The NBA's best descend upon Indianapolis this weekend for the NBA All-Star break. There will be two venues for the NBA's All-Star Weekend -- Gainbridge Fieldhouse and Lucas Oil Stadium, where Saturday's marquee events will be held. Saturday will feature the Skills Challenge, the Slam Dunk contest, Steph vs. Sabrina and the 3-Point Contest, with eight of the world's best shooters taking part. Milwaukee's Damian Lillard and Indiana's Tyrese Haliburton will highlight the 3-Point Contest field. Lillard won last year's event. The NBA 3-Point Contest is the second event of All-Star Saturday and is featured at Lucas Oil Stadium. The evening's events are set to begin at 8 p.m. ET.
The betting favorite is Lillard at +450, with Haliburton listed at +480 in the latest 2024 3-Point Contest odds. Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks is next at +550, followed by Karl-Anthony Towns (+600), Donovan Mitchell (+650) and Jalen Brunson (+650). Lauri Markkanen (+700) and Malik Beasley (+850) round out the odds board. Before making any 2024 3-Point Contest picks, be sure to see the 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend predictions and betting advice from SportsLine expert Alex 'PropStarz' Selesnick.
Selesnick has gone 163-99 (+4584) on his last 262 NBA prop picks on SportsLine. PropStarz specializes in NFL and NBA prop betting, where he implements a combination of research, statistical analysis and mathematical modeling. Anybody following him is way up.
Now, he has set his sights on the 2024 3-Point Contest and just locked in his picks and NBA All-Star Weekend predictions. You can head to SportsLine now to see his picks.
2024 NBA 3-Point Contest predictions
One surprise: PropStarz isn't backing Towns. Towns, who won in 2022, joins Lillard as past champions in the field. The 7-footer has had a lot of success from long range in his career. In four of his nine seasons, he has connected on 40% or better on his threes, and he is hitting a career-best 43.6% of his 3-pointers this season. Since joining the NBA in 2015-16, Towns has made 959 3-pointers in his career, including 120 this season. That's the seventh time he has accomplished that. In a game at Chicago last week, he connected on 7 of 16 3-pointers.
Selesnick knows that this is a very difficult field, and questions whether Towns will be able to find his winning groove. History also doesn't back Towns. In fact, every year since 2007-08, only Stephen Curry has been able to win multiple times. Towns, who is averaging 2.3 3-pointers per game this season, has been cold of late, and hit just 2 of 8 threes over a two-game span this week. See who to pick here.
How to make 2024 NBA 3-Point Contest picks
PropStarz has analyzed the 2024 3-Point Contest field from all angles. He's backing a longshot who "has one of the most fundamentally sound and effortless forms you will ever see." You can only see who it is at SportsLine.
So who wins the 2024 NBA 3-Point Contest, and which longshot has the perfect form for this event? Visit SportsLine right now to get Saturday's 2024 3-Point Contest pick, all from the SportsLine expert who has returned nearly $4,600 for $100 players, and find out.
2024 NBA 3-Point Contest participants, odds
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Damian Lillard +450
Tyrese Haliburton +480
Trae Young +550
Donovan Mitchell +650
Jalen Brunson +650
Karl-Anthony Towns +700
Lauri Markkanen +700
Malik Beasley +850
