For the first time, State Farm All-Star Saturday Night will feature a new format that pits the Eastern Conference against the Western Conference in a night of competition that will raise money for charity, the NBA and State Farm announced today.

As part of the new format, points earned by each conference throughout the four All-Star Skills Competitions will determine the conference that earns the title of 2013 State Farm All-Star Saturday Night Champion.  Also, each conference will have an All-Star Saturday Night captain who will lead his team during the event.

The first two events are the Shooting Stars and the Skills Challenge — the former is an around-the-world style competition that ends in a half-court shot, while the latter is an obstacle course of sorts that the league’s best guards try to navigate in as fast a time as possible. The other two competitions are the well know Three-Point Shooting Contest and the Dunk Contest.

via Official NBA Release