A splash brothers reunion at next year’s Three-Point Contest?
Apparently, the Trail Blazers guard’s win sparked a fire under the greatest three-point shooter of all-time, Steph Curry. Curry has two Three-Point Contest wins, most recently in 2021 where he scored 31 points in a single round.
, a record that Curry says he’s now gunning for. He hasn’t competed since his previous win, but he says that will change next year with Lillard’s record-tying win. “Oh, 100%,” Curry said before Sunday’s All-Star Game when asked if he has to compete next year to match Lillard. “I already scheduled it. We’re going to bring some people—me, Dame and I’ll try to get Klay.”Curry isn’t playing in Sunday’s All-Star Game due to injury, but he was sure to give fans a signature shot all the way from the NBC booth during pregame festivities. It took four tries, but he got it:In 2015, Curry took down Kyrie Irving and his fellow splash brother Klay Thompson, setting a record for the most points in a final round with 27. Thompson took home the crown in the following year when he was able to tie his former teammate’s mark.. Mac McClung provided a renaissance in recent years, but he didn’t compete this year and the event fell short with Heat second-year forward Lillard’s appearance in the Three-Point Contest this year amid injury gave All-Star Saturday some juice and the event may continue to shine with Curry and potentially Thompson back in the fold.Blake Silverman is a contributor to the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in November 2024, he covered the WNBA, NBA, G League and college basketball for numerous sites, including Winsidr, SB Nation's Detroit Bad Boys and A10Talk. He graduated from Michigan State University before receiving a master's in sports journalism from St. Bonaventure University. Outside of work, he's probably binging the latest Netflix documentary, at a yoga studio or enjoying everything Detroit sports. A lifelong Michigander, he lives in suburban Detroit with his wife, young son and their personal petting zoo of two cats and a dog.
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