The NBA set the field for the 3-point Contest during All-Star weekend in San Francisco on Feb. 15, with a group of eight shooters that includes All-Star Game snub Norman Powell of the Los Angeles Clippers and two-time defending champion Damian Lillard of the Milwaukee Bucks.
Along with Powell and Lillard, the New York Knicks’ Jalen Brunson, the Detroit Pistons’ Cade Cunningham, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Darius Garland, the Miami Heat’s Tyler Herro, the Golden State Warriors’ Buddy Hield and the Brooklyn Nets’ Cam Johnson all will compete.
Herro leads the group with 3.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, while Powell is next among participants with 3.4, while leading the group by going 43.1 percent from beyond the arc.
Powell leads the Clippers with a career-high 23.9 points per game.
Brunson was named an All-Star Game starter, while Cunningham, Garland, Herro and Lillard all were named reserves.
Hield also is a past winner of the event, taking the title in 2020 in Chicago as a member of the Sacramento Kings.
–Field Level Media
Injuries to OG Anunoby and Mitchell Robinson helped ensure the New York Knicks would never get a chance to find out how they could have fared against the Boston Celtics…
A refreshed and relocated Jimmy Butler assures he’s in “a really good place mentally” as he aims to make his debut with the Golden State Warriors on Saturday. Traded this…
Two teams seeking to end losing streaks meet on the basketball court for the first time in 12 seasons when Stanford hosts North Carolina State in an Atlantic Coast Conference…
Jimmy Butler plans to make Warriors debut at Bulls
NC State carries seven-game losing streak to Stanford
Coaches in spotlight as No. 24 Michigan visits Indiana
Indiana confirms coach Mike Woodson to step down after season
Field Level Media - Professional sports content solutions | FLM
