It's been 25 years since the New York Liberty had a chance to close out a WNBA championship . Just like in 1999, a last-second shot gave them the opportunity to play for a title.
This time around, the Liberty are hoping for a different outcome.
Twenty-five years after Teresa Weatherspoon hit " The Shot " to even up the Finals series against Houston, Sabrina Ionescu nailed a 28-footer with a second left Wednesday night to give New York a 2-1 lead in its best-of-five series with the Lynx. The Liberty's first chance to close out the series is Friday night in Game 4.
In 1999, the Comets and Liberty played the next day and the Liberty lost that game for the championship.
"I haven't thought about that, in the sense of they didn't go out and achieve what it is that they wanted to do," Ionescu said. "I think for us, it's going to be changing that scripted narrative a little bit."
