Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry has enhanced his reputation as the greatest shooter in NBA history after taking out his second All-Star Three-Point Contest.
The 2015 winner was a hot favourite heading into the All-Star weekend and beat out Utah's Mike Conley in the final round.
Curry was the final shooter in the first round, following Donovan Mitchell, Devin Booker, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Conley and LaVine, and proved he was worth the wait, missing just six shots en-route to a record score of 31, beating Booker's previous record of 28 set back in 2018.
Heading into the final round up against Tatum and Conley, Curry again finished off the proceedings.
Tatum opened the final round and could not follow up his first-round effort of 25, scoring just 17 as he missed every shot on his Money Ball rack.
The Celtics star was knocked out by Conley, who put the pressure on Curry with a score of 27 in the final round.
Curry looked in trouble after his first rack, but came home like a house on fire, winning with his final shot, a Money Ball in the right corner.
With the win, Curry became the seventh player to win the Three-Point Contest on multiple occasions, joining Craig Hodges Larry Bird, Peja Stojakovic, Jeff Hornacek, Mark Price and Jason Kapono.
Curry's insane display of shooting set social media alight.
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