Rarely in sports do expressly made-for-television events live up to the hype.
Saturday’s three-point showdown between Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry and New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu did exactly that.
In a one-off competition in Indianapolis, Ionescu drained 26 points’ worth of three-pointers from behind the NBA three-point line—only for Curry to equalize and then surpass with 29 points to take the crown.