University Jaren Barajas wins $ 100,000 with a three -point shot

Jaren Barajas University defeats Damian Lillard in triple competition and earns $ 100,000 in the NBA stars game

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San Francisco – Jaren Barajas Throw in the ring of your rear patio maybe once a month. Now it is a University student 18 years old, so the basketball has remained in a background in front of his studies.

Sunday night, with the world watching, Barajas managed to overcome Somehow to the star of the Milwaukee Bucks, Damian Lillardin a three -point shots contest during the Star Game and He won $ 100,000.

Barajas described the moment as “transformative for life.”

“This will mean the world for me, it will help my family a lot and definitely to my future,” he said. “I hope it helps me to pay my education, which will.”

Lillard needed to light three shots from long distance to win, while Barajas had to turn on a single shot and over time running and Lillard having failed after they announced that those would be the last attempts of both players, Barajas launched once more and settled .

And he did just as his father had always taught him: he uses the glass. It was his sixth or seventh attempt, neither decks nor his dad could remember him with certainty.

“I was reaching the end, we had 30 seconds and my dad always tells me to use the board,” Barajas said. “That was what I had to do to enter.”

He was not even supposed to be there, although the teenager had been waiting to attend since the Chase Center became the host of the mid -season event of the NBA in 2025.

“I was surprised with these tickets yesterday, so I didn’t even know I was coming to the game, so having this experience is so surreal,” said Barajas. “I am very grateful.”

His dad, Michael, monitored ticket prices and finally found something inside his range on Saturday and decided to buy them.

He shared the great news with his son and arrived early at La Arena from Oakley’s suburb in East Bay, then, for pure luck, Jaren was asked if he would like to participate. The father and son could not believe his good fortune.

“He wanted to go to the game, the prices were quite high, so I kept seeing how they went down and once I found them at a price I could pay, I bought them and surprised them yesterday,” said Michael Barajas. “I can’t believe we are here, but I’m glad to have done it. He deserves it and I am proud of him. ”

The ex -star of the Golden State Warriors, Baron Davis, approached to congratulate Jaren, while many strangers encouraged him and asked for photos.

“Oh, man, that was incredible, a decisive performance in the last second, in the style of Stephen Curry,” said a radiant Davis.

The NBA said it would donate $ 50,000 to the newly established scholarship fund of Lillard, a native of Oakland, which benefits nine secondary schools in East Bay, as well as $ 50,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland and San Francisco.

Michael Barajas, who describes himself as “semi-subject,” knows that the prize money will not only help with his son’s university expenses, but will also give Jaren the opportunity to give back in some way.

The teenager is a first -year student who studies businesses at the Medanos College, located in the nearby Pittsburg.

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

Jaren was still trying to recover her breath after the experience of her life.

“I just defeated Damian Lillard”