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NBA: Past champs Steph Curry, Devin Booker battle in 3-Point Contest

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/03/03/booker-curry.jpg"/><figcaption>Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker (1) and Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) are two of the competitors in this year&#x27;s NBA 3-Point Contest. <em>Kamil Krzaczynski and Jerome Miron, USA TODAY Sports/Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Former 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 3-Point Contest on Sunday, March 7, at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. </p><p>The competition will take place before the 2021 NBA All-Star Game.<br/>The six-player field for the 35th edition of the 3-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. </p><p>This marks the first 3-Point Contest in which each participant is a current NBA All-Star. </p><p>Booker, the 2018 3-Point Contest champion, will make his fifth appearance in the event. </p><p>Curry, the 2015 champion, will compete for the seventh time, tying Dale Ellis for the second-most appearances behind Craig Hodges (eight). </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KF3emdnNoMI?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>A seven-time NBA All-Star, Curry has made a league-high 164 3-pointers this season. 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><p>LaVine and Mitchell are both former AT&amp;T Slam Dunk champions; LaVine is competing in the 3-Point Contest for the second year in a row. </p><p>This marks the event debut for Mitchell and Boston&#x27;s Brown and Tatum.</p><p>MTN DEW, the NBA&#x27;s title partner for the event, 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><p>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. The three competitors with the highest scores in the first round will advance to the championship round. </p><p>Sacramento&#x27;s Buddy Hield won last year&#x27;s 3-Point Contest.</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GwRNdm3SN9o?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Devin Booker and Stephen Curry lead a field composed entirely of current NBA All-Stars who will participate in the 2021 3-Point Contest on Sunday.</p>

Devin Booker and Stephen Curry lead a field composed entirely of current NBA All-Stars who will participate in the 2021 3-Point Contest on Sunday.