NBA All-Star: Herro wins 3-point contest, Mac McClung does 3-peat in Dunk Contest

On Saturday night, the 2025 NBA All-Star event was packed with excitement.

It featured incredible competitions such as the slam-dunk, 3-point, and skills challenge.

The Cleveland Cavaliers' Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley defeated Moses Moody and Green, who were from the same hometown, to win the NBA's Skills Challenge championship.

Chris Paul and Victor Wembanyama of the Spurs were loudly jeered for attempting to circumvent the rules, and as a result, they were disqualified in the first round.

Rookies Alex Sarr (Washington Wizards) and Zaccharie Risacher (Atlanta Hawks) were eliminated in the first round.

In the All-Star 3-Point Contest on Saturday, Damian Lillard missed out on his three-peat goal by only one point.

In the final round, Tyler Herro of the Miami Heat defeated Buddy Hield of the Golden State Warriors to win the NBA 3-Point Contest 2025.

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With five trophies, the Miami Heat became the most successful team in the NBA All-Star 3-Point Contest and won their first 3-Point Contest title since 2011.

Herro scored 24 points in the final, Buddy Hield with 23 points and Darius Garland finished third with 19 points.

The NBA's All-Star Dunk Contest 2025 was an absolute entertainment experience.

In the last round, Mac McClung defeated Stephon Castle of San Antonio, the Rising Stars MVP.

He achieved a three-peat in the NBA dunk contest by making four flawless dunks.

All four of the G League star's incredible dunks had flawless scores of 50 and is the first player to win the NBA Slam-Dunk Contest three times in a row.