"On a holiday celebrating love and affection, thousands of enthusiastic basketball fans showed up at Intuit Dome to cheer for their favorite NBA players in a trifecta of skills competitions on the eve of the league's 75th annual All-Star Game. Getting Saturday off to a scintillating start was the three-point contest - one of All-Star weekend's most coveted prizes since Larry Bird won the initial contest in 1986 as well as the next two."
"Lillard went second in the finals and watched anxiously from the bench as it looked like Booker would overtake him before missing his last three shots from the corner. "At the end I was at his mercy but it worked out," said Lillard, a nine-time All-Star who underwent successful surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon in April and is sitting out this season."
Thousands of fans gathered at Intuit Dome on Valentine's Day for a trio of skills competitions ahead of the NBA's 75th All-Star Game. The three-point contest opened the event and featured eight players shooting 27 balls from five spots in 70 seconds. Damian Lillard won the final with 29 points, two more than Devin Booker, becoming a three-time champion alongside Larry Bird and Craig Hodges. Booker posted the highest first-round score (30); Kon Knueppel also advanced to the final with 27. Several notable players were eliminated in the first round. Lillard is a nine-time All-Star recovering from Achilles surgery and sat out the season.
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