That was fun!

Moses Moody and Draymond Green put on a show at All-Star Saturday, but the Golden State Warriors came up just short in the Skills Challenge, losing to Team Cavs in the final.

The contest started in hilarious fashion. Team Spurs went first, with their young-and-old (likely) Hall of Fame duo of Victor Wembanyama and Chris Paul. And Paul — who spent last season on the Warriors — immediately put his fingerprints on the competition in a way that only he can.

The setup of the challenge is simple. The team’s first player has to make three successful bounce passes into a target, then one successful chest pass. Then they run the length of the court, shoot a wing three, an elbow jumper, and a corner three. They have to make another chest pass, then go back down the court for a layup or dunk, at which point their teammate does the same. The team that accomplishes the relay in the shortest amount of time wins.

But while players have to successfully make all their bounce passes, they critically don’t need to make all their jump shots. Each of the three shot locations is equipped with three balls: make one and you move on, miss and you keep shooting. But if you miss all three you’re allowed to move to the next shot without any penalty.

So the Spurs did something that only CP3 would ever think of — or be willing to pull off. They simply didn’t shoot any of their jump shots, expelling the nine balls as quickly as possible to breeze through the competition far faster than one could while taking shots.

Shortly after their attempt to circumvent the rules, it was announced that Team Spurs had been disqualified. As one could predict, Paul spent the entirety of the semifinal round performances by Team Rooks, Team Cavs, and Team Warriors contesting the decision. At one point, an NBA official was shown pointing out a line in the Skills Challenge rulebook to Paul and Wembanyama. According to the broadcast, the rules state that players must make valid attempts to score on their jump shots.

While Paul’s antics — either hilarious, annoying, or both, depending on your viewpoint — were going on, Team Rooks struggled a bit, with rookies Zaccharie Risacher and Alex Sarr not putting up a great score. Team Cavs, with All-Stars Evan Mobley and Donovan Mitchell, followed with a good time. And then Team Warriors, with Moody going first and Green following, put up a dominant score, besting Cleveland by nearly 20 seconds.

That earned the Cavs and Warriors a shot in the finals. Team Cavs went first, with Mobley starting. He made his bounce passes and first chest pass, and downed his three jumpers in just four attempts. He did miss his next chest pass though. Mitchell made all his passes, but needed five shot attempts; the end result was an excellent time of exactly 1:00, a full 19 seconds better than their first round.

Then it was time for Moody and Green. Moody started strong, making his first set of passes and his first two jumpers. But he needed all three balls for his corner three, finishing his half in 30.2 seconds. Green was done in by the chest pass, which he never made before using up the rack of balls. Frazzled, his jumper fell apart, and the Warriors ran out of time while he was still shooting his corner three.

The skills challenge has often been a snooze fest, but the rules and the players involved made it a lot of fun, and a successful start to the night’s festivities, which will also include Buddy Hield in the Three-Point Contest.