Lillard sizes up skills contest favorites (The Associated Press)

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Damian Lillard didn't enter all three NBA All-Star skills competitions just for the fun of it. ''If I didn't think I had a chance to win all of them, I wouldn't put my name in them,'' Lillard said. This year, though, Lillard sees the tandem of the Phoenix's Goran Dragic and Oklahoma City's Reggie Jackson as potential favorites. As well as Dragic has played this season, averaging 20.3 points, 6.2 assists and 1.4 steals per game, Lillard said the Suns guard should have been on the Western Conference roster for Sunday night's main event.

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