they got to the final against evan mobley and donovan mitchell of the cavaliers. but sadly, for the oriole for your faithful, it was the cavs who prevailed and mitchell and mobley are your skills competition, mps to end the 3 point contest. now, this was interesting because buddy hield not steph curry was representing most of your warriors and hield who has been a free month's shooting slump in the regular season suddenly found his stroke here tonight he hit 31. >> in the first round, which is a good score, got himself to the final against miami's tyler herro and came up just buck short, had a chance to win it with a final couple of shots. couldn't get it done. so tyler herro, it is your 3 point shooting champion. but i tell you buddy ball certainly delighted the hometown crowd. >> was good. great buys. put on all-star weekend we would fans oven. you know, i think 25 years, so i'm glad to be here. we bought it. >> and then what many consider to be the main event, slam dunk contest, which honestly was kind of a dud early-on until mac mcclung went to work. he did was

even jumped over evan mobley, who was standing on a 5 inch platform. i mean, the dunks were incredible. again, perfect scores from start to finish. and mac mcclung is a three-peat winner of the slam dunk contest. he's now won 3 in a row. absolutely amazing. early in the day. the all stars, you know, the ones will play in the actual game on sunday. they had their final practice. then ross was in oakland and he files this report. >> well, scott, the atmosphere was absolutely electric today. >> at oakland arena, even though it was just the all-star practice, it's a building that hasn't had an nba basketball in a while. and the fans came out in full force. obviously, steph curry got the biggest reception, but so did former warrior kevin durant. and as you might expect him, ian lillard, the oakland native, they really enjoyed getting to reminisce about a building that used to play and they were happy to give the fans of oakland to thrill. this is a moment for sure. i think. >> the idea of no, we made to move the chase center and then is going to last. the 6

that's evan mobley. by the way, standing on a 5 inch platform. this last one right there. and look at that. he double taps and still don't at all. for those dunks were 50's perfect scores. mac mcclung three-peats as slam dunk champion. first time that has happened nba history. >> like this doesn't happen without stand on the shoulders. a lot of people had a lot of help. people were open gyms up in a car people use their i'm just really grateful right now. i love first, but it's funny how that works. and it just kind of let love dunking when guests and millions of the year. and congratulations. enjoy you got more for us next year. is this might be it for me, we'll see they will be back bad enough. i think about it. >> i will tell you the first 3 contestants in the dunk contest kind of disappointed. it was looking like a dud and then mac mcclung jumped over a car and it was all gravy from there. so what a spectacle here. congratulations to him do displayed, by the way, 5 nba games in his entire career. and he 3 slam dunk contests. and catherine will be back at 10, 30. erin w

the other 3 teams, food will be made up of donovan mitchell and evan mobley's calves. >> chris paul andictor wembanyama from the spurs and the rookie team, alex are and zachary, we extra pass well, the warriors have lost back-to-back games now to fall below 525 26. but good news help is on the way. the newly acquired 6 time all-star jimmy butler is expected to make his golden state debut tomorrow night at chicago. that's where he began his nba career butler averaged 17 points. 5 rebounds, 5 assists and a steal in just over 30 minutes per game this year with the heat. as you might expect, he's pretty excited to play alongside staff, identify. >> i would like to say that i am a winner. having won but i would like to call myself a winner. i do want to win it. it being a championship. and as far as playing with staff, i mean, everybody knows he's great issue. and the world's greatest shooter in history. makes my job a lot easier. probably got a lot more space out there. but more anything, i think it's always going to be a team effort. we all got a lot more out there. so we'll see how it goe

ultimately not enough to take down the cavs team of mitchell and evan mobley.ut steph sitting courtside applauded the efforts of his teammates. that was followed by an interesting intermission of the hit single tweaker, which led into the three-point contest. no steph, but buddy hield. repped the dubs well. hit the high score this the first round. slow start in the finals, and then it came up just short, pulling off the comeback. lost by one to tyler herro. hit 4 of 5 in the final rack. steph could not believe it. but the highlight of the night, mac mcclung, the dunk contest. one of the last two, he had a chance to three-peat. he didn't disappoint. first dunk of the night over the kia. i have not tried that here in our virtual set. giannis couldn't believe what he witnessed. it was a perfect 50 score from the judges, and that remained the case all night. sealed the deal with this impressive jam, lane ing leaping over a seven-footer. he's 6'2", i'm 6'2", he defies gravity, i do not. he takes home the contest for the third year in a row. he awaits the actual all

