Mac McClung, tricampeón of the Matse contest; Tyler Herro dominates the triple
MADRID, 16 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
San Antonio Spurs’s couple formed by Victor Wembanyama and Chris Paul was disqualified in the NBA All-Star skills contest, which is being held at the San Francisco Chase Center (United States), for trying to make fun of the rules , a test in which Cleveland Cavaliers Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley players were imposed, while the Orlando Magic McClung base became imposed again in the Mates contest and the Miami Heat Tyler Herro escort, in the triples.
The controversy jumped to the track during the skills contest, in which four couples face a circuit of passes and shots in which the final time is taken into account to complete it; Only two of these teams go to the final.
Wembanyama and Paul each completed their series without even striving to score their shots and look for basket, all to move quickly to the next obstacle. The Chase Center public booed the attitude of the two players.
Finally, both were disqualified, since the rules contemplate that the participant advances in each location “when it puts a shot or after three valid shooting attempts”, the latter an appreciation that was worth to get them out of the contest. Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley, by Cleveland Cavaliers, won the contest.
On the other hand, the Orlando Magic McClung base, with a dual contract with the sub -subsidiary of the G League -osceola Magic- and only five match in the NBA, became a tricampeón of the Mate contest. In the final, McClung signed two perfect matte of 50 points, while the base of San Antonio Spurs Stephon Castle stayed in 49.6 in a first attempt and then got 50.
In this way, McClung matched the Nate Robinson record, champion in 2006, 2009 and 2010, as the maximum winner of the history of the Mate contest, although consecutively.
Finally, the escort of Miami Heat Tyler Herro was crowned in the triple contest, ending with the reign of Damian Lillard, champion of the 2023 and 2024 editions and participated in the contest with Jalen Brunson (New York Knicks), Cade Cunningham (Detroit Pistons), Darius Garland (Cleveland Cavaliers), Norman Powell (Los Angeles Clippers), Buddy Hield (Golden State Warriors), Cam Johnson (Brooklyn Nets) and Herro himself.
Herro, who will be in the Star Parts on Sunday, added 24 points in the final, taking advantage of the fact that he scored the two balls that were worth three points in an performance in which he led 16 shots over 27 possible. With Garland away, Buddy Hield paid his bad start, with seven consecutive dissemination failed.