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Stephen Curry explains why he's not participating in the 2017 3-Point Contest

Published Feb. 3, 2017 2:11 p.m. ET

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Brett Pollakoff

When the NBA revealed the participants for All-Star weekend's three-point contest, one very familiar name was left off the list.

Stephen Curry won the contest in New York in 2015, and made it to the final round before losing to Warriors teammate Klay Thompson in Toronto last year.

But Curry is skipping the event this time, and he explained his reasoning to reporters after Golden State secured a 133-120 victory over the Clippers on Thursday in Los Angeles.

“I’ve done it six times I think,” Curry said, via The Mercury News. “I told myself I was going to do it until I won. Then I won. Then I had to defend. And then Klay beat me. So it’s a little bit of an internal battle. But honestly, this All-Star weekend is the slowest schedule-wise I’ve had and I wanted to capitalize on that rest. So it was a tough decision. I love the spotlight being out there shooting, competing with the field, it’s so much fun — the lights, the atmosphere, just you and the rim — but I put a lot of equity into that contest and it’s time to kind of move on.”

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