Of course, this tie for first place in the preliminaries still got him comfortably into the finals.
Before Hansen took his last shot, Harden, Irving, and Booker were already shaking their heads in resignation.
They were destined to play second fiddle this year.
The trio that had received the most attention before the game all made it into the finals, whetting the fans' appetites to the fullest.
Curry was the first to take the stage in the finals, and he was taking deep breaths before the start of the match, clearly very nervous.
Under immense pressure, Curry held up and finished with a score of 23 points.
Although it wasn't as good as his record-breaking 27 points last year, it was still quite impressive.
After his turn, Curry let out a sigh of relief.
But then, Thompson took his turn and managed to make Curry smile in resignation.
Because Thompson scored on every money ball at the last rack, blasting a 27-point round, tying his own historic record from last year!
