A stone's throw away from Mohegan Sun's blackjack tables and slot machines, New York Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu was on a different kind of heater

Ionescu scored 36 points, Emma Meesseman had 11 points in her return to the WNBA, and visiting New York bounced back from their worst loss of the season Friday with the victory in Connecticut.

Sabrina Ionescu isn’t brash. She’s not going to fall for this reporter’s line of questioning about whether she personally, as one of the league’s best players, took the onus to take over Sunday’s game to ensure the Liberty would end a four-game losing streak.