3 point shootout 2014 (Photo: still shot of TNT broadcast)
Foot Locker Three-Point Contest Preview:
When: Saturday, February 15th, 5:00PM PST
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA
TV: TNT
Odds:
Odds to win 2014 NBA Three Point Contest: From http://www.csnbayarea.com/warriors/vegas-handicaps-nba-all-star-weekend-favorites-curry
Stephen Curry (GS) — 2/1
Kevin Love (MIN) — 4/1
Arron Afflalo (ORL) — 5/1
Kyrie Irving (CLE) — 11/2
Damian Lillard (POR) — 6/1
Marco Belinelli (SA) — 6/1
Bradley Beal (WAS) — 15/2
Joe Johnson (BKN) — 10/1
[UPDATED: Saturday, February 15, 2014]
Today at the #NBAAllStar morning practice, Curry told us that he’d been practicing for the 3-Point Shootout and getting scores ranging between 18 and 25. He also said that he’d place the moneyball rack at one of the last three stations:
It is Curry’s third try in the 3-Point Shootout.
ORIGINAL POST:
Official Press Release from (http://www.nba.com/2014/news/as.3pt.contest/02/06/all-star-3-point-release/index.html)
NEW YORK — NBA All-Stars Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors, Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Joe Johnson of the Brooklyn Nets, Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers and Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves headline the field of participants for the Foot Locker Three-Point Contest (#FootLockerThree) taking place during State Farm® All-Star Saturday Night (#StateFarmSaturday) at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans on Saturday, Feb. 15. The Washington Wizards’ Bradley Beal, who will also be participating in the BBVA Compass Rising Stars challenge, Marco Belinelli of the San Antonio Spurs and Arron Afflalo of the Orlando Magic complete the field.
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The NBA’s best from behind the arc will take part in the Foot Locker Three-Point Contest, with the eight players competing in a two-round competition. Each player will have one minute to shoot as many balls as he can. The highest scoring East and highest scoring West competitors from the First Round will advance to the Championship Round. Of the two finalists, the one with the lower individual score from the First Round will go first in the Championship Round. The player scoring the most points in the Championship Round will win the 2014 Foot Locker Three-Point Contest for his conference along with $100,000 for their Conference’s charities.
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Five shooting stations will be set up around the three-point line, with four Official Spalding NBA game balls worth one point each and one Spalding NBA All-Star 2014 commemorative “money ball” worth two points at each location. New to this year’s contest, each player will also be able to switch one of the five shooting locations to a full rack of five “money balls,” each of which will be worth two points.
Stephen Curry, will be in the 3-Point Contest for the third time in his career. He will finally look to take home the trophy in this one.
Irving will look to defend his title as “Three Point King”, even though #DubNation surely feels that Curry is the “Three Point King”, not Irving.
This should be a good one as everybody in the field is a very good three-point shooter.
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