All-Star Saturday: Markkanen simply misses out on 3-point finals as Lillard repeats

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INDIANAPOLIS — Expertise might have price Lauri Markkanen within the 3-point Contest Saturday at All-Star Weekend.

Throughout final 12 months’s occasion in Salt Lake Metropolis, Markkanen put his cash rack within the remaining nook; he made simply one among them.

“I do know the order and the place I would like the cash balls and stuff like that,” Markkanen stated on Thursday. “In order that helps, and I am certain the timing is somewhat bit simpler. Now you sort of know your rhythm. So get a few apply rounds after which it is good to go.”

Markkanen opted to alter the place he positioned the cash rack this time round, transferring it to the primary wing place. He most likely needs he may have that call again.

Markkanen made his remaining 9 pictures — together with an ideal remaining rack — however his 25 factors simply missed out on making it to the finals.

Trae Younger, Karl-Anthony Cities, Damian Lillard and Tyrese Haliburton all completed the primary spherical with 26, eliminating Markkanen and forcing a tiebreaker spherical, which Haliburton misplaced, to find out the ultimate three members.

Within the finals, the clock struck Dame Time, the identical factor that occurred in Salt Lake Metropolis a 12 months in the past.

Lillard received his second straight 3-point crown, however he made certain there was drama concerned. Lillard obtained to the ultimate rack needing to make only one shot, however he missed his first 4 pictures.

His remaining shot, although, was pure, giving the Weber State legend a repeat title.

Former Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell scored 21 factors within the first spherical whereas he wore a “Cash Merrill” jersey as a shoutout to teammate and former Utah State guard Sam Merrill.

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