By Field Level Media-Reuters
CHICAGO -- Miami Heat forward Bam Adebayo defeated Indiana Pacers forward Domantas Sabonis in the 2020 All-Star Skills Challenge on Saturday night.
Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo holds up the trophy after winning the skills challenge during the NBA All-Star Saturday Night at United Center. (Kyle Terada / USA TODAY Sports)
"The sky is the limit for players the way the game is going," Adebayo said of winning the competition against a fellow big man and over a field of multiple guards.
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Adebayo and Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam met in the semifinals before Sabonis and Milwaukee Bucks All-Star forward Khris Middleton squared off.
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Players dribble from one 3-point line to the other winding between four vertical NBA logo obstacles, stopping to fire a chest pass through a station with a round opening just large enough to fit a basketball. Once the pass is successful, players dribble back to the end they started from, make a layup and return to the opposite end of the court where the one-on-one contest ends -- when one player makes a three from the top of key placards set on the floor and marked SHOOT.
Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo competes against Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam during the skills competition during NBA All-Star Saturday Night at United Center. (Dennis Wierzbicki / USA TODAY Sports)
Sabonis made his fourth 3-point try to make the finals. Middleton lost the ball attempting his layup but recovered in time to have a shot at the win.
Indiana Pacers forward Domantas Sabonis reacts during the skills challenge during NBA All-Star Saturday Night at United Center. (Quinn Harris / USA TODAY Sports(
The first players eliminated were 2018 Skills champ Spencer Dinwiddie (Brooklyn Nets), Patrick Beverley (LA Clippers), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder) and reigning champion Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics).