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Stephen Curry and Sabrina Ionescu go head-to-head in first NBA vs. WNBA 3-Point Challenge at State Farm All-Star Saturday Night - Stephen Curry leads NBA's Most Popular Jersey - THIS DAY IN THE NBA

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Saturday February 3, 2023

NBA all-time 3-point leader and Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry and WNBA single-season 3-point record holder and New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu will compete in “Stephen vs. Sabrina,” the first-ever NBA vs. WNBA 3-Point Challenge, which will take place on Saturday, Feb. 17 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis during State Farm All-Star Saturday Night.

The competition will air on TNT after the STARRY 3-Point Contest and before the AT&T Slam Dunk. State Farm All-Star Saturday Night will begin at 8 p.m. ET.

As part of the competition, Curry’s Eat.Learn.Play. nonprofit and Ionescu’s SI20 Foundation will receive a donation from the NBA and WNBA. In addition, each shot made by Curry and Ionescu will trigger a donation from State Farm to the NBA Foundation to support economic empowerment in the Black community. Each regular 3-pointer made will be valued at $1,000, the money ball at $2,000 and the “STARRY Range Ball” – a deep 3-pointer from 29 feet, 9 inches away – at $3,000.

“Stephen vs. Sabrina” will follow standard STARRY 3-Point Contest rules. Curry will shoot from the NBA 3-point line with NBA basketballs, and Ionescu will shoot from the WNBA 3-point line with WNBA basketballs.

Ionescu challenged Curry to a 3-point competition after she recorded 37 points (out of a possible 40 points) in the final round of the STARRY WNBA 3-Point Contest at AT&T WNBA All-Star 2023, setting a WNBA and NBA single-round event record and winning the contest for the first time.

Curry raised the challenge once again when he was mic’d up during Golden State’s Jan. 25 game against the Sacramento Kings on TNT. Ionescu responded on social media officially accepting the challenge.

Curry, a two-time NBA 3-Point Contest champion, has made an NBA-record 3,577 3-pointers in the regular season. In 2023, Ionescu set a WNBA single-season record with 128 3-pointers.

Stephen Curry leads NBA’s most popular jersey list for first half of regular season

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Basketball Players Association today jointly announced that the Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry and the Los Angeles Lakers secured the top spots on the NBA's Most Popular Jersey and Team Merchandise lists, respectively, based on NBAStore.com sales for the first half of the 2023-24 regular season.

Additional highlights include the following:

o The Boston Celtics' Jayson Tatum (No. 2) earned his highest ranking on the Most Popular Jersey list.

o The San Antonio Spurs' Victor Wembanyama (No. 4) achieved the highest ranking on the Most Popular Jersey list for a rookie since the Celtics' Kristaps Porzingis in the 2015-16 season.

o The Philadelphia 76ers' Tyrese Maxey (No. 9) and the Sacramento Kings' De'Aaron Fox (No. 15) made their debuts on the Most Popular Jersey list.

o San Antonio (No. 9) cracked the top 10 in Team Merchandise sales for the first time since the 2017-18 season.

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