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Big man Karl-Anthony Towns wins NBA 3-Point shooting contest

Big man Karl-Anthony Towns wins NBA 3-Point shooting contest

CLEVELAND — In another sign how basketball has evolved, especially in the NBA, a 6-foot-11 big man won the NBA’s 3-point contest on Saturday.

With 3-point legends Reggie Miller, Ray Allen and Steph Curry watching, Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns won the event, besting Atlanta’s Trae Young and Los Angeles Clippers’ Luke Kennard in the finals.

Towns scored a record 29 points in the final round, making 18 of his first 22 shots, including nine of his first 10, 4-of-5 on his money-ball rack (worth two points each instead of one) and one Mt. Dew shot from deep range.

“I said it on Timberwolves Twitter, I said it everywhere — the only way I’m going to lose this is if someone outshoots me. I ain’t going to beat myself out here,” Towns said. “I’m up there with the best-shooting big man of all-time.”

Towns went up against the game’s best 3-point shooters, but this was an opportunity he has relished.

“I’ve been asking the NBA to let me do this,” Towns said as walked into the…

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