Saturday marked the second day of the 2024 All-Star Weekend festivities and it truly was a historic night for the NBA as the best shooter ever and the deadliest active gunslinger in the W went against each other in a one-off 3-point contest for the ages.
Two New York Knicks—Jalen Brunson and Jacob Toppin—had a chance at making history themselves but both fell short of what that demanded and crashed out of the 3-point and Slam Dunk contests before reaching the final.
Here is what Brunson and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said before Saturday’s events took place inside Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.