NBA superstar Stephen Curry and WNBA standout Sabrina Ionescu might soon transform from best friends to foes. The Warriors guard challenged the New York Liberty guard to a 3-point shootout after the Warriors guard won the WNBA All-Star 3-point competition on Friday.
Sab, the point guard for the New York Liberty, made basketball history by scoring 37 out of a possible 40 points by making 25 of a possible 27 shots. And if there’s one thing about Curry that we’ve come to understand throughout the course of his NBA career, it’s that he’ll never back down from a challenge.
Curry wants to settle scores with Sabrina in best 3-pts shooter competition
“I got to go after Sabrina’s record, so I got something to shoot for now that she went crazy with the 37 points at All-Star Weekend,” Stephen Curry spoke on Monday while featuring on the show NBA-Today of ESPN. “So I guess we got to settle that one for sure. Who’s the better 3-point competition shooter? ” Immediately after breaking the record, Ionescu publicly criticized the 4-time NBA champion on Twitter in jest.
.@StephenCurry30 says he and @sabrina_i20 need to settle who's the best three-point competition shooter 👀
"I gotta go after Sabrina's record … She went crazy with the 37 PTS in their All-Star weekend." pic.twitter.com/s8iNjyQy0e
— ESPN (@espn) July 17, 2023
Naturally, this made basketball aficionados cry for a real 3-point shootout between the 3-point emperor and 3-point empress to ultimately anoint one sharpshooter. In the final round of the WNBA 3-point competition, the 3-time Nancy Lieberman Award Winner broke a WNBA and NBA record and with a 37-point outburst was referred to as the new 3-point champion.
Shoot out??😂 @StephenCurry30
— Sabrina Ionescu (@sabrina_i20) July 15, 2023
She broke the NBA’s previous benchmark of 31 points accomplished by Tyrese Haliburton (2023) and Stephen, in conjunction with the WNBA record of 30 points held by Allie Quigly. Curry has competed in the 3-point competition seven times (2010–2013–16–2019–2021) and has claimed two victories (2015, 2021).
He currently owns the record for making the most successful 3-pointers in NBA history, having reached the 3,390 mark and continuing to add to his total. Although Stephen Curry has achieved what many would have previously believed to be impossible, he is aware that Ionescu’s performance in the 3-point competition will be difficult to top.
Stephen Curry went viral with hole-in-one shot at Lake Tahoe en route to ACC championship
Stephen Curry continued his blistering pace on the seventh hole at Edgewood Resort in Lake Tahoe by making a hole-in-one. He achieved this remarkable feat only one day following his ascent to the top in the initial round of the ACC celebrity golf tournament.
Curry’s hole-in-one at the seventh hole of the American Century Championship Tournament was the first ever and came from 152 yards away. The master hooper’s shot was nearly as breathtaking as the celebration that followed it. The fans erupted in jubilation as “The Chef” sprinted hard on the green in near amazement.
Also, Curry won the American Century Championship on Sunday, becoming the first player to win the celebrity competition, with an eagle putt of 18 feet on the last hole. The hole-in-one on Saturday by the 9-time NBA All-Star was topped off by his last eagle on the par-5 18th hole.
Congratulations to #StephCurry👑 for winning the #AmericanCenturyChampionship title today at Edgewood Tahoe Resort in Stateline, Nevada. Steph Curry also became the first player to sink a hole-in-one at the seventh hole of the American Century Championship golf tournament.🏆⛳️🏌️♂️ pic.twitter.com/AECrMBgFWA
— Lady T (@Loves_TheLord2) July 16, 2023
He, by all means, joins the ranks of the fifth active athlete to secure this victory, marking the first occurrence since 2000 when kicker Al del Greco was part of the Tennessee Titans. Stephen Curry is a novice golfer, therefore he will donate his first-place award of $125,000 to charity proving again he indeed is “The Golden Boy” with a heart of gold.
