After battling Kyrie Irving in a tiebreaker championship round, Eric Gordon pulls off the upset against the 2013 champion and captures his first JBL 3-Point Contest trophy. Gordon was able to put up a score of 21 to outlast Thompson’s score of 19 in the final round.
In a very competitive contest, Gordon was able to win it thanks to his strategic placement of the “money rack.” Gordon had the “money rack” at the top of the key, where he made 4 out of 5 shots in the tiebreaking round.
Another very surprising happening, one of the Warriors’ Splash Brothers, Klay Thompson, was eliminated after the first round when he failed to beat Kemba Walker’s 19 points and advance to the championship round.