Sabrina Ionescu took another dribble, stepped back to the left, grabbed the ball and let it fly.

Her logo three-pointer seemed to linger forever, the clock running down its final seconds before hitting the bottom of the net, an unforgettable shot that gave the Liberty a 2-1 lead in the WNBA Finals and likely changed the course of the match changed. franchise history.

Ionescu’s tiebreaker 3 with just one second left decided the Liberty’s epic 80-77 victory over the Lynx in Game 3 of the Finals at Target Center in Minneapolis on Wednesday night.

“I was built for this moment,” an emotional Ionescu said on the pitch after the biggest shot of her career. She later said, “It’s a photo I take often. I do it in practice and before the game. It’s not like a Hail Mary, I hope this goes in. Once I got it off, I was like, ‘Yes, this is in.’