Hield set to complete in three-point contest

Hield set to complete in three-point contest
Chavano "Buddy" Hield speaks with Eyewitness News Sports Reporter Randy Smith.

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Buddy Hield will take on four elite shooters in the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) three-point competition during All-Star Weekend.

Hield will join brothers Stephen and Seth Curry, Damian Lillard and Dirk Nowitzki. The three-point contest will take place February 16th on TNT.

Among the five, Stephen and Dirk have already won the 3-point shootout in the past. Nowitzki won it in 2006, while Curry notched the title back in 2014.

Hield, Seth and Lillard will all be making their first-ever appearance in the three-point shootout. Hield is currently averaging a career-high 20.3 points per game for the Sacramento Kings, and shooting 46-per cent from three, which is fourth best in the NBA.

On Sunday, he had 16 points in a 122-108 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. He went 6-17 from the field and 2-7 from behind the three-point line. Los Angeles got off to a fast start. The Clippers shot 52 per cent from the floor in the first half and led by as many as 25 points. The Kings cut their deficit from 16 points to seven in the third. D’Aaron Fox and Iman Shumpert combined to score 15 of Sacramento’s 17 points to start the period. Fox hit a 3-pointer and Shumpert added two from long range.

The Clippers got a 3-pointer from Harris and a dunk by Harrell to lead 87-76 going into the fourth. The Kings begin a season-long, six-game homestand Wednesday against the Atlanta Hawks at Golden 1 centre.

About Randy Smith

Randy Smith is the producer of the widely-watched local television show “Beyond The Headlines” and the web content manager of Eyewitness News. He joined Eyewitness News as a sportscaster in 2018, a role he still performs, and has previously covered a slew of international sporting events, including the 2015 Pan American Games, the Nike EYBL Showcase, several IAAF World Relays, the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the Commonwealth Youth Games, the Bahamas Bowl and multiple CARIFTA Swimming and Track & Field Championships. Randy has been recognized by the Bahamas Press Club with awards for “Best Sports Broadcast” as a sportscaster and “Best TV Talk Show” as a producer.