AP - Steph Curry finally lost a battle but sadly for the rest of the NBA it was to Golden State teammate Klay Thompson.
The Warriors No.2 guard beating out defending champion Curry in the annual three-point contest.
The duo were joined in the final round by Phoenix rookie Devin Booker, who made the final three after a sudden-death shootout win over Houston's James Harden and the Clippers' J.J Redick.
The three had all scored a total of 20 in their first round effort, tied for the third spot in the final.
Curry set the tone in the final, making his first seven shots before finishing with 23 points.
That set the stage for fellow `Splash Brother' Thompson.
After a good start, Thompson finished strong, placing his `moneyball' rack in the final corner and nailing all five from that position to breeze past Curry for a total of 27 and the title of the NBA's best shooter.
Earlier Minnesota's rookie centre Karl-Anthony Towns scored an upset win in the skills contest.
In the first year that frontcourt players were allowed to compete against the guards in the event that puts a premium on ball-handling, passing and perimeter shooting, Towns beat Golden State's Draymond Green and Sacramento's DeMarcus Cousins in the big men side of the bracket before edging Boston's Isaiah Thomas in the finals.
"I'm glad I was able to help the bigs come out with this trophy," said Towns, the No. 1 overall pick in the June draft.
"This is bigger than me. This is for all the bigs out there, with the game changing the way it is, to show that bigs can stand up with guards and skill-wise."
"I like proving people wrong, so I'm glad I was able to make a lot of people wrong.
"I was able to make critics wrong, Vegas wrong, Ricky Rubio wrong. So I'm just so ecstatic right now."
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