Damian Lillard won the 3-Point Contest for a second straight year Saturday night, while the hometown Team Pacers took down the skills challenge.
INDIANAPOLIS — Milwaukee Bucks guard Damian Lillard went back-to-back as the NBA 3-point champion, winning this year’s competition on the final shot attempt Saturday night.
After getting through to the final round on a tiebreaker, Lillard made it to his final rack tied at 24 points with Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young and needing just one shot to earn the victory.
Lillard missed the first four shots from the left corner before sinking the final one to earn the win.
« I mean, it’s only right that I do it with some drama, » Lillard said on the TNT broadcast following his victory. « I didn’t know what I had. I just heard the crowd going, ‘Ooh.’ I knew I had to make the last shot to get the win. »
Lillard became the eighth player in NBA history to win multiple 3-point contests and the first to go back-to-back since Jason Kapono won in 2007 and ’08. Lillard also won it last year with the Portland Trail Blazers.
