Wings' Fudd tops Fire's Carleton to win WNBA 3-point shootout - ESPN

CHICAGO — Azzi Fudd of the Dallas Wings became the first rookie to win the WNBA All-Star 3-point contest, scoring 30 points in the championship round Friday night.

The No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft hit her first six shots in the final to get into rhythm. She edged Bridget Carleton of the expansion Portland Fire. Carleton had 29 points in the opening round but got off to a slow start in the final and couldn't recover, finishing with 19 points.

Fudd's total matched Sabrina Ionescu's winning number from last season.

Elena Delle Donne, Shakira Austin and high schooler Jezelle Banks led team Washington to the Shooting Stars championship to tip off the All-Star festivities. They scored 31 points to edge Seattle's trio in the finals, with Banks hitting two of the 4-point shots from just inside half court to put the team over the top.

Carleton had a stellar first round, hitting 13 of her first 16 shots. Fudd also had a great opening round, making four of her final five shots and totaling 24 points.

Carleton's hot shooting in the opening round electrified the crowd, which included Jayson Tatum, Russell Westbrook, NBA commissioner Adam Silver, Dwyane Wade and Sheryl Swoopes.

Other players in 3-point contest were Atlanta's Rhyne Howard, who scored 20 points; Golden State's Janelle Salaun, who had 19 points; Toronto's Marina Mabrey, who had 18; and Seattle's Natisha Hiedeman, who had 17.

In the Shooting Stars competition, Seattle had 24 points to finish as runner-up after missing all of the team's 4-point shots.

This was the first year the Shootings Stars was conducted after a skills competition. The format was a two-round, timed shooting competition in which teams had 70 seconds to score as many points from seven shooting locations