Sabrina Ionescu has officially arrived.
Ionescu on Sunday won her first WNBA championship. She also got the tough meme treatment over her brutal closing game.
Ionescu shot a horrendous 1/19 and scored just 5 points in her New York Liberty’s 67-62 overtime win over the Minnesota Lynx in Game 5 of their Finals series. That came after she shot 5/15 in a Game 4 loss.

Fans on the internet did what they do best, which is mock someone for struggling in a big game. They gave Ionescu the meme treatment over her Game 5 performance.
Sabrina ionescu shot 6-34 fg in game 4 and game 5 of the wnba finals an she’s on the floor like she had 40 and 10 lmao pic.twitter.com/1hDBXZ3y1S
— John (@iam_johnw) October 21, 2024
Sabrina Ionescu with a title on the line: pic.twitter.com/iubDd2pTxc
— Don't take my tweets seriously (@RBJuni0r) October 21, 2024
Sabrina Ionescu tonight:
5 PTS
1-20 FG
1-10 3PTWNBA CHAMPION pic.twitter.com/KzSt604z59
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) October 21, 2024
Klay Thompson seeing Sabrina Ionescu go 0/13 in an elimination game pic.twitter.com/392xwXEyYC
— Wigar 🚬 (@CigarCurry) October 21, 2024
Ionescu also got some Tyrese Haliburton comparison jokes, which were references to the NBA All-Star winning a gold medal at the Olympics despite hardly doing anything.
Sabrina Ionescu today pic.twitter.com/aN50HdTUDK
— Jake (@SuperiorNBA) October 21, 2024
Ionescu may have had a brutal shooting night, but she didn’t care. She was too busy celebrating winning the championship.
THIS CHAMPIONSHIP MEANS EVERYTHING TO SABRINA IONESCU 🗽 pic.twitter.com/dlE6T2Y130
— WNBA (@WNBA) October 21, 2024