New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu electrified the crowd Friday by hitting 20 straight shots and scoring a record 37 of a possible 40 points to win the three-point shooting contest during WNBA all-star weekend in a performance that will be incredibly difficult to match.
She made 25 of 27 shots in Las Vegas to break the event record for the WNBA and NBA — and nearly meeting her own high standards. "Shouldn't have missed two," Ionescu said. "It was the final round.
I had just lost in the skills. I wasn't going to lose again." RIDICULOUS! <a href="https://twitter.com/sabrina_i20?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sabrina_i20</a> <a href="https://t.co/djeRmwh3UO">https://t.co/djeRmwh3UO</a> The Las Vegas Aces' team of Chelsea Gray and Kelsey Plum won the skills competition with a time of 44.3 seconds in the final round, easily beating the 58.0 put up by the Ionescu and Liberty teammate Courtney Vandersloot.
In the three-point contest, Ionescu beat the Seattle Storm's Sami Whitcomb and the Dallas Wings' Arike Ogunbowale in the final.