Steph Curry and Shaq visibly stunned as fan beats Damian Lillard to win $100k with ridiculous feat

One NBA fan is $100,000 better off after doing the unthinkable. At the annual NBA All-Star game, a fan named Jaren Barajas beat Milwaukee Bucks superstar Damian Lillard in a three-point shooting contest. Lakers legend Shaq joined in the celebrations as the fan beat LillardGetty The challenge was hosted by YouTube Mr. Beast, and all Barajes had to do was make a 3 before ‘Dame Time’. Lillard needed to make three long logo 3s to win, while Barajas had to hit just one basket from way back. The pair traded shot for shot with no makes. With the clock winding down, Lillard missed an attempt just as they announced those would be the final shots. Barajes then sunk a speculative heave from way outside as Lillard had two of his three makes on the board to win the money. The fan swarmed by Inside the NBA analysts Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith, and tons of mascots. Cameras also panned to Golden State Warriors superstar Steph Curry, who was in disbelief the fan had beaten Lillard. “It was coming down to the wire, we had 30 seconds left and my dad always tells me use the backboard,” Barajas said. “That’s what I had to do to make it go in.” “It was all luck, meant to be, I don’t know,” Michael Barajas said, “I can’t believe it.” “I just beat Damian Lillard.” Lillard was gracious after losingGetty Curry was in disbelief that the fan had made the shotX@BleacherReport The fan celebrated in a tub full of dollarsX@BleacherReport He wasn’t even supposed to be at the event. “I got surprised with these tickets yesterday, so I didn’t even know I was coming to the game, so to have this experience it’s so surreal,” Barajas said. “I’m so thankful.” “This is going to mean the world to me, it’s going to help my family a lot and definitely my future,” he said. “Hopefully it’ll help me pay for my education, which it will.” Lillard’s loss to Jaren came before he suited up for Shaq’s OGs in the new All-Star Game format. The Bucks scored nine points and avenged his loss to the a fan by hitting the game-winning shot for his team as they won, 41-25.

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Steph Curry and Shaq visibly stunned as fan beats Damian Lillard to win $100k with ridiculous feat

One NBA fan is $100,000 better off after doing the unthinkable.

At the annual NBA All-Star game, a fan named Jaren Barajas beat Milwaukee Bucks superstar Damian Lillard in a three-point shooting contest.

Lakers legend Shaq joined in the celebrations as the fan beat Lillard
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The challenge was hosted by YouTube Mr. Beast, and all Barajes had to do was make a 3 before ‘Dame Time’.

Lillard needed to make three long logo 3s to win, while Barajas had to hit just one basket from way back.

The pair traded shot for shot with no makes.

With the clock winding down, Lillard missed an attempt just as they announced those would be the final shots.

Barajes then sunk a speculative heave from way outside as Lillard had two of his three makes on the board to win the money.

The fan swarmed by Inside the NBA analysts Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith, and tons of mascots.

Cameras also panned to Golden State Warriors superstar Steph Curry, who was in disbelief the fan had beaten Lillard.

“It was coming down to the wire, we had 30 seconds left and my dad always tells me use the backboard,” Barajas said. “That’s what I had to do to make it go in.”

“It was all luck, meant to be, I don’t know,” Michael Barajas said, “I can’t believe it.”

“I just beat Damian Lillard.”

Lillard was gracious after losing
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Curry was in disbelief that the fan had made the shot
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The fan celebrated in a tub full of dollars
X@BleacherReport

He wasn’t even supposed to be at the event.

“I got surprised with these tickets yesterday, so I didn’t even know I was coming to the game, so to have this experience it’s so surreal,” Barajas said. “I’m so thankful.”

“This is going to mean the world to me, it’s going to help my family a lot and definitely my future,” he said. “Hopefully it’ll help me pay for my education, which it will.”

Lillard’s loss to Jaren came before he suited up for Shaq’s OGs in the new All-Star Game format.

The Bucks scored nine points and avenged his loss to the a fan by hitting the game-winning shot for his team as they won, 41-25.