3-Point Shootout field set with Kyrie Irving commitment

It will be a star-studded 3-Point Shootout during All-Star Saturday night on Feb. 14 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, with Kyrie Irving filling out the field Thursday.

With confirmation that Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving will participate, the field is set for the 3-Point Shootout to be held on All-Star Saturday night on Feb. 14.

Six of the top eight 3-point shooters will be in the field, none of whom has won it, while a pair of former champions round it out.

Wesley Matthews of the Portland Trail Blazers, who led the NBA entering play on Thursday with 151 made 3-balls, is 21st in the league with a 40.3 percent success rate.

This is Matthews’ first appearance in the contest. Here’s a look at his career 3-point shooting numbers:

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Kyle Korver of the Atlanta Hawks is second with 149 made 3s and is on a near-record pace, making 53.2 percent. Korver is the single-season leader in the category, setting the record in 2009-10, when he shot 53.6 percent from 3-point range while a member of the Utah Jazz.

Korver is appearing in the contest for the third time, but this will be his first entry in 10 years. Korver was in the shootout in both 2004 and 2005. Korver’s career 3-point numbers are below:

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Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors, who will start in the All-Star Game the night after the shootout, is third in the NBA with 147 makes and is 20th at 40.4 percent. Curry is making his fourth appearance in the contest and his third in a row. He also shot in the competition in 2010.

Curry is the single-season record holder with his 272 makes from long distance in 2012-13. His career 3-point shooting record is below:

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Just behind Curry on the list of 3-point makes is fellow Splash Brother Klay Thompson of the Warriors, who has hit 145 3-pointers and is fourth in the NBA. Thompson is also fourth with a 44.6 percent rate.

Thompson is in the 3-Point Shootout for the first time in his career. His shooting stats are:

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Completing a sweep of the top five volume 3-point shooters in the NBA is fifth-place James Harden of the Houston Rockets, who had made 130 from distance this season, making 38.7 percent (32nd-best in the Association).

Harden is another shootout rookie who has done this from 3-point range in his career:

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J.J. Redick of the Los Angeles Clippers is eighth in the league with 114 makes and is ninth with a 43.2 percent success rate. Redick is the fourth first-timer in the field for this year.

His shooting stats are:

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2013 Shootout champion Irving is back for his third straight year in the contest. Irving is tied with Channing Frye of the Orlando Magic for 12th in the NBA with 100 made 3s this season and ranks 18th at 40.8 percent. His shooting stats include:

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Defending champion Marco Belinelli of the San Antonio Spurs is back after winning on his first attempt last year in New Orleans.

Belinelli is the outlier in the first—he has made 39-of-102 from 3-point range for the Spurs this season and his 38.2 percent rate is well down from last season’s 43 percent mark.

Belinelli’s career marks are:

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Irving and Belinelli will be trying to become just the seventh multiple-time winner of the event. Larry Bird, who won the first 3-Point Shootout in 1986, and Craig Hodges each won it three times, while Mark Price, Jeff Hornacek, Peja Stojakovic and Jason Kapono are the only two-time Shootout champions.

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