19 and 20 is good enough to win it most years

[spursmartyr]

Just....cookies. Like last year's OKC series. Bad luck, plaguing the Spurs since 2008.

[admiralfats]

yeah, kyrie was just on fire. matt put up a good number though, even though the pressure was on big time. maybe it's a sign of things to come???

[EricB]

Did way better than I thought he would.

[spursmartyr]

19 and 20 is at about the 3rd quartile winning score, well above the mean and median. Irving just got lucky ala the Thunder s last year.

[Seventyniner]

Matt might have gotten 25 if he got to go first.

[Sean Cagney]

yeah, kyrie was just on fire. matt put up a good number though, even though the pressure was on big time. maybe it's a sign of things to come???

I think that was answered years ago, NO.

[freetiago]

matt bonners first round was a good indicator of his career as a spur
something like
6
4
5
3
1

notice the trend

[therealtruth]

Did way better than I thought he would.

Exactly. I am guessing in the playoffs he just has to imagine he's in the 3pt shooting contest and there are no defenders.

[Arc]

you did us proud bonner, unlike tony... he all over us tonight.

[ElNono]

moral victories...

[capek]

I'm really happy for him, and proud. Glad he did so well. I'm sure he understands that Kyrie was shooting out of his mind and that he should be proud of how well he shot.

[John B]

And he almost didn't get in? Shame. Guess Stern was relieved to see Kyrie winning instead from his hated boring Spurs.

[hater]

matt bonners first round was a good indicator of his career as a spur
something like
6
4
5
3
1

notice the trend

truth bomb

tonight just proves when it matters Bonner's % goes down to about 30% which is very pedestrian. at least spursfan should be forewarned when playoffs come around and the red rocket is open in the wings.

[JingleJangleJingle]

well at least irving didn't shoot this well against the Spurs...

[chapnis]

Lol @ people using this as proof he will choke.

He did pretty damn well in this contest.

[ElNono]

This would be a good time to sell high and trade his ass, tbh

[racm]

Tbh if this means he's going to hit his shots come April I'll be okay with it.

But this is Bonner we're talking about.

[AussieFanKurt]

http://www.poundingtherock.com/2013/...point-shootout

Matt Bonner loses 3-pt shootout, tears were shed

[will_spurs]

tonight just proves when it matters Bonner's % goes down to about 30% which is very pedestrian.

You don't get scores of 19 and 20 by shooting 30%... he shot well but Irving was just hitting everything. It's not like Bonner pulled a Paul George on us.

[hater]

Put a body in front of him n he shoots 30

[Pop]

This would be a good time to sell high and trade his ass, tbh

Exactly, trade his ass asap, since he couldn't realize his life dream, he will probably play worse from no on, he won't have any drive anymore.

[silverblk mystix]

Bon-bon did pretty well actually - I was pulling for him - I don't know what is happening to me...

[therealtruth]

It was a good showing for Bonner but as Kenny said Irving was out to prove a point. You could see him getting in the zone in the final round. Oth Paul George showed why he shouldn't have been in the contest.

[Fireball]

Bonner did very good and he did not embarass the Spurs like Tony Parker did ...

[mosdef17]

matt bonners first round was a good indicator of his career as a spur
something like
6
4
5
3
1

notice the trend

Yeah you're right, this is most likely as a result of Matt 'choking' his way to a massive 19 and 20 rather than an indication that humans fatigue over the course of physical compe ion...