Though his Rising Stars team lost, Rockets prospect Amen Thompson played well enough that he was chosen to join the winning team for All-Star Sunday.

Spurs rookie Stephon Castle was honored to be named Most Valuable Player of the NBA Rising Stars Game on Friday in San Francisco, California.

For the Rising Stars tournament, a combination of 24 first- and second-year players were drafted into three teams by NBA legends Chris Mullin (Team C), Mitch Richmond (Team M) and Tim Hardaway Jr. (Team T) with the fourth team comprised of G League players (Team G League).

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Ryan Dunn's team won the Rising Stars Challenge and will now compete in Sunday's NBA All-Star Game tournament.

Congratulations, Team C. You’ve won the Rising Stars competition. Your reward? A trip to the All-Star Game on Sunday night.

Here’s how it works: four teams will play each other, and they’ll have a target score to hit ( the Elam Ending! ), and the winners of the first two games will play each other for the title. And the winning team will play in the All-Star Game tournament on Sunday.

Phoenix Suns rookie Ryan Dunn and his Castrol Rising Stars team, Team Mullin, defeated Team G League 25-14 in the finals to advance to Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game.