Michael Jordan told Klay Thompson to break Bulls’ 72-win record

Thompson got hot on the second rack and had 17 points as he got to his final rack, which consisted of all money balls.

Curry was second, and managed to find a groove during his round, which you can view below. He started to walk away after making first four – then turned and made that one, anyway. Check it out below.

Top photo: Golden State’s Klay Thompson shoots a trey as teammate Steph Curry looks on. His winning round is below.

LaVine decided matters with a flying between-the-legs one-handed dunk with a takeoff just inside the free-throw line.

“Once he turned the corner on that final rack”, Curry said of when he knew Thompson, his Warriors Splash Brother, was going to win the All-Star 3-Point Contest on Saturday night.

The three-round, obstacle-course competition tested dribbling, passing, agility and shooting skills with front court players – Towns, Cousins, Davis and Draymond Green of Golden State competing against guards Thomas, McCollum, Jordan Clarkson of the Los Angeles Lakers, and Emmanuel Mudiay of Denver.

“Me and him are now like best friends, me and Stuff”, Gordon said.

Here’s how good Thompson was in the finals – he had two different streaks of eight consecutive makes.

ZACH’S BACK: The slam dunk contest has largely become a one-and-done event, but Minnesota’s Zach LaVine is back for a chance to repeat after his high-flying performance past year in Brooklyn. Warriors player development consultant Steve Nash told Thompson that his textbook shooting form affords him time to work on other parts of his game.

I was very interested and somewhat surprised to hear the National Basketball Association on TNT crew discussing how the mechanics of Thompson’s shot is prettier than Curry’s.

Whether or not the Warriors will get to 73 wins is the biggest question in the league this season-just ahead of whether anybody can beat Golden State in the playoffs. “He makes me better every day in practice”. “I don’t have to figure out where I’m going, or how to get there”. He seemed to have a ball sitting courtside with his colleagues.

Thompson and Curry – two major players for the Warriors – entered the contest as favourites, and they lived up to the expectations, sending a sell-out crowd at Air Canada Centre into a frenzy. “Whenever people find out I used to live here, they always ask me how it is”.