis Blūms	VEF Rīga
G		UNICS
G	Taylor Rochestie	Lokomotiv Kuban
F	Ryan Broekhoff	Lokomotiv Kuban
F	DeAndre Kane	Nizhny Novgorod
F	Nick Minnerath	Avtodor Saratov
C	Frank Elegar	Enisey
Head coach: Dimitrios Itoudis (CSKA Moscow)

INJ Petr Gubanov, Ivan Strebkov and Miloš Teodosić didn't play because of injury.
REP Danilo Andjušić was named as Teodosić' replacement.