Ionescu wins 3-point contest, Cloud claims skills competition in New York Liberty sweep
New York Liberty’s Sabrina Ionescu (left) jokes with the Los Angeles Sparks’s Kelsey Plum during the skills challenge Friday at the WNBA All-Star basketball weekend.
INDIANAPOLIS — Sabrina Ionescu won the 3-point contest, and her New York Liberty teammate Natasha Cloud was the skills champion at All-Star Friday night.
Ionescu, who won the title in 2023 with a record performance, had a strong final round, scoring 30 points. It was less than her record-breaking effort of 37 two years ago when she made 25 of 27 shots — the most ever in either the WNBA or NBA.
Atlanta’s Allisha Gray, who made her own history last year by winning the 3-point shootout and skills competition, fell short in both this time. She had 22 points in the 3-point contest.
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