Klay Thompson Takes Home 3PT Crown
Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors won his first 3PT-Shooting Contest in his first year as a participate with an excellent performance in both rounds.
Thompson scored 19 in the first round and advanced to final with teammate Stephen Curry and Damian Lillard of the Trailblazers, who scored 18 and 14 respectively.
Russell Westbrook of the Thunder scored 12, James Harden of the Rockets had 8 and Eric Gordon posted the lowest score of the event, scoring just 3.
In the Finals, Curry had 15 and Lillard followed with 10, setting a low bar for Thompson who finished the finals making every shot on the final rack to finish with 20 points.
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Blake Griffin Becomes 2-Time Slam Dunk Champion
With a new structure to the Dunk contest with reach dunker doing 3 dunks and judges will vote to find a winner, the dunk contest seemed promising, but in wide circles was deemed a disappointment.
Blake Grfiin was the only bright spot with 3 amazing dunks and he was the run-away winner with 210 points, edging rookie Tony Mitchell by 33 points. Kenneth Faried of the Nuggets came third with 175, 2 points behind Mitchell of the Pistons.
Jeremy Evans had a very poor showing and finished dead last with 107 points.