The 2025 NBA All-Star Weekend festivities unfold in San Francisco this weekend. Many of the teams league's best players will take part in the competitions. There will be a flurry of exciting events happening on All-Star Saturday, along with the Starry 3-Point Contest. Back-to-back champion Damian Lillard is going for a 3-peat, and Buddy Hield will compete for the hometown Golden State Warriors. 

Saturday's events begin at 8 p.m. ET at Chase Center, with the 3-Point Contest as the second event to occur. Lillard is the betting favorite at +260 and Tyler Herro has seen his odds drop to +440, making him the second favorite after opening as a longer shot. Darius Garland (+600), Hield (+600), Norman Powell (+700), Cam Johnson (+850), Jalen Brunson (+900) and Cade Cunningham (+1400) round out the field. 

Before making any 2025 3-Point Contest picks, you'll want to see what elite NBA expert Matt Severance has to say.

Severance is a well-connected writer and high-volume handicapper who has worked in the industry since 2005. Over the past three NBA seasons, Matt has returned $4,452 to $100 bettors. He also enters the 2025 NBA All-Star break on a 87-54 roll on NBA picks, returning nearly $1,700 for $100 bettors. Anybody following him could be way up. 

Now, he has analyzed the 2025 Starry 3-Point Contest from all angles and is delivering his picks. He's identified a critical X-factor that has him jumping all over one player in the contest! You ABSOLUTELY need to see it before locking in any picks of your own.

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