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Miami's Daequan Cook is back to defend his Foot Locker Three-Point Contest title.
[h1]Billups, Pierce try to dethrone Cook in Three-Point Contest[/h1]

Posted Feb 5 2010 2:54PM

2010 All-Stars Chauncey Billups of the Denver Nuggets and Paul Pierceof the Boston Celtics headline a field of six in this year's Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout,which will be held on Saturday, Feb. 13, at American Airlines Center inDallas as part of NBA All-Star Saturday Night. Reigning championDaequan Cook of the Miami Heat returns in an attempt to become thesixth player to capture consecutive titles.

Rounding out thefield are T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam invitees StephenCurry of the Golden State Warriors and Danilo Gallinari of the New YorkKnicks, and the Phoenix Suns' Channing Frye.

[table][tr][td] 2010 FOOT LOCKER THREE-POINT SHOOTOUT PARTICIPANTS [/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td] [/td][td]*2009-10 Season[/td][td]Career[/td][/tr][tr][td]Player[/td][td]Made[/td][td]Att.[/td][td]%[/td][td]Made[/td][td]Att.[/td][td]%[/td][/tr][tr][td]Chauncey Billups, Denver[/td][td]88[/td][td]212[/td][td].415[/td][td]1,520[/td][td]3,904[/td][td].389[/td][/tr][tr][td]Daequan Cook, Miami[/td][td]27[/td][td]90[/td][td].300[/td][td]259[/td][td]723[/td][td].358[/td][/tr][tr][td]Stephen Curry, Golden State[/td][td]78[/td][td]182[/td][td].429[/td][td]78[/td][td]180[/td][td].429[/td][/tr][tr][td]Channing Frye, Phoenix[/td][td]119[/td][td]272[/td][td].438[/td][td]139[/td][td]342[/td][td].406[/td][/tr][tr][td]Danilo Gallinari, New York[/td][td]126[/td][td]313[/td][td].403[/td][td]158[/td][td]385[/td][td].410[/td][/tr][tr][td]Paul Pierce, Boston[/td][td]77[/td][td]165[/td][td].467[/td][td]1,435[/td][td]3,878[/td][td].370[/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][tr][td](Statistics through games of Thursday, Feb. 4)[/td][/tr][/table]

Cook bested theOrlando Magic's Rashard Lewis in last year's contest, scoring 19 pointsin an overtime round to walk away with the title. Mark Price, JeffHornacek, Jason Kapono and Peja Stojakovic each won two titles; LarryBird and Craig Hodges captured three straight.

Dallas hosted theinaugural Three-Point event in 1986, which was held in Reunion Arena,with Bird defeating Hodges in the final round.

The players willcompete in the two-round competition with the top three finishers fromthe first round advancing to the finals. Five shooting stations will beset up around the three-point line, with four Official Spalding NBAgame balls worth one point each and one Spalding NBA All-Star 2010commemorative blue and silver "money ball" worth two points at eachlocation. Each player will have one minute to shoot as many balls as hecan. In the final round, players will shoot in ascending order offirst-round scores. At the discretion of the referee, televisioninstant replay may be consulted for clarification of rules compliance.

TheFoot Locker Three-Point Shootout will be televised live nationally aspart of the NBA All-Star Saturday Night, which will also feature theSprite Slam Dunk; Taco Bell Skills Challenge; and Haier Shooting Stars.TNT and ESPN Radio's national coverage will begin at 8 p.m. EST fromAmerican Airlines Center. The NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, Feb. 14,will air live on TNT, ESPN Radio and in more than 200 countries andwill be broadcast in more than 40 languages.

Foot Locker, in itsseventh year as the sponsor of the three-point shootout, is part ofFoot Locker, Inc., a specialty athletic retailer that operatesapproximately 3,600 stores in 21 countries in North America, Europe andAustralia. Through its Foot Locker, Footaction, Lady Foot Locker, KidsFoot Locker and Champs Sports retail stores, as well as itsdirect-to-customer channel Footlocker.com/Eastbay, the Company is theleading provider of athletic footwear and apparel.

