Overview
- Damian Lillard won the 3-Point Contest with 29 in the final, topping Devin Booker’s 27 to join Larry Bird and Craig Hodges as three-time champions.
- Booker led the opening round with 30, while Lillard and Hornets rookie Kon Knueppel advanced with 27 before Knueppel posted 17 in the final.
- Team Knicks — Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns and Allan Houston — captured the revived Shooting Stars event, beating Team Cameron 47–38.
- Miami’s Keshad Johnson took the Slam Dunk crown over Spurs rookie Carter Bryant with a 97.4–93.0 final, following a field that did not include three-time winner Mac McClung.
- All events were staged at the Intuit Dome and aired on NBC and Peacock, with the weekend now shifting to Sunday’s All-Star Game.