Curry batted it down to other end of the court after he and the other National Basketball Association stars who were as captivated as the fans and celebrities sitting courtside charged onto the court after LaVine leaped from just inside the free-throw line, put the ball between his legs in midair and slammed it down.
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A heavy underdog, at least according to one betting site. Kobe Bryant also picked Curry when asked.
Eat it, Kobe. The underdog won, as Thompson edged Curry by four points in the final round sinking six straight shots and his full red-white-and-blue money ball rack to claim the title.
Throughout the entire contest, Thompson was the leading scorer as he led all competitors with 22 points after the first round.
“It was just fun, because we have friendly trash-talk between each other, it’s all light-hearted out there”, Thompson told the media after the contest.
As the reigning victor of the 3-Point Contest, Curry will look to be a back-to-back top dog from beyond the arc. The contest started a little after 9:30 p.m. ET previous year, but it followed two competitions instead of one.
The dunk contest was actually slow to build with Will Barton of the Denver Nuggets and Andre Drummond eliminated after two-dunk scores of 74 and 75, respectively.
Booker won a tiebreaker to advance to the championship round after tying with Houston’s James Harden and J.J. Redick of the Clippers at 20. That makes the Portland guard a busy man Saturday, as he is already entered in the field of the Skills Challenge.
In the first year that frontcourt players were allowed to compete against the guards in the event that puts a premium on ball-handling, passing and perimeter shooting, Towns beat Golden State’s Draymond Green and Sacramento’s DeMarcus Cousins in the big men side of the bracket before edging Thomas in the finals. “So I think that was my goal, and I did it”.
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Robertson will be honored:Former Milwaukee Bucks guard Oscar Robertson, a Hall of Famer who forever changed the game of both on and off the court, will be presented the league’s Lifetime Achievement Award on Sunday.
