{"id":177902,"date":"2026-02-16T06:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T11:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=177902"},"modified":"2026-02-16T07:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:05:16","slug":"steph-curry-damian-lillard-klay-thompson-to-headline-2027-three-point-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2026\/02\/16\/steph-curry-damian-lillard-klay-thompson-to-headline-2027-three-point-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Steph Curry, Damian Lillard, Klay Thompson To Headline 2027 Three-Point Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lillada01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Damian Lillard<\/a> remains the reigning Three-Point Contest champion after outdueling <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bookede01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Devin Booker<\/a> in a thrilling final round. Lillard outlasted Booker\u2019s shooting masterclass despite not playing a game this season as he continues recovering from the torn Achilles he suffered last year. The victory marked his third title in four seasons. Defending that crown next year will not be easy, especially with <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/curryst01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steph Curry<\/a> set to return to the 2027 three-point contest.<\/p>\n<h2>Steph Curry, Damian Lillard, Klay Thompson To Headline 2027 Three-Point Contest<\/h2>\n<h3>Curry\u2019s Return Raises the Stakes<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_177904\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177904\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/02\/USATSI_28241022_168415934_lowres-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"size-large wp-image-177904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/02\/USATSI_28241022_168415934_lowres-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/02\/USATSI_28241022_168415934_lowres-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/02\/USATSI_28241022_168415934_lowres-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/02\/USATSI_28241022_168415934_lowres-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/02\/USATSI_28241022_168415934_lowres-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/02\/USATSI_28241022_168415934_lowres-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/02\/USATSI_28241022_168415934_lowres-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-177904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Feb 14, 2026; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard (0) celebrates with the trophy after winning the three point contest during the 2026 NBA All Star Saturday Night at Intuit Dome. Mandatory Credit: William Liang-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This year\u2019s contest delivered drama and entertainment, but it lacked Curry\u2019s presence. Many consider him the greatest shooter ever. He won the event twice, in 2015 and 2021, and plans to compete again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne hundred percent,\u201d Curry said about his participation. \u201cI already scheduled it. We\u2019re gonna bring some people. Me, Dame [Damian Lillard], I\u2019m gonna try to get Klay [Thompson], Dev [Devin Booker].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steph Curry needs one more victory to tie Lillard, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/birdla01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Larry Bird<\/a>, and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hodgecr01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Craig Hodges<\/a> for the most Three-Point Contest titles in NBA history. Each of them has won the event three times.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Steph Curry says he&#039;ll do 3 Point Contest next year and will try get Klay and Dame\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bklb1eIDpZg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Star-Studded Field Could Follow<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/category\/warriors\/\" target=\"_self\">Golden State Warriors<\/a> superstar&#8217;s influence could attract a loaded field for next year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2026\/02\/15\/2026-nba-all-star-game-smashing-success\/\" target=\"_self\">All-Star<\/a> weekend. <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/edwaran01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthony Edwards<\/a> would relish the opportunity to challenge the &#8216;old heads&#8217; with his trademark competitive edge. A potential three-point contest lineup could feature Curry, Lillard, Booker, Edwards, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/thompkl01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Klay Thompson<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mitchdo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donovan Mitchell<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/k\/knuepko01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kon Knueppel<\/a>, and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/murphtr02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trey Murphy III.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Circle the date.<\/p>\n<p><label>Credit:<\/label><span><\/span>\u00a9 William Liang-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 Damian Lillard remains the reigning Three-Point Contest champion after outdueling Devin Booker in a thrilling final round. Lillard outlasted Booker\u2019s shooting masterclass despite not playing a game this season as he continues recovering from the torn Achilles he suffered last year. The victory marked his third title in four seasons. Defending that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5018,"featured_media":177905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,1608,30,25,3,23],"tags":[2109,187,352,900,70,49839,636,48,4382],"class_list":["post-177902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","category-basketball","category-mavericks","category-warriors","category-news","category-trailblazers","tag-anthony-edwards","tag-damian-lillard","tag-devin-booker","tag-donovan-mitchell","tag-klay-thompson","tag-kon-knueppel","tag-nba-all-star-weekend","tag-stephen-curry","tag-trey-murphy-iii"],"modified_by":"Frederick Okocha","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177902"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177910,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177902\/revisions\/177910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}