Oita HeatDevils guard Yukinori Suzuki triumphed in the 3-Point Contest, ending Matt Garrison's two-year reign as champion.
Suzuki scored 14 points in the first round on Sunday at B-Con Plaza, winding up in a three-way tie for second place along with Garrison and Tokyo Apache guard Cohey Aoki. After a quick rock-paper-scissors game decided the order, Garrison, a former Niigata Albirex BB standout who now plays for the Takamatsu Five Arrows, won the right to shoot first — a one-shot tiebreaker, that is.
Garrison was off the mark on a shot from the top of the 3-point arc. Suzuki, shooting second, nailed his shot from the right corner. Aoki took his shot from the same spot as Garrison, and missed it.
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