New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson and his wife Ali Brunson married in July 2023 and together share one baby, daughter Jordyn
Ali Brunson is your ticket inside.
Couldn’t make it to the NBA All-Star game? No fear because New York Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson‘s wife is your all-access pass, giving PEOPLE a behind-the-scenes look at the basketball-filled action from courtside and beyond.
Shared in an exclusive PEOPLE photo diary, Ali snapped pics that chronicle the hours leading up to and moments after the anticipated NBA matchup that features the league’s top 24 players held in San Francisco on Sunday, Feb. 16 this year.
Brunson played for Kenny Smith’s Young Stars during the 2025 NBA All-Star Game, one of the four teams that participated in the tournament’s new format. He was a starter alongside All-Star teammates Jaren Jackson Jr., Jalen Williams and Darius Garland.
Ali has been by Jalen’s side since their romance first began in high school; the pair got engaged in September 2022, wed in July 2023 and welcomed their first baby together in July 2024. Her support for the athlete has continued in the decade that followed their meeting. This game was no different.
In fact, it was a family affair! The couple’s firstborn daughter Jordyn James Brunson cheered her dad on from the stands (so much so that she snoozed throughout most of the game), alongside the basketball star’s parents, Sandra and Rick Brunson, and his sister, Erica Brunson.
Despite Team Kenny’s loss to Team Chuck in the first semifinal, with Team Shaq defeating the latter 41-25 and ultimately winning the entire tournament, the NBA All-Star Game was filled with high-energy and family fun for Team Brunson.
Scroll on for a peek inside Ali Brunson’s exclusive PEOPLE Photo Diary of the NBA game day!
A different city hosts NBA All-Star Weekend annually. This year, it was held in San Fransisco with the 74th All-Star Game played at the Chase Center.
“I always love to explore the city by going for a game day walk,” Ali tells PEOPLE exclusively before heading to the arena. “In San Fransisco, I walked to Boba Guys, Chinatown and down Market Street.
Ali’s game-day outfits never disappoint, so naturally, her All-Star Game look was next-level cool. She wore head-to-toe denim, rocking a custom jacket in tribute to Brunson complete with his name, number and image on the back.
The NBA W.A.G. went undeniably fashionable, yet kept it functional too. “My outfit for the All-Star Game was simple this year because I knew Jordyn would be in the carrier and we would be running around all day,” she tells PEOPLE.
Lily McArthur (known as @denimdesignsbylv online) is the creative behind the jacket, who teamed up with artist McKenna Kirkpatrick to paint a near-identical portrait of the New York Knicks star. “It was incredible!” Ali says of the personalized piece.
Ali made her way over to the Chase Center in style. She cruised over in a silver whip thanks to her Jeep family.
As part of the W.A.G.s in Wags initiative, Ali tells PEOPLE that Jeep was “taking care of a few lucky W.A.G.s at All-Star Weekend by providing them with the most luxurious and comfortable ride.”
In celebration of NBA All-Star Weekend and Valentine’s Day, the basketball ladies teamed up with Jeep to create “the perfect moment” to celebrate the women behind the game with “Queens of the Court,” Ali says.
The Galentine’s Day experience, which was curated by Brooke Rose and Tara Bernstein, “gave their flowers” to the “powerhouse women in sport,” she adds of athletes and agents to the wives and girlfriends involved.
