The Utah Jazz have embraced the 3-ball this season.
But they couldn’t quite claim the long-ball title.
Golden State’s Stephen Curry narrowly edged Jazz point guard Mike Conley, by a score of 28-27, for the 2021 NBA 3-Point Contest trophy at Sunday’s All-Star game in Atlanta.
Conley put plenty of pressure on the sharpshooting Curry by hitting four of the five balls off his money-ball rack, one of the competition’s two long-range shots, and all five of the balls on the last rack of the final round.
But Curry, one of the game’s all-time great shooters and now a two-time 3-point champ, beat Conley on the final shot of the competition.