Tag: NBA Three-Point Contest

Warriors All-Star Rewind: Klay Thompson wins 2016 3-point contest

Rewind back to the 2016 NBA All-Star Weekend where Golden State Warriors All-Star Klay Thompson won his first 3-Point contest.

Following the 2014-15 season where the Golden State Warriors won the NBA Finals and Stephen Curry won the NBA MVP trophy, 2015-16 was nothing short of continued success for the franchise. The Warriors won the NBA Finals again, defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers for the second consecutive year, and Steph Curry, again, won the NBA MVP award for the second consecutive year.

But that wasn’t the only parallel between the two seasons. A Warriors player won the 3-point contest once again but this time, it was Klay Thompson, not Steph Curry.

Thompson, who lost in the final round to Curry in 2015, came back for revenge and there’s nothing sweeter than taking out Curry in the final round yourself, which is exactly what Klay did in 2016.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuvdpmgoTog

The final round consisted of Klay, Steph, and Suns rookie Devin Booker. Following Curry dropping 23 points, Klay stepped up to the plate and scored 27, mirroring the clinching final round that Curry had just the year before, to knock off his teammate to win take home the trophy.

Klay winning in 2016 marked the first time that teammates have won the 3-point contest in back-to-back years, according to ESPN Stats & Info.

 

Warriors All-Star Rewind: Steph Curry wins 2015 3-point contest

Rewind back to the 2015 NBA All-Star Weekend where Golden State Warriors All-Star Steph Curry won his first 3-Point contest.

The year of 2015 was truly the coming out party for not only Steph Curry but the Golden State Warriors as a franchise. Curry won his first MVP award and the Warriors were on the brink of their first of five consecutive NBA Finals appearances, bringing the trophy home three times.

But that the MVP award and Larry O’Brien trophy weren’t the only hardware that Curry took home that year. Most importantly, Curry won the 2015 Foot Locker 3-Point Contest during All-Star Weekend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nq13b7pn5c

 

To bring home the trophy, Steph had to outshoot the likes of Cavaliers All-Star Kyrie Irving and his Warriors teammate Klay Thompson. In the final round of the contest, Curry put on an absolute shooting clinic, scoring 27 points, including making 13 shots in a row at one point.

Other participants in the 3-point contest included Wesley Matthews, Kyle Korver, Marco Belinelli, J.J. Redick, and James Harden.

 

That was Curry’s first time winning the contest in his fourth time as a participant. Since then, he’s participated four more times, yet 2015 remains his only victory.

Curry will go for his second victory in the 3-point contest tomorrow night in Atlanta prior to the All-Star Game.

WATCH: Buddy Hields wins NBA 3-Point Contest on final shot

The former Oklahoma guard put on a clinic in Chicago on Saturday night, winning the NBA three-point contest on his last shot.

Buddy. Buckets.

The former Oklahoma guard put on a clinic in Chicago on Saturday night, winning the NBA 3-Point Contest on his last shot.

Hield needed 26 to tie Phoenix Suns guard, and 2018 NBA 3-Point Contest winner, Devin Booker. Hield closed the door with a money ball as time expired to crown himself as the 2020 three-point contest champion.

In his opening round, Hield tied Booker for first place with 27 points.

Hield is in his fourth season in the NBA and set a record for most 3-pointers made through three seasons. So far this season, Hield is averaging 20.4 points per game. From deep, Hield is averaging 3.8 makes per game and 9.9 shots attempted per game good for a 38.5 percent shooting from 3-point range.

Hield was a part of the 2016 Final Four team and was drafted sixth overall in the 2016 draft by the New Orleans Pelicans. He won the Naismith Trophy following that Final Four run, awarded to the men’s college basketball player who achieves great success on the court.

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