Damian Lillard wins second straight 3-Point Contest

NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA
Dame’s key to success 😅 pic.twitter.com/Ots2ouafrw – 12:23 AM

Ball Don’t Lie @Balldontlie
“I didn’t prepare at all … Just show up and shoot.”
Only Dame can go back-to-back in the 3-Point Contest with no preparation 😤
(via @NBA)
pic.twitter.com/WfYgU8jMWs – 12:16 AM

Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
Damian Lillard calls ‘Dame Time,’ wins second consecutive three-point contest on final shot jsonline.com/story/sports/n… via @journalsentinel – 11:59 PM

Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
NBA 3-Point Contest is still Dame Time
nbcsports.com/nba/news/nba-3… – 11:39 PM

StatMuse @statmuse
All-Star Saturday Night winners:
— Team Pacers
— Damian Lillard
— Steph Curry
— Mac McClung pic.twitter.com/RKZCK9F2in – 10:59 PM

Zach Kram @zachkram
Time for my annual All-Star plea: Put the 3-point contest last. (Especially next year, if Steph, Klay, and Dame all compete in the Bay Area.) – 10:53 PM

Ball Don’t Lie @Balldontlie
Damian Lillard daps up Shaq after winning the 3PT contest 🤝 pic.twitter.com/IRD2jdjgfF – 10:16 PM

Adi Joseph @AdiJoseph
Caitlin Clark vs. who next year? Dame? – 10:14 PM

Eric Nehm @eric_nehm
Damian Lillard said that one of the times he moved from one rack to another rack he didn’t know where the line was and he was worried he had stepped on the line. – 10:11 PM

StatMuse @statmuse
Players to go back-to-back in the 3-point contest:
— Jason Kapono
— Peja Stojakovic
— Jeff Hornacek
— Mark Price
— Craig Hodges
— Larry Bird
and now, Dame. pic.twitter.com/0WZac1jGG1 – 9:53 PM

Jamie Hudson @JamieHudson_
In classic Dame fashion 👌👌👌 – 9:53 PM

Ball Don’t Lie @Balldontlie
Dame is the first back-to-back three point champion since Jason Kapono in 2007/08 🍿 pic.twitter.com/lbwhXTGvmy – 9:53 PM

NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA
DAME REPEATS AS THREE-POINT CHAMP 🏆 #NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/kFJay91qjh – 9:52 PM

StatMuse @statmuse
Players to go back-to-back in the 3-point contest:
— Jason Kapono
— Peja Stojakovic
— Jeff Hornacek
— Mark Price
— Larry Bird
and now, Dame. pic.twitter.com/Ou14gMxkUS – 9:51 PM

Sean Cunningham @SeanCunningham
LOL Damian Lillard criticizing NBA officials in the 3-point contest is peak Dame. Can he be fined for that? – 9:49 PM

Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Damian Lillard for the win on the last shot.
Defends #NBAAllStarWeekend 3PT contest championship with a second straight title. #FearTheDeer pic.twitter.com/4hkLi7mxoD – 9:49 PM

Kevin Chouinard @KLChouinard
Damian Lillard won the 3-point contest on the last shot after missing his four previous shots. Finished with 26. Trae and KAT had 24 each. – 9:48 PM

Ben Rohrbach @brohrbach
Damian Lillard is the first back-to-back 3-point contest winner since Jason Kapono in 2007-08. Peja Stojakovic (2002-03), Jeff Hornacek (1998, 2000), Mark Price (1993-94) and Craig Hodges (1990-91) also went back-to-back.
Larry Bird (1986-88) is the only player to win 3 in a row – 9:48 PM

Mike Curtis @MikeACurtis2
The clock still works. Damian Lillard wins back-to-back 3-Point Contests. – 9:48 PM

Cameron Tabatabaie @CTabatabaie
Dame Time in Indiana pic.twitter.com/0109rW8OYO – 9:48 PM

Tony East @TonyREast
Damian Lillard wins the 3-Point contest for the second season in a row. – 9:48 PM

StatMuse @statmuse
Active players with multiple 3-point contest titles:
— Steph
— Dame
That’s it. pic.twitter.com/2E0XvxvtGs – 9:47 PM

Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
DAME TIME What a fun competition – 9:46 PM

Brad Townsend @townbrad
Dame Time! – 9:45 PM

Eric Nehm @eric_nehm
Damian Lillard needs 25 points to win. – 9:44 PM

Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Defending #NBAAllStar 3PT contest champion Damian Lillard advances to finals in tiebreaker. pic.twitter.com/BFcW9RdlqQ – 9:37 PM

Eric Nehm @eric_nehm
Damian Lillard needed 13 points to advance and he ended the 30-second tiebreaker with 16 points to advance to the final round. – 9:35 PM

Scott Agness @ScottAgness
Tyrese Haliburton is eliminated in the tiebreaker of Round 1 of the 3-point contest.
– Dame 16
– Kat 16
– Young 15
– Haliburton 12 – 9:34 PM

Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Dame. Time. What a tiebreaker round. – 9:34 PM

Tony East @TonyREast
Haliburton in toruble. He needs a bad Lillard round to move on. – 9:33 PM

Kevin Chouinard @KLChouinard
Trae, Dame, KAT, Hali all finish with 26 and head to a tiebreak. – 9:31 PM

Ben Rohrbach @brohrbach
4-way tie for Round 1 of the 3-point contest: 30-second tiebreaker between KAT, Trae, Tyrese and Dame. 2 advance. – 9:29 PM

Scott Agness @ScottAgness
A four-way tie in round 1! Four of the eight finish with 26 — Haliburton, Young, KAT, Dame —  so there’s a 30-second tiebreaker. – 9:28 PM

Eric Nehm @eric_nehm
And with the pressure on him on the final rack, Damian Lillard closes it out and gets 26 points.
It is a four-way tie with Towns, Haliburton and Young! – 9:28 PM

Tony East @TonyREast
Damian Lillard with 26. There is a four-way tie at the top of the leaderboard. 30 seconds for the top-four shooters in a tiebreaker. – 9:28 PM

Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Here it is: Jalen Brunson is set to compete in his first All-Star Weekend event — the 3-Point Contest.
He is shooting 41.1% from 3 this season.
His Opponents: Damian Lillard, Karl-Anthony Towns, Trae Young, Malik Beasley, Donovan Mitchell, Lauri Markkanen & Tyrese Haliburton. – 9:08 PM

Ryan Ward @RyanWardLA
Who you got? #NBAAllStarWeekend
3PT: Beasley, Brunson, Haliburton, Lillard, Markkanen, Mitchell, Towns, Young
DUNK: J. Brown, Jaquez Jr., McClung, J. Toppin – 7:17 PM

Ball Don’t Lie @Balldontlie
Dame tried it 😅
(via @ohnohedidnt24)
pic.twitter.com/zLPb6p43KN – 1:23 PM

Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
Damian Lillard is making his first all-star start in his first season with the #Bucks pic.twitter.com/LaMlHpogMV – 1:05 PM