Following is a list of the year-by-year winners and the 2010 Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout roster:

FOOT LOCKER THREE-POINT SHOOTOUT YEAR-BY-YEAR WINNERS
1986 - Larry Bird, Boston
1987 - Larry Bird, Boston
1988 - Larry Bird, Boston
1989 - Dale Ellis, Seattle
1990 - Craig Hodges, Chicago
1991 - Craig Hodges, Chicago
1992 - Craig Hodges, Chicago
1993 - Mark Price, Cleveland
1994 - Mark Price, Cleveland
1995 - Glen Rice, Miami
1996 - Tim Legler, Washington
1997 - Steve Kerr, Chicago
1998 - Jeff Hornacek, Utah
2000 - Jeff Hornacek, Utah
2001 - Ray Allen, Milwaukee
2002 - Peja Stojakovic, Sacramento
2003 - Peja Stojakovic, Sacramento
2004 - Voshon Lenard, Denver
2005 - Quentin Richardson, Phoenix
2006 - Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas
2007 - Jason Kapono, Miami
2008 - Jason Kapono, Toronto

Galllloooooooooooooo

 

[willinc]

NO way Cook wins again.

Dude is horrible this year.

Steph Curry or Gallinari

 

[airmaxpenny1]

Gallo got this. I want to see him vs. steph in the final though.

 

[dirtyxcanto]

Paul Pierce 

 

[DYNAMICS]

If it's 2 rounds Curry will make it, if it's 3 rounds no way he makes the Finals.

 

[jville819]

Baby face got this

 

[goodfelladave]

Why wasn't there a 3 pt contest in 1999?

 

[sensation87]

 

[gusyouout]

Still wish Morrow got invited. Curry being there is like a consolation prize though. Not sure about Curry though. His shot was horrible in the beginning of the season, really picked up, but the past couple of games he's been off. I'm also rooting for a Curry vs Gallo final.

 

[kiddin like jason]

I wish Peja and Korver would compete again.

Has Daequan Cook made a shot since the contest last year?

 

[duba169]

gallo won't be good in this type of event imo. But go rooster

 

[JD617]

Originally Posted by GoodfellaDave

Why wasn't there a 3 pt contest in 1999?

It was the lockout year and there was no All-Star Weekend.
  

 

[ValarMorghulis]

Originally Posted by dirtyxcanto

Paul Pierce 

way this dude falls forward is ridic... no way he wins I guarantee it


I would like to see KD do it... super smooth stroke

 

[al3xis]

Why wouldn't he? not a long release, doesn't elevate..

I think it's his to win.

 

[kalamazoo52]

Smooth's got this

 

[physicx]

if we talking celtics then house should be in it

and like i said in the nba thread: no morrow?

 

[DYNAMICS]

Originally Posted by Kiddin Like Jason

I wish Peja and Korver would compete again.

Has Daequan Cook made a shot since the contest last year?

Korver yes, Peja meh he's done.

They need to stop with that Defending Champion nonsense.

 

[sir rob a lot]

I'm rooting for Truth.

 

[JD617]

if we talking celtics then house should be in it


Eddie jumps too high for a contest like this. I don't think he'd do well in a 3-point contest. Pierce earned it this year.

 

[JD617]

I think Curry's got this.

 

[thachosen123]

Steph or Chauncey

..............well anybody but that celtic

 

[r0yalty]

God I hate Peirce

 

[blazers21ntnp]

Haven't seen Smooth shoot too many stand-still/spot-up 3s this season. I'd actually like to see how many of the 88 he's hit in transition, off the dribble.

 

[duba169]

Originally Posted by Al3xis

Why wouldn't he? not a long release, doesn't elevate..

I think it's his to win.

most of the time i see him pop a long, wide open three with no pressure, I think he pauses and his release is slow. I feel like his release is only quick if he is well guarded

Plus you know he is much better at making contested threes rather than wide open ones.
 

 

[eneyekayee]

My son got robbed.

Keyshia is expecting any day now.