On February 20, Beijing time, the 2022 NBA All-Star Single Event Three-Point Contest, the first round of the preliminary round Kennard scored the highest 28 points, together with Towns and Trae Young are 22 points, Trae Young's last ball hit the kill, so the 3 people worked together to advance. Entering the final round, Towns beat Trae Young and Kennard with 29 points to 26 points, successfully crowned the new three-point king, and also won the three-point competition championship for the first time in his career, and became the first center player in history to win a three-point king, and the league allowed players to wear jewelry for the first time, and Towns wore his mother's jewelry to win the championship.
A total of eight players competed in this three-point contest: McCollum (Pelicans), Trae Young (Hawks), LaVine (Bulls), Bain (Grizzlies), Towns (Timberwolves), VanVleet (Raptors), Kennard (Clippers) and Mills (Nets).
Among them, McCollum and Lavin are both participating in the three-point contest for the third time, while Trae Young is participating in the three-point contest for the second time, and the remaining 5 are all participating in the three-point contest for the first time, and Towns is the only interior player.
Sixth in the preliminary round was timberwolves core Towns, who scored four points on the first point, and then Towns continued to hit consecutive hits, but missed three points, and then Towns hit consecutive three-point shots, and also hit the final flower ball, and finally scored 22 points.
At the end of the first round, Kennard scored 28 points, Towns and Trae Young were 22 points, so the three advanced to the final round, and the remaining 5 people Bane 18 points, McCollum 19 points, LaVine 14 points, Mills 21 points, VanVleet 16 points were eliminated.
Towns made his debut in the final round, scoring five points on the first point in the bottom corner on the right, followed by five consecutive shots at the top of the left arc to score consecutive three-pointers. Towns hit consecutive hits again, hitting three-point shots from the top of the arc on the right, downs still performed well on the fourth point, and the last point was not good, but still scored 29 points. Towns beat Trae Young and Kennard by 26 points with 29 points, successfully crowning the new three-point king.
Towns became the third 7-foot player to win the three-point king, the first two being Nowitzki and Love, but they were more of a big forward.
Towns scored 29 points in the final, breaking Curry's 28-point final round record and setting a new three-point contest final record. When the awards were awarded after the game, Towns shouted at O'Neal on the sidelines, "I told you, Shack (O'Neal), the odds for Las Vegas are wrong!" I told you earlier. I'm the best three-point big man in NBA history, and that's not a lie, I didn't lie to you."
Towns also paid further tribute to his deceased mother, who said he was grateful to the league for allowing him to wear his mother's necklace to the three-point contest because the league prohibited players from wearing any jewelry during the game, but set a precedent for him.
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