The first person in NBA history! The only center to compete, Towns, upset and snatched the three-point contest title
The All-Star Weekend three-point contest, which added two large three-pointers, turned out to be unexpected, and Timberwolves Center Towns, the only one to represent the center, scored 29 points in the final, beating Clippers guard Kennard and Eagles guard Trae Young for 26 points, and won this year's three-point contest championship, and Ray Allen personally presented him with the championship trophy, and he also became the first center in history to win a three-point contest.
This year's three-point competition in maintaining the old rules, in the left and right bottom line, left and right 45 degree angle and arc top set up 5 fairways, each with 5 balls, the last ball is 2 points plus ball, players can choose any one to let each of them is 2 points plus ball, the new left and right 45 degree angle of the long distance 3 points ball, so that the total score can reach 40 points.
The first-round result was 18 points for desmond Bane, the Pelicans, and C.J. McCollum. McCollum) 19 points, Clippers Luke Kennard 28 points, Zach Lavine 14 points, Patty Mills 21 points, Timberwolves Downs 22 points, Raptors Fred VanVleet 16 points, Hawks Trae Young 22 points. The top three players in the first round were able to advance, so Kennard, Towns and Trae Young managed to advance to the decider.
Coming to the finals, the first to appear was the only participating center down this year, scoring 9 goals in the first two points, making a good start, and shooting a three-point green ball, but unfortunately the last one did not perform well, failed to let the score fail to break through 30 points, but still ended with 29 points, and the call for the championship was very high; Trae Young came on the second, he scored 14 points after the first three shots and threw 1 3-point bonus ball, and the fairway performance of the 2-point bonus ball was also good, but in the end he only scored 26 points, and did not win the championship.
Finally, Kennard, who scored 28 points in the preliminaries, came on, and he scored 7 goals in the first two points, not inferior to Towns, but unfortunately his two green balls did not score, almost declaring that he had no chance of winning the championship, and finally he scored 26 points, giving up the championship of this year's three-point contest to Towns.
According to the record, Towns was the first center in history to win a three-point contest, while benefiting from a rule change, and the 29 points in the decider round were also a record high.
