On February 20, the NBA All-Star Weekend was played in a single event, and the players participating in the three-point game were star-studded. The format is the same as last year, with 2 green-ball points in addition to the 5 regular shooting points, and 3 points on the over-the-top three-point shot. In the end, after a battle, Towns scored 29 points in the final, defeating the likes of Trae Young, LaVine and Kennard to win the championship, congratulations.
This is the third consecutive year that LaVine has participated in the three-point contest, and this season Lavine has a 39.9% shooting rate from three-point shooting in the regular season. McCollum, who has switched doors, is also participating in the three-point contest for the third time, with a three-point shooting rate of 42.5% in the pelicans' five games; Trae Young's previous nickname is "Curry Jr.", the second time to participate in the three-point contest, this season's three-point shooting rate of 38.3%; other players are the first time to play in the three-point contest.
The first three finals reached the finals, with Kennard, Towns and Trae Young advancing to the final of the three-point contest:
The first to appear was Desmond Bain, who scored 2 in his first bottom corner without a flower ball. Three consecutive goals were scored at the top of the left arc, the ball was thrown from the far side, the wing side 45 degrees three-pointer was lost, the flower ball was scored again, and Bane scored 18 points.
McCollum hit 3-of-5 in the bottom right corner of the first point, 3-of-5 at the top of the right arc while hitting a 2-point ball, and hitting consecutive hits at the top of the arc. Two of the three-pointers didn't hit, and the last point hit consecutive iron, and McCollum scored 19 points.
Kennard performed strongly, scoring 28 points, which was also the score of Curry's championship that year, during which a small tidbit, in time Kennard 14 points after the live scorer stopped working.
Lavin scored 5 points on the first point and 4 points on the second point, but at the top of the arc, he played iron continuously, and the last flower ball point did not score a single point, scored 14 points, and was eliminated.
The Nets' Mills lost all of the first point, the second was 4 of 5 from the point, 2 of 5 three-pointers, and 3 of 5 from the last bottom corner, and Mills scored 21 points.
Towns scored four points on the first point, hit consecutive hits at the top of the left arc, and the wing three-pointer was also intermittent, and 2 super far missed. On the final point, Towns hit a whistle-pressed ball and scored 22 points.
VanVleet scored just eight points on 2 points, lost 2 from too far, and hit the ball 3-of-5 at the top of the arc on the right. With 2 of 5 in the bottom corner, he scored 16 points and was eliminated.
Trae Young, the last to appear, crushed Mills and scored 22 points to advance to the final of the three-point contest.
Before the finals began, the three NBA all-time three-pointers Reggie Miller, Ray Allen and Curry came to the stage.
Start of the finals:
Towns scored five points on the first point, then Towns made consecutive shots that exploded and hit from far away to get 29 points.
Trae Young scored the first 3 points, then he adjusted his feel, and the ultra far also hit, spending 4 of 5 points, but unfortunately the final super far did not hit, he scored 26 points.
Kennard missed a few shots in the front, and he didn't have enough confidence behind him, even if he was full-time, to catch up with Towns, and he ended up scoring 26 points.
Towns won the three-point king with 29 points, congratulations.