Sabrina Ionescu, a basketball player of Romanian heritage for the New York Liberty, led her team to victory against the Minnesota Lynx team in Game 5 of the WNBA Finals on Sunday, October 20.<\/p>\n
The match took place at the Barclays center in Brooklyn, New York, and ended with a 67-62 overtime victory for the home team.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After losing five finals since the WNBA\u2019s creation in 1996, including last year\u2019s final against Las Vegas, Liberty finally broke the curse at the end of a decisive game with astonishing suspense. This is New York Liberty\u2019s first title in WNBA history, according to News.ro<\/a>.<\/p>\n Born on December 6, 1997, in Walnut Creek, California, Sabrina Ionescu is the daughter of Liliana Blaj and Dan Ionescu. She has two brothers, an older one, Andrei, and a twin brother, Edward.<\/p>\n Sabrina Ionescu is of Romanian descent and speaks Romanian. She holds dual citizenship: American and Romanian.\u00a0<\/p>\n