INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard defended his NBA 3-point contest title by finishing with 26 points in the final round during All-Star Saturday night.
This one nearly ended without Lillard advancing to the final round.
Then in the final, Young and Towns each put up 24 points, giving Lillard a chance to win it with a late shooting flurry that gave him the title.
Team All-Stars' win in the shooting contest tied the score at 200, forcing the tiebreaker.
Haliburton needed just 38.3 seconds for a win that continued a big weekend for the Pacers, who are hosting their first All-Star weekend since 1985.
Persons:
Damian Lillard, Lillard, Jason Kapono, — Lillard, Tre Young, Karl Anthony, Minnesota —, Star Tyrese Haliburton, Myles Turner, Bennedict Mathurin, Haliburton, Mathurin, Detlef, — Jalen Rose, Detlef Schrempf, ___
Organizations:
INDIANAPOLIS, — Milwaukee Bucks, NBA, Portland, Tyrese, Tyrese Haliburton of, Haliburton, Young, Star, Team Pacers, . Haliburton, Lucas Oil, Pacers
Locations:
Atlanta, Tyrese Haliburton, Tyrese Haliburton of Indiana, Towns, Minnesota