Early Friday morning, hours before she won the WNBA's 3-Point Contest for a second time with a historic 30-point score in the final round, Sabrina Ionescu sat at a podium on the practice court deep inside Gainbridge Fieldhouse and made a surprising admission.

New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu won the WNBA 3-Point Contest on Friday evening as part of the league's All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS — Sabrina Ionescu admitted that she started listening to the crowd toward the end of the final round of Friday’s 3-point competition. She had already hit 11 3s in a row in the middle of her round, electrifying the crowd inside Gainbridge Fieldhouse. All she needed to do was close the competition strong.