ball handling passing shooting and more the other 3 teams will be made up of donovan mitchell and evan mobley from the cavaliers, chris paul the big man, victor wembanyama from the spurs and the rookie team of alex and zachary resolve. ships. well, the warriors have lost back-to-back games to fall below 500 at 25 and 26. but the good news is help is on the way. newly acquired 6 time all-star jimmy butler expected to make his golden state debut tomorrow night at chicago. that's where he began his nba career with the bulls butler averaging 17 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and a steal in just over 30 minutes per game this season with the heat. as you might expect, pretty excited to play alongside steph warriors and has since flown back to. i would like to say that i am a winner having won it. but >> i would like to call myself a winner. i do want to win it. it being a championship. and as far as playing with staff, i mean, everybody knows he's great issued in the world. greatest shooter in history. makes my job a lot easier. probably got a lot more space out there. but more anything, i think it'

cavs duo evan mobley and donovan mitchell went on to win the challenge. wait a minute.ee-point contest. he tied steph curry's record with 31 first round points. but in the finals, tyler herro beat him out for the title by one point. oakland native damian l lillard, o was hoping for a three peat, did not advance out of the first round. oh, no. history. in the slam dunk contest, matt mcclung of the g league rocked the house with perfect hands every time he threw down. he's the first player in nba history to three peat as slam dunk champion. nba all-star practice this morning the nba showing love to the town. the nba all-stars practicing at the oakland arena aka oracle. what a special moment for damian lillard. the milwaukee bucks guard was born and raised in oakland, and now he's back home to play in the all star game. it was also nostalgic for steph curry and just about everyone in the house. curry won three of his four nba championships playing in oakland before the warriors moved to san francisco. it is a moment for sure. i think the idea of knowing we made the move to

a but green stumbled and ultimately not enough to take down the cavaliers team of mitchell and evan mobleyd that was followed by an intermission performance of this. it led to the three-point contest. buddy hield represented well and he hit the high score in the first round and a slow start in the finals and then he came up to short of pulling off the come back and he loses by 1.2 tyler herro after hitting a four of five on the final rock . steph curry cannot believe it but the highlight of the night was mac mcclung and the dunk contest. winner of the last two and he had a chance to repeat and he did not disappoint. first of the night he leaps over , and he could not believe what he witnessed. a perfect 50 score from the judges and that remained the case all night. sealed the deal with this press of jam, leaping over a seven further . the ball bouncing off the rim before slamming it home . at 6'2î he defies gravity. mac mcclung takes him the dunk contest for the third year in a row and now he waits -- we all await the actual all-star game a little bit later tonight. >>> kevin hart will be

cavs duo evan mobley and donovan mitchell went on to win the challenge. wait a minute.n fire in the first round of the three-point contest. he tied steph curry's record with 31 first round points. but in the finals, tyler herro beat him out for the title by one point. oakland native damian lillard, who was hoping for a three peat, did not advance out of the first round. oh, no. history in the slam dunk contest. matt mcclung of the g league rocked the house with perfect hands every time he threw down. he's the first player in nba history to three peat as slam dunk champion. nba all-star practice this morning the nba showing love to the town. the nba all stars practicing at the oakland arena aka oracle. what a special moment for damian lillard. the milwaukee bucks guard was born and raised in oakland, and now he's back home to play in the all star game. it was also nostalgic for steph curry and just about everyone in the house. curry won three of his four nba championships playing in oakland before the warriors moved to san francisco. this is a moment for sure. i think th

garland's cavalier teammates donovan mitchell and evan mobley won the skills competition, but that mightbeen overshadowed by the spurs duo of chris paul and victor wembanyama trying to race through the course, giving up shots as quickly as they could. that is a no no and they got disqualified. hopefully we won't see much of that in the all star game. team shaq, chuck, kenny and candice all competing for top honors in san francisco tonight. and our coverage begins at 6:00 eastern on tnt, trutv and max in college hoops now auburn and alabama facing off in the first one versus two matchup on the men's side in more than three years. and in the end, the top ranked tigers came out on top against their in-state rivals. national player of the year candidate johnny broome had 19 points and 14 boards in the nine point tigers win, and these two will meet again on march 8th. and then maybe in the sec and ncaa tournaments. and finally this morning, this. >> whose broad. >> stripes and. >> bright stars through the. >> canadian fans booing the u.s. national anthem before their nhl four nations face off

the other 3 teams, food will be made up of donovan mitchell and evan mobley.. >> chris paul and victor wembanyama from the spurs and the rookie team, alex are and zachary, we extra well, the warriors have lost back-to-back games now to fall below 525 26. but good news help is on the way. the newly acquired 6 time all-star jimmy butler is expected to make his golden state debut tomorrow night at chicago. that's where he began his nba career butler averaged 17 points. 5 rebounds, 5 assists and a steal in just over 30 minutes per game this year with the heat. as you might expect, he's pretty excited to play alongside staff, identify. >> i would like to say that i am a winner. having won but i would like to call myself a winner. i do want to win it. it being a championship and it's far as playing with staff. i mean, everybody knows he's great issue. and the world's greatest shooter in history. makes my job a lot easier. probably got a lot more space out there. but more anything, i think it's always going to be a team effort. we all got a lot more space out there.