Sabrina Ionescu crossed half court, dribbling out the basketball before spiking it as the game clock ticked to zero. If anyone deserved to call “game” it was Ionescu, who put up a playoff career-high 36 points in Game 2 to sweep the Atlanta Dream and lift the New York Liberty to the WNBA semifinals. MVP chants echoed through the Brooklyn crowd as Ionescu lined up at the charity stripe with just seconds remaining. Draining two free throws, Ionescu slammed the door shut on a 91–82 victory, ending the Dream’s season.
"Spike Lee gave me a high five,” Ionescu said after the game. “I felt like New York was just like injected into my veins. I was like, We're winning this."
