Tyler Herro, former Kentucky basketball standout, wins NBA All-Star ...

Tyler Herro, the former Kentucky basketball standout who now plays for the Miami Heat, won the NBA All-Star 3-point contest on Saturday during 2025 NBA All-Star weekend.

Oakland native Damian Lillard, who was eliminated in the first round Saturday, won the contest in 2023 and 2024 but was unable to complete the three-peat in front of the crowd at Chase Center in San Francisco.

Herro beat out Golden State’s Buddy Hield and Cleveland’s Darius Garland in the final round. The former UK guard totaled 24 points in the round to edge Hield, who had 23 points and needed to make his final five shots to win. He made his first three on the final rack, missed the fourth and made the fifth.

Hield had the best score in the opening round with 31 points, followed by Garland’s 24 and Herro’s 19.

On Sunday, Herro will make his NBA All-Star game debut on Kenny's Young Stars team in the mini-tournament.

Herro is averaging a career-high 23.9 points per game, 5.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists for the Heat this season. He is tied with Jayson Tatum for fourth in the NBA in 3-pointers made (189).

Here's how to to stream the 2025 NBA All-Star game, the NBA All-Star schedule and more:

• Date: Sunday, February 16
• Time: 8 p.m.

• Channel: TNT and TruTV
• Livestream: Hulu and Fubo

• Semifinal 1: Chuck's Global Stars vs. Kenny's Young Stars at Chase Center, 8:20 p.m. ET
• Semifinal 2: Shaq's OGs vs. Candace's Rising Stars at Chase Center, 9:10 p.m. ET
• Championship: Semifinal 1 winner vs. Semifinal 2 winner at Chase Center, 10 p.m. ET

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