Ionescu scores 25 points, Liberty beat Sun 81-79 in opener

— Sabrina Ionescu had 25 points and six assists and sparked a late run to help the New York Liberty beat the Connecticut Sun 81-79 on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams.
May 8, 2022, 03:40 pm - AP

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Shot Chart

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  • Jonquel Jones misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jonquel Jones makes driving layup (Jasmine Thomas assists)
  • Natasha Howard misses driving floating jump shot
  • Brionna Jones blocks Natasha Howard 's 4-foot layup
  • Brionna Jones misses 3-foot two point shot
  • Jocelyn Willoughby misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas misses layup
  • DiJonai Carrington misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas misses layup
  • DiJonai Carrington misses layup
  • Natasha Howard misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jonquel Jones makes 3-foot layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jonquel Jones makes two point shot
  • Jocelyn Willoughby makes 4-foot layup (Natasha Howard assists)
  • Jasmine Thomas makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Jasmine Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jonquel Jones blocks Jocelyn Willoughby's driving layup
  • Natasha Howard makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jocelyn Willoughby assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 11-foot jumper
  • Jonquel Jones blocks Lorela Cubaj 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Brionna Jones makes 3-foot layup (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • Natasha Howard makes 20-foot jumper (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Natisha Hiedeman makes two point shot
  • Stefanie Dolson misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Lorela Cubaj misses 18-foot jumper
  • Brionna Jones blocks Sabrina Ionescu 's 17-foot jumper
  • Natisha Hiedeman misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jasmine Thomas blocks Stefanie Dolson 's 4-foot layup
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 13-foot two point shot
  • Natisha Hiedeman makes 5-foot two point shot
  • Natasha Howard misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 26-foot three point jumper
  • Brionna Jones misses layup
  • Brionna Jones makes layup
  • Jonquel Jones misses layup
  • Natasha Howard misses 19-foot jumper
  • Jonquel Jones misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Brionna Jones misses two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jonquel Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jocelyn Willoughby misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
  • Natasha Howard makes 13-foot two point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Jonquel Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 15-foot two point shot (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Jonquel Jones misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Natasha Howard misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jonquel Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas makes layup (DiJonai Carrington assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lorela Cubaj assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 26-foot three point jumper (Lorela Cubaj assists)
  • Brionna Jones blocks Natasha Howard 's 3-foot two point shot
  • Lorela Cubaj makes 18-foot jumper (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Natasha Howard makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • DiJonai Carrington misses driving floating jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas misses two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Natasha Howard assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 4-foot two point shot (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • Jocelyn Willoughby makes layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Stefanie Dolson makes layup
  • DiJonai Carrington makes two point shot (Jasmine Thomas assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Sami Whitcomb makes two point shot
  • Jasmine Thomas misses driving layup
  • Brionna Jones makes two point shot
  • Stefanie Dolson makes 15-foot jumper (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Jasmine Thomas makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Natasha Howard misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Stefanie Dolson misses 6-foot hook shot
  • Jonquel Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Michaela Onyenwere makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Jocelyn Willoughby makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Howard assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
  • Jocelyn Willoughby misses two point shot
  • DiJonai Carrington misses driving layup
  • Jonquel Jones makes two point shot
  • Michaela Onyenwere blocks Alyssa Thomas 's 4-foot layup
  • Jocelyn Willoughby misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas makes two point shot (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 11-foot two point shot (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes two point shot (Nia Clouden assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 9-foot two point shot (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
  • Natisha Hiedeman misses layup
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 23-foot pullup jump shot
  • Brionna Jones makes 10-foot two point shot (DiJonai Carrington assists)
  • Jocelyn Willoughby blocks Nia Clouden 's 1-foot driving layup
  • Brionna Jones misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Natasha Howard blocks DiJonai Carrington 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Natisha Hiedeman misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Nia Clouden misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Howard blocks Jonquel Jones 's 4-foot hook shot
  • Natasha Howard misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses two point shot
  • DiJonai Carrington makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jasmine Thomas assists)
  • Natasha Howard makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Jocelyn Willoughby makes two point shot
  • DiJonai Carrington misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jonquel Jones misses driving layup
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 13-foot jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jasmine Thomas makes driving layup
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Jonquel Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes driving layup
  • Jocelyn Willoughby makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas misses driving layup
  • Jonquel Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Brionna Jones misses 11-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jasmine Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jasmine Thomas misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jonquel Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
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