{"id":175811,"date":"2025-08-26T01:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T01:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/175811\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T01:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T01:56:09","slug":"sabrina-ionescus-late-block-saves-liberty-in-narrow-win-over-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/175811\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabrina Ionescu&#8217;s late block saves Liberty in narrow win over Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sun guard Le\u00efla Lacan intercepted Breanna Stewart\u2019s pass intended for Sabrina Ionescu with only six seconds left in Monday night\u2019s game and the Liberty up by only two.<\/p>\n<p>But as Lacan took off for the other end, Ionescu chased her down and cleanly swatted the ball away to prevent a potential game-tying layup.<\/p>\n<p>Ionescu\u2019s game-saving block secured the Liberty\u2019s 81-79 win against the Sun at Barclays Center.<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s game shouldn\u2019t have been as close as it was for most of the last three quarters.<\/p>\n<p>The Liberty made it a lot harder than it needed to be. <\/p>\n<p>Then again, that seems to be a trend with this team.<\/p>\n<p>The Liberty \u2014 who <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/25\/sports\/breanna-stewart-set-to-return-vs-sun-at-perfect-time-for-liberty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">welcomed back Stewart for the first time in a month<\/a> \u2014 led by as many as 17 points in the first quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Sabrina Ionescu reacts during the Liberty\u2019s win against the Sun on Aug. 25. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>And it wasn\u2019t the usual suspects for the Sun who got hot.<\/p>\n<p>Aneesah Morrow had 18 points and 15 rebounds and Lacan scored a game-high 22 points off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>But the Liberty managed to pull off a gritty win.<\/p>\n<p>Sabrina Ionescu attempts a shot during the Liberty\u2019s Aug. 25 win. Michelle Farsi for the NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Breanna Stewart attempts a shot for the Liberty on Aug. 25. Michelle Farsi for the NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Stewart finished with a team-high 19 points and added five rebounds. <\/p>\n<p>Jonquel Jones contributed 18 points, 11 rebounds and six assists while Ionescu recorded 11 points, nine assists and seven rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCovering the Liberty like never before\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Madeline Kenney&#8217;s Inside the Liberty, a weekly Sports+ newsletter.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Liberty return to action Thursday when they host the Mystics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sun guard Le\u00efla Lacan intercepted Breanna Stewart\u2019s pass intended for Sabrina Ionescu with only six seconds left in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":175812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[5336,2472,1520,15534,62,67,132,68,232],"class_list":{"0":"post-175811","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-breanna-stewart","9":"tag-connecticut-sun","10":"tag-new-york-liberty","11":"tag-sabrina-ionescu","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us","16":"tag-wnba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115092585669904725","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}