Sport respects recreation.
Fellow ballers shortly took to social media to reward Sabrina Ionescu for her game-winning 3-pointer from the emblem on Wednesday night time that put the Liberty one win away from the franchise’s first WNBA title.
Everybody from Kevin Durant to Tamika Catchings chimed in to specific their admiration for Ionescu’s clutch shot in Sport 3 towards the Lynx.
“Chilly blooded killer @sabrina_i20,” Durant wrote on X.
“What a shot,” Luka Doncic posted with three flame emojis.
“Omgoodness!!!!! SABRINNNNAAAAAA!!!!” Catchings added.
“Sabrina so chilly for that,” Dallas Wings participant Arike Ogunbowale stated.
“Wow Sabrina sheesh,” Victor Oladipo posted.
Ionescu held the ball on the half-court line earlier than she started her assault, and with 3.4 seconds left on the clock and the sport tied at 77, she heaved up a 28-foot shot that dropped and helped lead the Liberty to an 80-77 victory.
“I didn’t even actually bear in mind it,” Ionescu instructed reporters after the sport. “I needed to go take a look at the video to see how far I used to be. However within the timeout, Sandy was identical to, ‘You’re gonna shoot this shot.’ I used to be capable of get some separation in vary, and I let the shot go.”
Ionescu completed the sport with 13 factors on 5-for-12 capturing with six assists in a contest the place the Liberty got here again from down 15 to take a 2-1 sequence lead within the best-of-five finals.
The Liberty star described the shot as “undoubtedly the largest shot of my profession.”
“I visualize so much after I’m practising, within the offseason, the day earlier than the sport — placing myself in these conditions… and that’s been an enormous progress for me,” Ionescu added.
Satirically, the clutch efficiency got here the identical day that the WNBA introduced the members of the All-WNBA first staff — one Ionescu was not on.
She was named to the All-WNBA second staff, and he or she appeared to poke enjoyable at this after the sport.
“That was only a nice All-WNBA Second Group efficiency,” Ionsecu stated.
