The NBA set the field for the 3-point Contest during All-Star weekend in San Francisco on Feb. 15, with a group of eight shooters that includes All-Star Game snub Norman Powell of the Los Angeles Clippers and two-time defending champion Damian Lillard of the Milwaukee Bucks.

Damian Lillard will get a shot at a third straight three-Point Contest title. The Milwaukee Bucks star was one of eight contestants named to the 2025

ATLANTA – Damian Lillard is once again an all-star player, and the Milwaukee Bucks point guard will pull double-duty for the second straight year as he will defend his three-point contest shooting title on Feb. 15 in San Francisco.

Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard has his eyes on a three-peat as the two-time defending champion headlines the NBA's 3-Point Contest field announced by the league on Friday.

Milwaukee's Damian Lillard will try to complete a three-peat in next week's NBA All-Star Game 3-point Contest, the league announced Friday, while two French stars seek a Skills Challenge title.Lillard won the 3-point showdown in 2023 while with Portland and last year after joining the Bucks and will try to equal the record three consecutive titles set by Larry Bird in 1986-1988 and matched by Craig Hodges in 1990-92.

Sharpshooting Milwaukee Bucks All-Star point guard Damian Lillard is a late addition to this year's NBA 3-Point Shooting Contest, according to Shams Charania of ESPN. Lillard joining this illustrious group makes sense.