As TNT analyst and all-time NBA shooting great Reggie Miller put it on Saturday’s broadcast of the three-point contest, since CJ McCollum arrived in New Orleans via trade, the guard has “been balling out in (a Pelicans) uniform.”
McCollum entered Saturday’s event coming off his best three-point performance of 2021-22, going 7/10 from three-point range in Thursday’s matchup vs. Dallas, but couldn’t carry it over two nights later. In the third invite of his NBA career to the three-point contest, he scored 19 points in the opening round, but was eliminated when Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns cleared 20-plus.
The top three shooters from the group of eight participants advanced to the final round.