{"id":27513,"date":"2024-02-17T22:52:27","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T17:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/nbas-steph-curry-and-wnbas-sabrina-ionescu-go-head-to-head-in-3-point-challenge\/"},"modified":"2024-02-17T22:52:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T17:22:27","slug":"nbas-steph-curry-and-wnbas-sabrina-ionescu-go-head-to-head-in-3-point-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/nbas-steph-curry-and-wnbas-sabrina-ionescu-go-head-to-head-in-3-point-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA’s Steph Curry and WNBA’s Sabrina Ionescu go head-to-head in 3-point challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Two of the best 3-point shooters in basketball history are set to go head-to-head to determine who is really the best on the court right now. <\/p>\n

Steph Curry and Sabrina Ionescu will face off<\/a> Saturday at 8 p.m. ET at the NBA All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis in the first 3-point challenge between the NBA and the WNBA. <\/p>\n

The special long-distance shootout will pit two of the best to ever do it directly against each other for the first time. <\/p>\n

Curry, a point guard for the Golden State Warriors who has made more 3-point shots than anyone else to ever play in NBA, called the competition “uncharted territory,” according to NBA.com. <\/p>\n

Ionescu, a guard for the New York Liberty who similarly excels at the 3-point line, set the record for most 3-point shots made in a single season last year. She also holds the title for best 3-point contest performance in NBA or WNBA history at last year’s WNBA All-Star Weekend.<\/p>\n

She said Saturday’s contest is a “pinch-me moment,” NBA.com reported. <\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t think either of us know the gravity and magnitude this could take on,” she said in a Zoom call, NBA.com reported. “We\u2019re just excited to be able to do this.”<\/p>\n

The idea to have Curry and Ionescu face each other came about after Ionescu’s stellar performance at last year’s WNBA 3-point contest, in which she scored 37 points on 25-of-27 shooting, according to NBA.com, and squashed Curry’s contest record of 31 points. <\/p>\n

According to the NBA, the pair already had a friendship. <\/p>\n

“This is what sports is about, competing. \u2026 You look for opportunities to raise the bar,” Curry said, according to the NBA. <\/p>\n

Curry reportedly called Ionescu’s 3-point performance in July “ridiculous,” NBA.com reported. Just last month, he brought it up again to Warriors rookie Brandin Podziemski. <\/p>\n

The NBA posted a clip of their conversation on X<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think I gotta bring her out. … We gotta settle this once and for all,\u201d Curry said, seeming to challenge Ionescu to a contest at the 3-point line.<\/p>\n

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“I think I gotta challenge her,” he said. “It’d be lit.” <\/p>\n

Just over 30 minutes later, Ionescu said she was game. <\/p>\n

“Let\u2019s getttttt it!!” she replied<\/a>. “See ya at the 3 pt line @StephenCurry30.” <\/p>\n

How it will work<\/h2>\n

“Stephen vs. Sabrina” will follow regular Starry 3-Point Contest rules, the NBA said<\/a>. The rules are as follows: <\/p>\n

There will be four ball racks, each with four game balls, worth 1 point each, and one money ball, worth 2 points, the NBA said. A fifth rack will feature all money balls. <\/p>\n

There will also be two Starry Range shots, each worth 3 points, according to the NBA. <\/p>\n

Curry will take his shots from the NBA 3-point line using NBA basketballs, while Ionescu will shoot from the WNBA line using WNBA balls. <\/p>\n

Both Curry’s nonprofit organization, Eat. Learn. Play., and Ionescu’s SI20 Foundation will receive donations from the NBA and the WNBA as a part of the competition, the NBA said<\/a>. <\/p>\n

On top of that, State Farm will donate money to the NBA Foundation to “support economic empowerment in the Black community” for every shot made by either player. <\/p>\n

State Farm will donate $1,000 for every regular 3-point shot made, $2,000 for every money ball made and $3,000 for every Starry Range shot that makes it into the basket. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rebecca Cohen<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
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Rebecca Cohen is a breaking news reporter for NBC News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Associated Press contributed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n