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NBA All-Star 3-point results: Karl-Anthony Towns breaks final-round record, flips longest odds in field to win

NBA All-Star 3-point results: Karl-Anthony Towns breaks final-round record, flips longest odds in field to win

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Back in December, Karl-Anthony Towns told The Athletic that he’s “the greatest big-man shooter of all time.” He’s got a case. He’s just under a 40-percent career 3-point shooter. This season, he’s shooting 41 percent from 3 on over five attempts per game. And unlike most big men with range, Towns isn’t just a standstill shooter. He fires on the move. 

He put all that into play in the 3-point contest on All-Star Saturday Night and he came out the winner. 

Towns posted a final-round record of 29 to take home the trophy that goes a long way toward validating his claim. 

Despite Towns’ known marksmanship, he was the field’s longest shot to win. Caesars had him at 13-1 and on…

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