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NBA THREE-POINT SHOOTOUT CONTEST 2012
Saturday February 25,
Amway Center, Orlando.
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Kevin Love needed more than 80 shots to win this contest,
including a 24-seconds tiebreaker in the first a round and an extra
tiebreaker round against Kevin Durant to determine the winner.
2011 champion James Jones made a good
performance repeating final after a great 22
points first round.
It's not usual that people like Mario Chalmers (18 points) and
Ryan Anderson (17) were eliminated, that was probably the best first
round since 1996 contest.
| Players | 1st Round | Final |
| Kevin Love | 18 * | 16-17 |
| Kevin Durant | 20 | 16-14 |
| James Jones | 22 | 12 |
| Mario Chalmers | 18 * | |
| Ryan Anderson | 17 | |
| Anthony Morrow | 14 |
* Kevin Love won first round 24-seconds tiebreaker 5-4 against Mario Chalmers. He won another tiebreaker in the final.
[Preview]
James Jones will defend his 3 Point Contest title against some of the best shooters of this season, most of them first time contestants.
| Player | Team | 3PM | 3PA | %3P | # Times |
| Ryan Anderson | Orlando Magic | 80 | 190 | .421 | First Time |
| Mario Chalmers | Miami Heat | 57 | 123 | .463 | First Time |
| James Jones | Miami Heat | 19 | 47 | .404 | Second Time |
| Anthony Morrow | New Jersey Nets | 60 | 143 | .420 | First Time |
| Kevin Love | Minnesota Timberwolves | 44 | 122 | .361 | First Time |
| Kevin Durant | Oklahoma City Thunder | 54 | 147 | .367 | Second Time |
| Joe Johnson * | Atlanta Hawks | 53 | 149 | .356 | Second Time |
* Joe Johnson will miss the NBA All-Star Weekend because of a knee injury. His replacement is Thunder forward Kevin Durant.
Kevin Love and Kevin Durant bring All-Star quality to the
contest. Mario Chalmers is 5th
in %3P, while Ryan Anderson and Anthony Morrow lead the league
in 3 points made.
Morrow will wear Drazen Petrovic jersey during the contest to honor
former Net star.
Each player have 1 minute to shoot twenty-five 3-pointers. Top three first
round results advance to the final round.
