As we near the start of 2013 NBA All-Star Weekend in Houston, Texas, Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving will be taking part in the Three-Point Shootout.Prior to the Cavaliers game against the Minnesota Timberwolves back on Monday, Cavaliers head coach Byron Scott decided to challenge his second year guard to a shooting contest that will be held later today: "I just read something today where coach Scott unofficially challenged me," Irving said before the game against the Wolves. "That's something a third-place winner would do, go behind my back and challenge me. The challenge is supposed to be [Tuesday]. I'm looking forward to it. I'm getting up early and doing my pushups." Irving, who will take part in the 3-point shootout during All-Star Weekend for the first time, was referring to Scott's third-place finish in the contest in 1988. Scott came in last in his first appearance in 1987. "It's really, basically, to show him how th...
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