2021 MTN DEW 3-POINT CONTEST RULES

Former 3-Point Contest champions Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns and Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors lead a field composed entirely of current NBA All-Stars who will participate in the 2021 MTN DEW® 3-Point Contest on Sunday, March 7 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. The competition will take place before the 2021 NBA All-Star Game, airing on TNT.

The six-player field for the 35th MTN DEW® 3-Point Contest also features 2021 NBA All-Stars Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics, Zach LaVine of the Chicago Bulls and Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz. This marks the first 3-Point Contest in which each participant is a current NBA All-Star.

MTN DEW will award $100,000 in newly created MTN DEW Scholarships to two students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities during the 3-Point Contest broadcast.

The MTN DEW 3-Point Contest is a two-round, timed shooting competition at NBA All-Star 2021, which will take place on one night. TNT’s NBA All-Star coverage on March 7 will begin at 5 p.m. ET with TNT NBA Tip-Off presented by CarMax, followed by the Taco Bell® Skills Challenge and MTN DEW 3-Point Contest starting at 6:30 p.m. ET.

Booker, the 2018 MTN DEW 3-Point Contest champion, will make his fifth appearance in the event. Curry, the 2015 champion, will compete for the seventh time, tying Dale Ellis for the second-most appearances behind Craig Hodges (eight). A seven-time NBA All-Star, Curry has made a league-high 164 3-pointers this season. He holds the NBA single-season record for 3-pointers made (402 in 2015-16) and ranks second in career 3-pointers made (2,659).

LaVine and Mitchell are both former AT&T Slam Dunk champions. No player has ever won both the MTN DEW 3-Point Contest and AT&T Slam Dunk in a career. LaVine will compete in the 3-Point Contest for the second year in a row. This marks the event debut for Mitchell. Brown and Tatum are also first-time participants in the MTN DEW 3-Point Contest.

For the second consecutive year, the MTN DEW 3-Point Contest will feature the “MTN DEW Zone” – two deep shot locations positioned equidistant between the traditional racks at the top of the 3-point arc and the adjacent “wing” rack. Each of the two ball pedestals in the MTN DEW Zone is located 6 feet behind the 3-point line and holds one special green ball, the “3-Ball.” Shots made with the green ball are worth three points.

In addition to the two shots in the MTN DEW Zone, the MTN DEW 3-Point Contest will have five main shooting locations – four racks containing four official NBA game balls (each worth one point) and one multicolored “money” ball (worth two points), as well as one special “all money ball” rack. Every ball on the all money ball rack, which each participant can place at any of the five traditional shooting locations, is worth two points.

Each competitor will have 70 seconds (1:10) to shoot as many as the 27 balls as he can, with a maximum possible score of 40 points in a round. The three competitors with the highest scores in the first round will advance to the championship round. The player with the highest score in the championship round will win the MTN DEW 3-Point Contest.

2021 MTN DEW^® 3-POINT CONTEST PARTICIPANTS

Player	Team	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	3PM	3PA	3P%
Mike Conley	Utah Jazz	G	–	–	–	–	–
Jaylen Brown	Boston Celtics	G	6-6	223	72	187	38.5
Stephen Curry	Golden State Warriors	G	6-3	193	164	397	41.3
Zach LaVine	Chicago Bulls	G	6-5	202	116	268	43.3
Donovan Mitchell	Utah Jazz	G	6-1	215	108	284	38
Jayson Tatum	Boston Celtics	F	6-8	210	77	209	36.8

2021 MTN DEW 3-Point Contest Rules

Six players will compete in the two-round, timed shooting competition.

COMPETITION FORMAT
Ball racks are positioned at five main shooting locations around the three-point arc.

Four of the racks contain four official NBA game balls and one multi-colored “money” ball.

The NBA game balls are worth one point. The multi-colored “money” ball is worth two points.

For each rack, the multi-colored “money” ball can only be shot after the four orange balls are shot.

The fifth rack will be a special “all money ball” rack. Each competitor will decide the spot for this rack to be placed at one of the five main shooting locations. Every ball on this rack is worth two points.

Two ball pedestals are positioned at deep shot locations called “The MTN DEW Zones”, one between racks 2 and 3 and the other between racks 3 and 4. (See attached graphic on page 2 for reference)

Each ball pedestal holds one special green ball, the “3-Ball”

Shots made with the green ball are worth 3 points.

Players must exhaust the ball racks and pedestals in competition order before moving on to the next shooting location

Players may not start on or over the three-point line while shooting. The basket will not count if the line is violated. For the two additional deep shots, the player must begin their shooting motion with at least one foot in the “MTN DEW Zone” designated by a floor decal.

INSTANT REPLAY – At the discretion of the referee, instant replay may be utilized for clarification of rules compliance.
TIME LIMIT
▪ Each competitor has 70-seconds (1:10) to shoot as many of the 27 balls as he can.
FIRST ROUND
▪ Order of competition will be determined by random drawing, except that the returning champion will compete last.
▪ The three players with the highest scores advance to the Championship Round.
FIRST ROUND TIEBREAKER
▪ In the event of a tie to determine the Final Round participants, a
30-second tiebreaker will take place using the same competition format described above. If necessary, this process will be repeated until the tie is broken.
FINAL ROUND
▪ Three players will compete in the Final Round.
▪ The competition order for the Final Round will be determined by the inverse order of First Round scores. (e.g., the player with the lowest score in the First Round among the players who advanced shoots first in the Final Round.)
FINAL ROUND TIEBREAKER
▪ In the event of a tie to determine the Champion, a full 70-second (1:10) tiebreaker will take place. If necessary, this process will be repeated until the tie is broken.