Miami Heat star Tyler Herro wins 2025 Starry 3-Point Contest
Heat All-Star Tyler Herro held off Buddy Hield and a Damian Lillard 3-peat to win the 2025 Starry 3-Point Contest.
Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro holds the trophy after winning the 2025 Starry 3-Point Contest.
SAN FRANCISCO — Three is greater than two … and one.
In the Starry 3-point Contest at State Farm All-Star Saturday Night, two of the 27 shots are worth three points apiece. And the Miami Heat’s Tyler Herro drained both of the long-distance 3-point shots in the final round on his way to a score of 24 points. That was enough to edge the Golden State Warriors’ Buddy Hield to win the trophy.
After registering the best score in the competition (31 points in the first round), Hield shot last in the final and missed his first seven shots. He was able to rally, but needed to make all five shots in his final rack (his money ball rack in the left corner) to top Herro. He connected on the first three, but came up short on the fourth, losing by one point after draining the final shot.
Darius Garland was the third finalist, finishing with a score of 19, making just 11 of his 19 shots. Two-time defending champion Damian Lillard was eliminated in the first round, finishing with a score of 18, unable to drain any of the long-distance shots and making just four of his nine money balls.
Herro is the Heat’s fourth 3-point Contest winner, joining Glen Rice (1995), Daequan Cook (2009) and James Jones (2011).
— John Schuhmann
TYLER HERRO, 2025 #STARRY3PT CHAMP 🎯🔥 HTTPS://T.CO/BGHXXRXDID PIC.TWITTER.COM/V4OVXOYLJ3
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BUDDY WAS COOKING 😤
THE @WARRIORS SHARP-SHOOTER HAD 31 PTS IN RD 1 OF THE #STARRY3PT CONTEST ⭐️ PIC.TWITTER.COM/9CSCKXSO2Z
— NBA ON TNT (@NBAONTNT) FEBRUARY 16, 2025
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Acrobatic slams and ferocious dunks make the Slam Dunk Contest one of the most exciting events of All-Star weekend. If done correctly, these dunks will live on highlight reels for decades.
Take Zach LaVine vs. Aaron Gordon or Vince Carter’s 2000 performance. Perhaps you prefer Michael Jordan’s leap from the free throw line, Dwight Howard’s Superman dunk or Nate Robinson jumping over Howard.
No matter what your favorite dunk contest moment is, each year brings an opportunity to make more memories. The 2025 Slam Dunk Contest will feature Mac McClung, Stephon Castle, Andre Jackson Jr. and Matas Buzelis. McClung is a two-time defending champion and is looking to become the first player to ever three-peat the event.
Only Robinson has won three Slam Dunk Contest titles, but he didn’t accomplish this in consecutive years. McClung can make history this year.
Follow along below as DraftKings Network tracks all of the highlights from Saturday night’s 2025 NBA Slam Dunk Contest.
McClung is the favorite at -190 entering the event. Here are the odds for the 2025 NBA Slam Dunk Contest on DraftKings Sportsbook
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10:33 p.m.: OK, OK. Castle does a 360, behind-the-back dunk with his left hand. This acrobatic dunk gets a 50.
10:31 p.m.: NO WORDS. NO. WORDS. McClung jumps over someone spinning on a hoverboard, windmills that ball and dunks another ball simultaneously. Another 50 for McClung.
10:29 p.m.: WOW, Castle catches the ball out of the hoop for a between-the-legs slam. It took a couple tries, but it was emphatic. Castle gets a 49.6.
10:24 p.m.: Castle and McClung move onto the final round.
10:21 p.m.: Wow, McClung impresses the crowd again. He leaps high over someone for a powerful jam. Judges rate the dunk a 50, giving McClung two perfect scores.
ANOTHER 50. @McclungMac is putting on a SHOW in the #ATTSlamDunk! pic.twitter.com/etXy1ci1CF
— NBA (@NBA) February 16, 2025
10:19 p.m.: Castle gets up HIGH for this reverse alley-oop slam in the second round. He needed just a 40.3 to move on to the second round, and he earned a 47.8.
Stephon Castle was STARING at the rim on his 2nd dunk #ATTSlamDunk pic.twitter.com/VHUazhr9qb
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) February 16, 2025
10:17 p.m.: Jackson abandons his first dunk of the second round after being unable to catch the alley-oop. He gets a 45 after finishing a windmill slam.
10:15 p.m.: Buzelis follows up his first round with an alley-oop reverse slam from the baseline. He gets a 47.4 from this one. It was a soft finish, but he earns points for being acrobatic.
Buzelis goes REVERSE off the side of the backboard. #ATTSlamDunk on TNT pic.twitter.com/bOLXElxMRw
— NBA (@NBA) February 16, 2025
10:08 p.m.: IT’S OVER LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! McClung’s first dunk is a reverse dunk over a car. WOW. That’s the first 50 of the night from the judges.
MAC MCCLUNG JUMPED OVER A CAR
The 2-Time defending champ came out SWINGING in Round 1 of the #ATTSlamDunk pic.twitter.com/iyiYLRFnnm
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) February 16, 2025
10:05 p.m.: McClung is bringing in a car for his first dunk … buckle up, folks.
10:02 p.m.: Another unfortunate performance. Jackson fails to convert on his original dunks. At least he gets on the board, earning a 43.8 score.
9:58 p.m.: Yikes … Buzelis can’t convert on his first dunk attempt. He ran from the baseline, bounced the ball, caught it through his legs but couldn’t slam home the windmill. He gets 40 points, which is the minimum.
9:54 p.m.: OK CASTLE. He kicks off the event with a 360-windmill with a low grab of the ball. He also made it on the first try. Castle gets a 47.2 off rip.
Stephon Castle with a POWERFUL 360 Windmill
He starts off the #ATTSlamDunk with a 47.2 pic.twitter.com/wys5tg5wDA
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) February 16, 2025
9:53 p.m.: Castle is up first in this year’s Dunk Contest.
9:38 p.m.: Tyler Herro won the 2025 NBA 3-Point Contest. The Slam Dunk Contest is up next.
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Dates: Feb. 15, 2025
Time: 8 p.m. ET
TV channel(s): TNT, TruTV
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Friday, Feb. 14
All-Star celebrity game, 7 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN+)
Rising Stars competition, 9 p.m. (TNT, TruTV, Max)
Saturday, Feb. 15
NBA All-Star practice, 2 p.m. (NBA TV)
NBA HBCU Classic, 5 p.m. (NBA TV)
All-Star Saturday Night (includes Kia Skills Challenge, Starry 3-point Contest & AT&T Slam Dunk Contest), 8 p.m. (TNT, TruTV, Max)
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Team Shaq: LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Kevin Durant, Damian Lillard, James Harden and Kyrie Irving (who replaces an injured Anthony Davis).
Team Kenny: Anthony Edwards, Jalen Brunson, Jaren Jackson Jr., Jalen Williams, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, Cade Cunningham and Tyler Herro.
Team Candace: TBD
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