{"id":115135,"date":"2024-10-17T09:54:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T02:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115135"},"modified":"2024-10-17T09:54:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T02:54:44","slug":"sabrina-ionescu-secures-liberty-game-3-win-in-wnba-finals-vs-lynx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115135","title":{"rendered":"Sabrina Ionescu secures Liberty Game 3 win in WNBA Finals vs. Lynx"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\"><span class=\"timestamp \">Oct 16, 2024, 10:29 PM ET<\/span><\/div>\n<p>MINNEAPOLIS &#8212; <a data-player-guid=\"3b205f4b-7b5d-0115-3a92-f8f35ff473ed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/4066533\/sabrina-ionescu\">Sabrina Ionescu<\/a> hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer from the top of the key with 1 second left and <a data-player-guid=\"4d83d500-2f40-c89e-4f85-62927c5abbeb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/2998928\/breanna-stewart\">Breanna Stewart<\/a> scored 30 points to help the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"ad8ccde6-59b3-fbe6-2faf-a835fa224ca1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/team\/_\/name\/ny\/new-york-liberty\">New York Liberty<\/a> beat the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"d815e23c-aa3e-3490-d7be-f876d1e30e8a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/team\/_\/name\/min\/minnesota-lynx\">Minnesota Lynx<\/a> 80-77 on Wednesday night, taking a 2-1 lead in the WNBA Finals.<\/p>\n<p>The Liberty &#8212; who came back from 15 down for the third-largest comeback in WNBA Finals history &#8212; are one victory away from winning their first title. Game 4 is Friday night in Minnesota with a deciding fifth game in New York on Sunday if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>With the game tied at 77, Ionescu had the ball and dribbled around before pulling up a few steps behind the arc and and hitting the 28-foot 3-pointer that broke the tie.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/41834362\/fever-caitlin-clark-aces-aja-wilson-named-all-wnba\" class=\"img-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/photo\/2024\/0722\/r1361551_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;scale=crop&amp;location=center\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/41816881\/threatening-anti-gay-email-sent-wife-liberty-breanna-stewart\" class=\"img-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/photo\/2024\/1015\/r1401041_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;scale=crop&amp;location=center\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Minnesota didn&#8217;t get a real shot to tie at the buzzer.<\/p>\n<p>The Liberty have appeared in the finals five times before, including last season, and lost each one.<\/p>\n<p>Trailing 73-69 with 2:26 left in the fourth quarter, the Liberty scored eight straight points, including the first five by <a data-player-guid=\"d5154a93-4a46-71af-8b55-f69328b84b54\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/2999101\/jonquel-jones\">Jonquel Jones<\/a>. Ionescu, who had a relatively quiet game, then hit another 3-pointer after a Lynx miss to make it 77-73 with 55.5 left.<\/p>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"45bb9001-d6d5-f987-3e64-fe45e12895f8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/3906972\/bridget-carleton\">Bridget Carleton<\/a> got the Lynx within 77-75 with a layup 21 seconds later. On New York&#8217;s next possession Ionescu had a 3-pointer go halfway through the basket before popping out and Minnesota got the rebound. <a data-player-guid=\"3050c42f-4845-9e46-c003-1b0adb4c5e14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/3917450\/napheesa-collier\">Napheesa Collier<\/a> was then fouled with 16 seconds left and hit both free throws to tie it setting up the exciting finish.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-table float-r\">\n<h2 class=\"table-caption\">Largest Comeback Wins In WNBA Finals<\/h2>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" data-text-contract=\"-\" data-text-expand=\"+\" data-fix-cols=\"0\" data-behavior=\"responsive_table\" class=\"inline-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Year<\/th>\n<th>Team<\/th>\n<th>Pts<\/th>\n<th>Opp<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"last\">\n<td>2024*<\/td>\n<td>Lynx<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>Liberty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"last\">\n<td>1999<\/td>\n<td>Liberty<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>Comets<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"last\">\n<td>2024*<\/td>\n<td>Liberty<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>Lynx<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"last\">\n<td>2021<\/td>\n<td>Sky<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>Mercury<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tfoot>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\">*1st series in WNBA playoff history to feature<br \/>multiple 15-point comeback wins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><i>&#8212; ESPN Research<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Collier finished with 22 points and <a data-player-guid=\"d1fad434-2410-9267-1759-f76f7d43929f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/2529205\/kayla-mcbride\">Kayla McBride<\/a> 19 for Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>With her game-winning 3, Ionescu passed Crystal Robinson (62) for the most career 3-point makes in the playoffs in Liberty history. She also brought her total 3-point total this postseason up to 28, tying her franchise-record 28 in last year&#8217;s playoffs. That&#8217;s tied for the fifth most in a single postseason in WNBA playoff history.<\/p>\n<p><em>ESPN Research and The Associated Press contributed to this report. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/41839327\/sabrina-ionescu-3-pointer-gives-liberty-game-3-win-vs-lynx-wnba-finals\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oct 16, 2024, 10:29 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS &#8212; Sabrina Ionescu hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer from the top of the key with 1 second left and Breanna Stewart scored 30 points &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115135\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}