In what should’ve been positioned as All-Star Saturday’s final event (because it was definitely the marquee event), NBA 3-point king Stephen Curry and WNBA superstar Sabrina Ionescu did not disappoint in their massively hyped 3-point shootout.
Curry won with a score of 29, which would’ve also won the regular 3-point contest as back-to-back champ Damian Lillard won with a score of 26 — which tied the highest score across all rounds. Ionescu matched the best number any NBA player not named Curry put up.
You have to give Ionescu a ton of credit for the show she put on. This was a massive stage. She warmed up for a few minutes before going against the greatest shooter to ever live. And she was shooting from the NBA 3-point line, which, in comparison to the WNBA line she’s used to, is almost a foot deeper in the corners and nearly two feet farther above the break.
All that, and she stormed out of the gate by draining her first seven shots and nine of her first 10.
It’s worth noting that Ionescu didn’t need either of the “Starry” balls — which come from almost 30 feet and are worth three points — to reach her total (Lillard hit one of them in his final round). Ionescu got her 26 with the…
