How Stewart, Ionescu and Liberty moved one win away from WNBA title - ESPN

That felt familiar. Nearly a week ago, the Minnesota Lynx erased an 18-point deficit to win Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on the road.

On Wednesday, the New York Liberty rallied from 15 down in Minneapolis to win Game 3.

And now, New York is one victory away from its first WNBA championship.

Breanna Stewart nearly willed the Liberty to win, tallying 30 points, 11 rebounds and 4 blocks. She scored 13 straight Liberty points across the third and fourth quarters.

But Sabrina Ionescu hit the game winner, a 28-foot 3-pointer with 1 second remaining. It's the second-longest go-ahead field goal in the final 5 seconds in WNBA Finals history, behind Teresa Weatherspoon's 47-foot heave for New York in Game 2 of the 1999 Finals.

Minnesota's Napheesa Collier scored 22 points in the loss and has 249 in the 2024 playoffs, breaking Diana Taurasi's 15-year-old record for most points in a single postseason (245).

The WNBA Finals — the first series in WNBA playoff history to feature multiple 15-point comeback wins — continues with Game 4 on Friday (8 p.m. ET, ESPN).

Before then, ESPN breaks down how the Liberty won Game 3.

Throughout most of the game Wednesday, it was tough to tell if Ionescu was biding her time or being taken out of the game by Kayla McBride's defense. Ionescu didn't attempt a field goal until 5:17 remained in the second quarter. Her first made field goal came on the last possession of the first half.

Then — perhaps propelled by the learning experiences of last year's Finals loss, her poor shooting in Game 1 and her minimal contribution in Game 2 — she became the best player on the floor for what might be the biggest minute and a half in Liberty history.

First came a brilliant pass to Jonquel Jones, who hit a layup with 1:31