It took a pair of tiebreakers, but the hometown Team Pacers came away with the hardware at the 2024 Kia Skills Challenge.
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The home team always wins.
This was the third straight year in which the Kia Skills Challenge at 2024 State Farm All-Star Saturday Night was a team event, and it was the third straight year in which the home team won. After the Cavs and Jazz each won on their home court, it was Team Pacers — Tyrese Haliburton, Bennedict Mathurin and Myles Turner — taking the crown in 2024.
It was also the third straight year in which the contest was determined in a half-court-shot, tie-breaker round. The Pacers won the first two rounds, each worth 100 challenge points. Team All-Stars — Scottie Barnes, Tyrese Maxey and Trae Young — then dominated the shooting round, which was worth 200 challenge points.
The All-Stars began the tie-breaker round, but needed 58.8 seconds to make a half-court shot. The Pacers took their time and still beat that time by more than 20 seconds, with Haliburton ending the competition with a swish.
The Pacers won first round by finishing the three-man relay in 1:07. The All-stars set the pace with a time of 1:18, but Barnes had fumbled the ball out of bounds and Maxey went the wrong way around the first pylon. Team Top Picks – Paolo Banchero, Anthony Edwards and Victor Wembanyama — couldn’t beat that mark, running out of time when Edwards’ first two corner 3-point attempts went off the side of the backboard. The home team then ran a relatively clean relay, with all three Pacers making their first corner 3 and Haliburton finishing off the run by tossing a through-the-legs alley-oop off the backboard to himself.
The passing round came down to a tie-breaker between Team All-Stars and the Pacers, who both finished their initial pass-through 74 points. The All-Stars began the tie-breaker with a new record of 90, only for the Pacers to top it with 92, ignoring the two-point goal and just alternating between the four and the six.
— John Schuhmann
2024 Participants:
> Team Pacers
Tyrese Haliburton (Pacers), Bennedict Mathurin (Pacers), Myles Turner (Pacers)
> Team Top Picks
Paolo Banchero (Magic), Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves), Victor Wembanyama (Spurs)
> Team All-Stars
Scottie Barnes (Raptors), Tyrese Maxey (76ers), Trae Young (Hawks)
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