Clutch rallies and unforgettable game-winning shots in the WNBA Finals are exactly what New York envisioned when it crafted its star-studded squad.
Breanna Stewart at her best is a force of nature, a tornado on one end of the court and a blizzard on the other, and Wednesday night, Stewart hit the Minnesota Lynx from every possible direction. She scored, she protected the rim, she seemed to guard an entire team by herself.
This was the moment the Liberty envisioned and the rest of the WNBA feared when New York signed Stewart and traded for Jonquel Jones before the 2023 season. Ionescu, meanwhile, arrived in the league with generational-talent expectations, and then at 25 years old, she was suddenly the third-most decorated player on her own team.
Ionescu admitted that “obviously, I didn’t play my best tonight.” In the first 39 minutes, she scored seven points and somehow committed two fouls with her right hip. But Ionescu also didn’t seem toabout whether she was playing her best. Ionescu did not shoot the final shot like she needed it to salvage her night. She shot it like she, and not Stewart, had already scored 30. That is a champion’s mentality.
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