Sabrina Ionescu makes 7 free throws late as Liberty hold off Valkyries 81-78

— Sabrina Ionescu converted seven free throws in the final two minutes and made a key steal with 26 seconds left, Breanna Stewart had 23 points and 10 rebounds, and the New York Liberty held off the Golden State Valkyries 81-78 on Wednesday night.
Jun 26, 2025, 05:31 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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Shot Chart

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  • Rebekah Gardner misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Tiffany Hayes misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Breanna Stewart misses driving layup
  • Nyara Sabally misses tip shot
  • Breanna Stewart makes driving layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Stephanie Talbot makes 23-foot three point jumper (Monique Billings assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Stephanie Talbot misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Stephanie Talbot makes 4-foot layup (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Natasha Cloud misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Tiffany Hayes makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tiffany Hayes makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nyara Sabally makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nyara Sabally misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Natasha Cloud makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Tiffany Hayes makes 26-foot three point jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Veronica Burton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tiffany Hayes assists)
  • Rebekah Gardner makes 23-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Breanna Stewart makes driving layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kayla Thornton misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Monique Billings makes 4-foot layup (Stephanie Talbot assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes 4-foot layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Tiffany Hayes misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Tiffany Hayes misses 32-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart makes 24-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Kayla Thornton makes 7-foot layup (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kayla Thornton makes driving layup
  • Rebekah Gardner makes driving layup (Kennedy Burke assists)
  • Stephanie Talbot makes 25-foot three point jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Kennedy Burke makes 23-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Kayla Thornton misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kennedy Burke makes 24-foot three point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Tiffany Hayes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Stephanie Talbot assists)
  • Natasha Cloud misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Breanna Stewart misses 21-foot step back jumpshot
  • Kennedy Burke makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Chloe Bibby makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tiffany Hayes assists)
  • Marine Johannes misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Tiffany Hayes makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tiffany Hayes makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Breanna Stewart misses layup
  • Tiffany Hayes makes driving layup (Kayla Thornton assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes technical free throw
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Rebekah Gardner makes driving layup (Marine Johannes assists)
  • Chloe Bibby misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Marine Johannes misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Rebekah Gardner misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Tiffany Hayes misses driving layup
  • Kennedy Burke misses two point shot
  • Rebekah Gardner misses tip shot
  • Kennedy Burke makes tip shot
  • Kate Martin makes 7-foot jump bank shot
  • Breanna Stewart makes 23-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Monique Billings misses driving floating jump shot
  • Marine Johannes makes two point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Nyara Sabally misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Breanna Stewart misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Breanna Stewart makes 4-foot two point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Veronica Burton misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Tiffany Hayes makes driving layup
  • Breanna Stewart makes 6-foot two point shot (Nyara Sabally assists)
  • Stephanie Talbot misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kaitlyn Chen misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Kennedy Burke misses two point shot
  • Kennedy Burke misses two point shot
  • Tiffany Hayes misses two point shot
  • Kennedy Burke misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Billings misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Laeticia Amihere misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Laeticia Amihere makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Laeticia Amihere makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 17-foot two point shot
  • Nyara Sabally makes two point shot
  • Tiffany Hayes misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Stephanie Talbot makes 13-foot jumper
  • Rebekah Gardner misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Billings misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Tiffany Hayes misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Tiffany Hayes makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Natasha Cloud misses two point shot
  • Veronica Burton makes driving layup
  • Veronica Burton misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Veronica Burton misses 38-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tiffany Hayes misses 48-foot three point jumper
  • Kate Martin makes driving layup
  • Breanna Stewart misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Kate Martin misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kennedy Burke makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Stephanie Talbot makes 25-foot three point jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Veronica Burton makes 14-foot jumper (Kayla Thornton assists)
  • Kennedy Burke misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla Thornton misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Veronica Burton misses 26-foot three point shot
  • Kayla Thornton makes two point shot
  • Kennedy Burke misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Billings misses layup
  • Rebekah Gardner makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Rebekah Gardner misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Kate Martin makes driving layup
  • Kate Martin makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Rebekah Gardner makes 24-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Laeticia Amihere misses driving layup
  • Kennedy Burke makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kennedy Burke makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Laeticia Amihere misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kate Martin misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Laeticia Amihere misses driving floating jump shot
  • Marine Johannes makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Laeticia Amihere makes driving layup (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Kayla Thornton makes two point shot (Tiffany Hayes assists)
  • Marine Johannes makes 28-foot three pointer (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Laeticia Amihere makes 3-foot layup (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Marine Johannes makes 28-foot three point shot (Isabelle Harrison assists)
  • Kate Martin misses driving layup
  • Kayla Thornton misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kate Martin misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart misses driving layup
  • Kaitlyn Chen misses driving layup
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 26-foot three pointer (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Kate Martin makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kate Martin makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart misses driving floating jump shot
  • Natasha Cloud misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Veronica Burton misses two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses running pullup jump shot
  • Kayla Thornton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Kennedy Burke makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Veronica Burton misses driving layup
  • Kate Martin misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kennedy Burke makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kennedy Burke makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kate Martin makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kayla Thornton assists)
  • Kennedy Burke misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kate Martin makes 24-foot three point jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Veronica Burton misses two point shot
  • Breanna Stewart makes 10-foot two point shot
  • Kennedy Burke misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Rebekah Gardner misses two point shot
  • Kate Martin makes 23-foot three point jumper (Stephanie Talbot assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses driving layup
  • Kate Martin misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart misses 16-foot two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kayla Thornton misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Kate Martin makes 23-foot three pointer (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kayla Thornton misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kate Martin misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
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