Miami Heat representing at the All-Star Weekend!!!

The night started in Las Vegas with Dwyane Wade winning the Skills Competition. He beat out Kobe Bryant, who couldn't make a chest pass. I guess maybe he should have went to college to learn the basics of the game instead of going right into the NBA. King James and Chris Paul didn't even try in the competition and were knocked out in the first round. Wade is the first player to ever repeat in the Skills Competition.

Jason Kapono won the 3-Point Shootout contest, tying a record set by Mark Price with 24 points in the final round. He beat out the other two qualifiers Gilbert Arenas and Dirk Nowitzki.

Kapono shot first in both rounds of the contest. In the first round, he scored a strong 19 points. It put a lot of pressure on the other guys. Damon Jones, Mike Miller and Jason Terry quickly choked, falling far out of the competition. Gilbert Arenas went "hibachi" and lit up the basket and crowd with 21 points. Nowitizki followed with a score of 20.

Kapono started again in the second round and was just killing it! He made 16 of his last 18 baskets. When his score of 24 was announced, Arenas and Dirk knew it was over. Dirk made a feeble attempt and finished with 10. After two racks, Arenas knew it was over and on his final rack, he started shooting one-handed.

Both Kapono and Wade won $35,000 for their efforts. Money well earned.