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.
What changed for Ionescu?
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