Success for the leader of the Warriors 29 to 26. In the 3-point game Lillard wins again, followed by McClung for the dunks
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This year too, All Star Saturday does not disappoint with the addition of the eagerly awaited match between Steph Curry and Sabrina Ionescu. An event that the NBA has publicized a lot in the last week offers a spectacle with two applause-worthy performances from the protagonists. However, in the end it was the leader of the Warriors who won.
the race
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Ionescu should have shot from the Wnba three-point line, however, the Liberty player opted, despite using the smaller ball, for a challenge from the same distance as Curry and with an excellent start to the match she put great pressure on the player Golden State, ultimately finishing with 26 points. No problem for Steph who with her usual sublime shooting technique achieved success with a total of 29. “Sabrina started very strong, putting pressure on me – Steph underlines at the end – I managed to find a rhythm and in the end I won but I have to congratulate her , it was a beautiful event that saw two high-level performances, I hope it can be repeated in the years to come.”
lillard show
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Also very interesting was the actual three-game match with Damian Lillard who placed the “repeat” after last year’s success. In the final, the Bucks player overtakes Trae Young in the photo finish and needs the last shot, with the ball worth two points, to overtake the Hawks basketball player and place the “back to back” scoring 26 points. Lillard thus becomes the first player to win the three-point game two consecutive years since Jason Kapono, who won in 2007 and 2008.
McClung encore
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Same script also in the dunk contest with the now very famous G-Leaguer Mac McClung who, after stealing the limelight last year in Salt Lake City, also repeats himself in Indianapolis and, scoring a 50, beating Shaquille O’Neal before get to the rim, wins the second consecutive success. Thus, with only four appearances in NBA games in his career, McClung enters the legend of the All Star weekend with two consecutive successes in the Slam Dunk Contest. Team Pacers, formed by the trio Haliburton-Mathurin-Turner, succeeded in the Skills Challenge.
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