She’s the player with the best 3-point contest performance in NBA or WNBA history. He’s made more 3-pointers than anyone who’s ever played at the highest level.
Sabrina Ionescu. Stephen Curry.
She’s one of his favorites and led the WNBA in 3-pointers made last season. He’s one of her idols and is the NBA’s all-time 3-point leader. And on Saturday night in Indianapolis at All-Star weekend, they will go head-to-head in a 3-point contest — Steph vs. Sabrina, one that’s already got both of them amped up for a competition on a global stage like none other between NBA and WNBA stars.
“It’s going to be a great experience for us both,” Ionescu said.
Added Curry: “It’s an authentic competition between two great shooters.”
It’s not their first time facing off — the New York Liberty and Golden State Warriors stars have played HORSE against each other, and from the way they were telling the story on Tuesday night, it was clear that Ionescu won that matchup.
Their relationship goes back well over a decade, and they’ve been in the stands to see each other play; Ionescu is a kid from the Bay Area whose family had Warriors season tickets, Curry took his daughters to see Ionescu play when she was at Oregon facing Cal in 2020. Ionescu talked to Curry’s girls that night and neither they, nor…
