NBA All-Star Saturday Night kicked off in style with the Shooting Stars competition at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. For the third consecutive year, Team Bosh walked away from the event with the championship thanks to a final-round time of 57.6 seconds.
Here's how the NBA's official Twitter recognized the three-peat champions:
Russell Westbrook's team appeared to set the tone in the first round, though it didn't appear that way at first. Tamika Catchings struggled to make the first shot until the 17-second mark, but Penny Hardaway nailed the half-court shot to get a time of 35.2 seconds in the first round.
Here's what the first round for Team Westbrook looked like, via NBA.com:
However, the defending champions would not go down without a fight. Chris Bosh, Dominique Wilkins and Swin Cash were terrific once again in the first round, recording a time of 30.8 seconds.
Bosh was the one who hit the half-court shot in the first round, which gave him quite the record that may never be touched, per Zach Harper of CBS Sports:
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