{"id":203256,"date":"2021-03-03T10:35:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T09:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=203256"},"modified":"2021-03-03T10:35:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T09:35:01","slug":"booker-curry-brown-tatum-lavine-and-mitchell-to-participate-in-3-point-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/booker-curry-brown-tatum-lavine-and-mitchell-to-participate-in-3-point-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Booker, Curry, Brown, Tatum, LaVine and Mitchell to participate in 3-Point Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

What:<\/strong>\u00a0MTN DEW 3-Point Contest
\nWhen:<\/strong>\u00a0Sunday, March 7 | Prior to the tip-off of the 2021 All-Star Game
\nTV:<\/strong>\u00a0All-Star coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. ET on TNT
\nParticipants:<\/strong>\u00a0Devin Booker, Stephen Curry, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Zach LaVine, Donovan Mitchell<\/p>\n

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NEW YORK \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>Former 3-Point Contest champions Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns and Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors lead a field composed entirely of current NBA All-Stars who will participate in the 2021 MTN DEW\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a03-Point Contest on Sunday, March 7 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.\u00a0 The competition will take place before the 2021 NBA All-Star Game, airing on TNT.<\/p>\n

The six-player field for the 35th<\/sup>\u00a0MTN DEW\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a03-Point Contest also features 2021 NBA All-Stars Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics, Zach LaVine of the Chicago Bulls and Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz.\u00a0 This marks the first 3-Point Contest in which each participant is a current NBA All-Star.<\/p>\n

MTN DEW returns as the title partner of the 3-Point Contest as part of PepsiCo and the NBA\u2019s multiyear marketing partnership renewal.\u00a0 In addition, MTN DEW will award $100,000 in newly created MTN DEW Scholarships to two students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities during the 3-Point Contest broadcast.<\/p>\n

The MTN DEW 3-Point Contest is a two-round, timed shooting competition at NBA All-Star 2021, which will take place on one night.\u00a0 TNT\u2019s NBA All-Star coverage on March 7 will begin at 5 p.m. ET with\u00a0TNT NBA Tip-Off presented by CarMax,\u00a0<\/em>followed by the Taco Bell\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0Skills Challenge and MTN DEW 3-Point Contest starting at 6:30 p.m. ET.\u00a0 NBA All-Star Game coverage will begin at 8 p.m. ET, with AT&T Slam Dunk taking place at halftime.\u00a0 NBA All-Star 2021 will reach fans in 215 countries and territories in more than 50 languages.<\/p>\n

Booker, the 2018 MTN DEW 3-Point Contest champion, will make his fifth appearance in the event.\u00a0 Curry, the 2015 champion, will compete for the seventh time, tying Dale Ellis for the second-most appearances behind Craig Hodges (eight).\u00a0 A seven-time NBA All-Star, Curry has made a league-high 164 3-pointers this season.\u00a0 He holds the NBA single-season record for 3-pointers made (402 in 2015-16) and ranks second in career 3-pointers made (2,659).<\/p>\n

LaVine and Mitchell are both former AT&T Slam Dunk champions.\u00a0 No player has ever won both the MTN DEW 3-Point Contest and AT&T Slam Dunk in a career.\u00a0 LaVine will compete in the 3-Point Contest for the second year in a row.\u00a0 This marks the event debut for Mitchell.\u00a0 Brown and Tatum are also first-time participants in the MTN DEW 3-Point Contest.<\/p>\n

For the second consecutive year, the MTN DEW 3-Point Contest will feature the \u201cMTN DEW Zone\u201d \u2013 two deep shot locations positioned equidistant between the traditional racks at the top of the 3-point arc and the adjacent \u201cwing\u201d rack.\u00a0 Each of the two ball pedestals in the MTN DEW Zone is located 6 feet behind the 3-point line and holds one special green ball, the \u201c3-Ball.\u201d\u00a0 Shots made with the green ball are worth three points.<\/p>\n

In addition to the two shots in the MTN DEW Zone, the MTN DEW 3-Point Contest will have five main shooting locations \u2013 four racks containing four official NBA game balls (each worth one point) and one multicolored \u201cmoney\u201d ball (worth two points), as well as one special \u201call money ball\u201d rack.\u00a0 Every ball on the all money ball rack, which each participant can place at any of the five traditional shooting locations, is worth two points.<\/p>\n

Each competitor will have 70 seconds (1:10) to shoot as many as the 27 balls as he can, with a maximum possible score of 40 points in a round.\u00a0 The three competitors with the highest scores in the first round will advance to the championship round.\u00a0 The player with the highest score in the championship round will win the MTN DEW 3-Point Contest.\u00a0\u00a0Click here<\/a>\u00a0for a complete explanation of the rules and a diagram showing the location of the MTN DEW Zone.<\/p>\n

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MTN DEW 3-Point Contest Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • 1986 \u2013 Larry Bird, Boston<\/li>\n
  • 1987 \u2013 Larry Bird, Boston<\/li>\n
  • 1988 \u2013 Larry Bird, Boston<\/li>\n
  • 1989 \u2013 Dale Ellis, Seattle<\/li>\n
  • 1990 \u2013 Craig Hodges, Chicago<\/li>\n
  • 1991 \u2013 Craig Hodges, Chicago<\/li>\n
  • 1992 \u2013 Craig Hodges, Chicago<\/li>\n
  • 1993 \u2013 Mark Price, Cleveland<\/li>\n
  • 1994 \u2013 Mark Price, Cleveland<\/li>\n
  • 1995 \u2013 Glen Rice, Miami<\/li>\n
  • 1996 \u2013 Tim Legler, Washington<\/li>\n
  • 1997 \u2013 Steve Kerr, Chicago<\/li>\n
  • 1998 \u2013 Jeff Hornacek, Utah<\/li>\n
  • 2000 \u2013 Jeff Hornacek, Utah<\/li>\n
  • 2001 \u2013 Ray Allen, Milwaukee<\/li>\n
  • 2002 \u2013 Peja Stojakovic, Sacramento<\/li>\n
  • 2003 \u2013 Peja Stojakovic, Sacramento<\/li>\n
  • 2004 \u2013 Voshon Lenard, Denver<\/li>\n
  • 2005 \u2013 Quentin Richardson, Phoenix<\/li>\n
  • 2006 \u2013 Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas<\/li>\n
  • 2007 \u2013 Jason Kapono, Miami<\/li>\n
  • 2008 \u2013 Jason Kapono, Toronto<\/li>\n
  • 2009 \u2013 Daequan Cook, Miami<\/li>\n
  • 2010 \u2013 Paul Pierce, Boston<\/li>\n
  • 2011 \u2013 James Jones, Miami<\/li>\n
  • 2012 \u2013 Kevin Love, Minnesota<\/li>\n
  • 2013 \u2013 Kyrie Irving, Cleveland<\/li>\n
  • 2014 \u2013 Marco Belinelli, San Antonio<\/li>\n
  • 2015 \u2013 Stephen Curry, Golden State<\/li>\n
  • 2016 \u2013 Klay Thompson, Golden State<\/li>\n
  • 2017 \u2013 Eric Gordon, Houston<\/li>\n
  • 2018 \u2013 Devin Booker, Phoenix<\/li>\n
  • 2019 \u2013 Joe Harris, Brooklyn<\/li>\n
  • 2020 \u2013 Buddy Hield, Sacramento<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n