Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson beats teammate Stephen Curry in NBA All-Stars Foot Locker Three-Point Contest during NBA All-Star Weekend 2016 at Air Canada Centre on February 13, 2016 in Toronto, Canada.
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“It’s going to be a fun round, because you’re going to need two ideal rounds to beat Steph”. “So I think that was my goal, and I did it”. Thompson got hot on the second rack and had 17 points as he got to his final rack, which consisted of all money balls. Then, he made his last eight shots in the final round and finished with 27 points to take the trophy away Curry in the final round.
Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry, front left, takes schoolchildren through a skills drill at a Jr.
While it wasn’t part of the actual three-point contest, actor Kevin Hart managed to tie Warriors forward Draymond Green 12-12 in a challenge before the event.
“I just didn’t want to hurt myself, go in there insane and hurt myself”, he said. Phoenix Suns rookie Devin Booker got into the final, beating L.A. Clippers guard J.J. Redick and Houston’s James Harden in a tiebreaker.
Minnesota’s Zach LaVine will be defending his slam dunk title against Denver’s Will Barton, Andre Drummond of Detroit and Orlando’s Aaron Gordon.
Messina, the legendary Italian coach compared Porzingis to former Bull Toni Kukoc, and said one area he would like to see him improve is being able to “do more things off the dribble”. “But it’s an issue that we’ve been studying for some time now”, said Silver who noted the competition committee recommended continuing to monitor the situation.
Redick saved the money rack for the final rack, and he hit two of those money balls, which he said felt somewhat different from the other basketballs. LaVine became the first repeat dunk champion since Nate Robinson, but Curry wasn’t even the best on his own team after setting a final-round record past year.
“I talked to the referees beforehand and told them to warn me if I got anywhere near the line”, Redick said.
Arguably the most highly-anticipated portion of All-Star Saturday, this year’s 3-point contest did not disappoint in the least.
The previous year, Thompson lost to Curry but again this year – both players faced up and this time, the results are different. “I think I have a great opportunity”.
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Booker began the final round with an admirable 16 points while letting a national TV audience know that the 19-year (shooting 40 percent from behind the arc in his first NBA season) will be a Three-Point Shootout mainstay for years to come.
