ORLANDO, Fla. – Kevin Love knows something about dunking. He does most of his dirty work inside for the Timberwolves, but he got to show off his outside touch on Saturday night.

Love beat out Oklahoma City star Kevin Durant to win the 3-Point Shootout. The former UCLA star was consistent throughout, but had to survive a tiebreaker in the first round and sweat out the final few shots from Durant to pull out the 17-14 victory in the final.

Love is in the middle for a breakout season for Minnesota, averaging 25 points and 14 rebounds a game. He also has connected on 49 of 141 three-point attempts for the Timberwolves.

“You know, I’m a guy that loves to rebound the ball, a guy that loves to play inside, really a physical player,” Love said. “But for me, coming into the league, I was told not to shoot three-point shots, so to be where I am now and continue to work on my game, I think this definitely speaks to my versatility. I think I’ll just continue to improve year in and year out.”

Love was tied for third after the opening round and beat Miami’s Mario Chalmers 5-4 in a tiebreaker. Defending champion James Jones led all shooters in the opening round with 22, and Durant was next with 20.

Orlando’s Ryan Anderson just missed eliminating both Love and Chalmers, making 17 shots after missing his final 2-point money ball.

Love and Durant both had 16 in Round 2 to advance to the finals, with Jones posting 12.

— Utah’s Jeremy Evans won the Slam Dunk Contest.

Evans endeared himself to the fans with a mix of props and creativity, and they voted him the winner of one of the marquee events of the NBA’s All-Star Saturday festivities.

Evans, who got into the competition as a replacement for injured New York guard Iman Shumpert, earned 29 percent of the 3 million votes cast. He beat out Houston’s Chase Budinger, Indiana’s Paul George and Timberwolves rookie Derrick Williams for the Jazz’s first-ever trophy in the contest.

In a departure from past dunk competitions, fans were given complete voting power and cast their ballots by text message after each of the four participants competed in three one-dunk rounds.

Evans dunked with a camera on his head, slammed two basketballs while jumping over a seated assistant and donned a Karl Malone jersey to dunk over mailman-dressed comedian Kevin Hart.

Budinger got just as many cheers from the Amway Center fans as Evans, and some in the celebrity-filled crowd sighed when the winner was announced.

“I’ve very happy with my performance. I went out there, I had a plan and I executed the plan and the fans voted and I didn’t win, and that happens sometimes,” Budinger said. “But I had great dunks and they’re going to be great memories as well.”

— San Antonio point guard Tony Parker won the Skills Competition. Parker was the only one of six participants to break 30 seconds in the first round (29.2), and his time of 32.8 in the final run on the obstacle course was better than Boston’s Rajon Rondo (34.6) and New Jersey’s Deron Williams (41.4).