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Stephen Curry and Sabrina Ionescu might have signed up for a win-win situation when they agreed to go head-to-head in an unprecedented 3-point shootout, but someone had to lose. Curry made sure he came out with the victory on All-Star Saturday night, scoring 29 points. Ionescu, 26, didn’t want to shoot from the women’s 3-point line of 20 feet, 6 inches. Instead, she leveled the playing field and shot from the NBA line of 23 feet, 9 inches. Naturally, she did shoot a WNBA ball. Fans were… Source link

The 2022 WNBA All-Star Game is this weekend at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, home of the 2021 champion Chicago Sky. The All-Star weekend started with the New York Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu winning the Skills Challenge and Chicago Sky star Allie Quigley winning a record fourth 3-Point Contest on Saturday. No NBA or WNBA player had ever won a 3-Point Contest more than three times. The All-Star Game is at 1 p.m. ET Sunday (ABC). The two teams are captained by Seattle Storm forward Breanna… Source link

Jimmy Butler took a questionable shot on Sunday with a trip to the NBA Finals at stake. He missed. The Miami Heat lost. The Boston Celtics instead advanced to play for an NBA championship. For this, Butler has no regrets. Butler pulls up for 3 with NBA Finals on the line In a familiar refrain throughout the postseason and since he joined Miami in 2019, Butler carried the Heat on his back as they clawed their way back into Game 7 before ultimately falling short. There’s no other player Heat fans… Source link

Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard will participate in the 3-Point Contest in Atlanta on March 7, league sources tell Yahoo Sports. The 3-Point Contest and Skills Challenge will take place prior to the All-Star Game on the same day and the Slam Dunk Contest will be performed at halftime, sources say. The Trail Blazers’ franchise player is sure to be named an All-Star for the sixth time. Lillard, 30, is third in the league in 3-pointers made (105) while shooting 38% from that… Source link

Stephen Curry is now owner of the second spot on the NBA’s all-time 3-pointers list, and it should only be a matter of time until he’s knocking on first. The Golden State Warriors star passed Reggie Miller on Saturday with the 2,561st 3-pointer of his career, scored early in the third quarter against the Utah Jazz. Curry eventually finished with 2,562 career 3-point makes, going 5-for-10 from deep with 24 points, 7 assists and 7 rebounds in a 127-108 loss. Only Ray Allen sits ahead of… Source link