How the legend of Sabrina Ionescu was made on a Tuesday night in Minneapolis
minneapolis — Sabrina Ionescu barely remembers even taking The Shot. As the Liberty-Lynx finals game was tied at 77 and the clock was ticking down, the New York Liberty guard outplayed Kayla McBride and hit a near-logo 3-pointer to sink an unlikely winner. Ionescu smiled for a moment, but then his expression hardened as he […]
Kevin Durant shouts out Sabrina Ionescu after wild game-winner
Games respect games. Baseball friends were quick to take to social media to praise Sabrina Ionescu for her game-winning 3-pointer from the logo on Wednesday night, bringing the Liberty team one win away from its first WNBA title. Everyone from Kevin Durant to Tamika Catchings praised Ionescu's clutch shot in Game 3 against the Lynx. […]
Caitlin Clark named to All-WNBA First Team, Sabrina Ionescu snubbed
MINNEAPOLIS — Despite a season and playoffs in which Sabrina Ionescu has grown and become more dynamic, the Liberty star guard has yet to crack the All-WNBA First Team. On Wednesday afternoon, before the Liberty faced the Lynx in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals, the league announced the 2024 All-WNBA First Team and Second […]
WNBA Finals Player Grades: how Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu fared in Lynx vs. Liberty
Just days after suffering a crushing loss to the Lynx in Game 1, it was Liberty who pulled away in the end to tie the game. WNBA The final match was won 80-66. Bethonia Rainey Hamilton was the hero in this game, scoring a season-high 20 points as Liberty won Game 2, sending the series […]
Liberty’s Sabrina Ionescu believes mindset change will help her in WNBA Finals
Throughout this season, Sabrina Ionescu has detailed the changes she made to her game after the poor offensive performance in the Liberty's loss to the Las Vegas Aces in the WNBA Finals a year ago. But perhaps the biggest flaw the All-Star guard needed to eradicate after that botched performance had to do with her […]
Sabrina Ionescu bounces back, Liberty beat Aces 76-62 to advance to WNBA Finals
One year after their heartbreaking loss in the WNBA Finals, the New York Liberty defeated the Las Vegas Aces 76-62 to advance to the finals. WNBA Finals. The victory guaranteed them a second consecutive Finals appearance and ended the Aces' elusive chance for a third straight title. New York won the first two games at […]
Liberty’s Sabrina Ionescu silenced by Aces in Game 3 loss
Sabrina Ionescu got what she wanted in her first two fights in Brooklyn, but what happened in Las Vegas on Friday night will make her want to stay in Las Vegas. The All-Star guard was swarmed by opposing defenders and endured a rough shooting night, but scored just four points in Liberty's 95-81 loss in […]
Liberty’s Sabrina Ionescu reacts to interaction with Spike Lee as New York secures spot in semifinals
The New York Liberty eliminated the Atlanta Dream from the WNBA playoffs in a short period of time. Known New York Knicks superfan Spike Lee was there to watch New York's WNBA team reach the semifinals on Tuesday night. At one point in the third quarter, Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu high-fived the famous film director, […]
Sabrina Ionescu, Kelsey Plum overcame parallel struggles to lead Liberty, Aces to Game 2 wins
Sabrina Ionescu herself was not great offensively, shooting just 33 percent from the field in the second half of the regular season with the New York Liberties, and that number dropped even further in the final three games of the year, plummeting to 18 percent. The New York Liberty were the overwhelming favorites going into […]
Sabrina Ionescu powers Liberty past Dream into WNBA semifinals
Sabrina Ionescu's reaction — fists clenched as she walked down the court — said it all, as did the MVP chants that accompanied her final free throw of the day a few minutes later. Leonie Fiebic had just converted an and-one under the basket midway through the fourth quarter, but an assist from Ionescu — […]