Stephen Curry fought off Kyrie Irving and Klay Thompson in the championship round to win the 2015 Three-Point Contest on Saturday night in Brooklyn's Barclays Center.
He shot a scintillating 27 in the final round to wrap up the victory.
Kurt Helin of Pro Basketball Talk had Curry's thoughts after the contest, saying “I’m very happy right now, I’ve obviously been in it four times, so I wanted to win it and get it done."
This was arguably one of the deepest Three-Point Contests in years.
Kyle Korver is shooting 52.3 percent on three-pointers this season. Curry might be the best pure shooter in the league. Irving and Marco Belinelli are the last two three-point champions. James Harden, Wesley Matthews, J.J. Redick and Thompson rounded out the loaded field.
Heading into All-Star Weekend, the Three-Point Contest was shaping up to be arguably more exciting than the dunk contest, which has always been the crown jewel of All-Star Saturday.
Given the amount of hype surrounding the event, it was almost impossible that the three-point shootout would live up to expecta ...
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