(Photo : Ethan Miller/Getty Images) LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – Sabrina Ionescu (#20) of the New York Liberty competes within the ultimate spherical of the WNBA 3-Point Contest throughout WNBA All-Star Friday forward of the 2023 WNBA All-Star Game at Michelob ULTRA Arena on July 14, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
New York Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu put up the best efficiency in WNBA Three-Point Contest historical past.
Sabrina Ionescu (@sabrina_i20) simply set the all-time report for NBA or WNBA with a rating of 37 PTS within the FINAL ROUND of the #Starry3PT Contest to be topped the NEW 3-PT CHAMPION 🏆 | @starrylemonlime pic.twitter.com/YcGy3fDfBq
— WNBA (@WNBA) July 14, 2023
The 5-foot-11 guard couldn’t miss within the contest’s ultimate spherical, scoring 37 of the potential 40 factors whereas lacking solely two photographs by hitting 25 out of her 27 makes an attempt. Ionescu’s 37 factors are the best within the competitors’s historical past for each the WNBA and NBA.
The 25-year-old additionally made 20 consecutive photographs at one level, together with each photographs from the additional Starry vary. The two-time All-Star decisively took dwelling the Three-Point Contest crown on the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“Well, I was just focused on making one at a time. I wasn’t sure how many I missed, but I knew it wasn’t a lot,” Ionsecu stated within the interview after receiving the trophy.
Her opponents within the ultimate spherical, Seattle Storm guard Sami Whitcomb and Dallas Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale, scored 24 and 11 factors, respectively.
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Sabrina Ionescu challenged within the first spherical
The Liberty guard confronted way more resistance within the first spherical of the competition, the place she didn’t find yourself with essentially the most factors.
Whitcomb topped the group within the first spherical, scoring 28 factors.
The results of the primary spherical of the competition so as:
Sami Whitcomb (Seattle Storm): 28 factors
Sabrina Ionescu (New York Liberty): 26 factors
Arike Ogunbowale (Dallas Wings): 21 factors
DiJonai Carrington (Connecticut Sun): 18 factors (eradicated)
Jackie Young (Las Vegas Aces): 15 factors (eradicated)
Kelsey Mitchell (Indiana Fever): 15 factors (eradicated)
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