will be leaving Salt Lake City with bragging rights .
Banchero and Team Pau won the Rising Stars competition Friday as part of All-Star weekend, beating Team Joakim 25-20 in the tournament’s championship matchup.
Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado, who won the tournament’s MVP honors, knocked down the game-winning to give Team Pau the win.
Banchero finished with 4 points, 1 block and 1 steal in the championship game.
Banchero and Team Pau beat Team Deron, the team Magic second-year forward Franz Wagner was on, 40-25 in the semifinals. Banchero had 9 points (4-for-6 shooting, 1 of 2 on 3s) and 5 rebounds in Friday’s first matchup, while Wagner went scoreless (0-of-3) and had 3 rebounds.
Alvarado scored 13 points in the opening game.
Team Joakim beat Team Terry, 40-32, in the semifinals to advance to the championship game.
The Rising Stars format, which was altered last season, featured four seven-player teams competing in a mini-tournament of three games (two semifinal games and one championship contest) instead of a single exhibition as in previous years.
The pool of 28 players for Rising Stars consisted of 11 rookies, 10 second-year NBA players and seven G League players.
Former NBA stars Pau Gasol, Deron Williams, Joakim Noah and Jason Terry served as honorary coaches for the tournament.
The 21 NBA players were drafted onto three seven-player teams by Gasol, Noah and Williams. The G League players were the fourth team and coached by Terry.
Banchero will also compete in Saturday’s Skills Challenge.
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