The game of basketball is full of surprises. One such startling event happened when the Las Vegas Aces trumped the New York Liberty during the Championship Finals despite losing their star players – Kiah Stokes and Chelsea Gray to injury. The whole basketball community took notice of the same and NBA veteran Steph Curry applauded the winners for it.

For the unversed, Steph Curry is a point guard for the Golden State Warriors who is popular for his logo 3 and three-pointers. Let us have a look at what he had to say.

What did Steph Curry say?

The Golden State Warriors? star Stephen Curry congratulated the Las Vegas Aces for their seminal 3-1 victory over the New York Liberty in the Championship Finals. The NBA star tweeted a congratulatory post on social media networking platform X on Thursday and reshared a post from the Aces official handle. ?Champs!!!!!! Let em know ???, he wrote tagging A?ja Wilson and Kelsey Plum. But how is Steph related to Sabrina Ionescu?

The New York Liberty?s point guard caught all eyes during the 2023 WNBA All-Star weekend as she participated in the popular 3-point contest. Pocketing 37 out of a possible 40 points, Ionescu was the highest scorer in both NBA and WNBA combined. She also basketed a record consecutive 20 shots overtaking the Golden State Warriors? star Steph Curry?s 31-point performance in 2021.

As per Yahoo Sports, while Steph Curry had won the 2015 and 2021 point-three contests with the best consecutive of 13 points, it did bring Sabrina to his notice.

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In an interview with ESPN (h/t: Yahoo Sports) Curry jokingly challenged Ionescu to compete against him in the three-point contest to settle who is better between them. Sabrina had previously gained attention from the Warriors? legend during her rise at the Oregon. Sabrina was initially a fan of Curry but later started seeing him as a mentor and also speaks with him regularly as per Martin Rickman of Dime magazine. But what happened in the Championship Finals?

How was the Game 4 of the Finals?

During Game 4 of the Championship Finals against the Las Vegas Aces, Ionescu pocketed 13 points with 3 rebounds and the same number of assists. The Liberty had a major 10-point victory during the first quarter but struggled to repeat their heroics and were defeated by a margin of mere one point. With this, they also ended their dream of winning the 2023 Championship.

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Thus, NBA star Stephen Curry congratulated A?ja Wilson & Co on clinching back-to-back Championship titles. Though the Golden State Warriors? veteran is an admirer of the Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu. What was your favorite moment from the match? Let us know in the comments below.