Portland Fire win on Sarah Ashlee Barker buzzer-beater

sportsMay 13, 202615868

Sarah Ashlee Barker grabbed a Bridget Carleton miss and banked a putback at the buzzer to lift the Portland Fire to a 98-96 win over the New York Liberty. The basket delivered Portland's first victory since the franchise returned to the WNBA. The dramatic walk-off gives the revived franchise a signature moment and immediate momentum as it restarts its WNBA era.

The Athletic

@theathletic.com

SARAH ASHLEE BARKER FTW 🔥 The Portland Fire get their first win of the season.

33345d ago

Rachel6

Would have been cooler if folks on the east side of the cascades would have watched it too.

Shelly F3

Congratulations! Happy to see a new team in the league do well!

nokings4ever.bsky.social2

Storm fan here, Congratulations Fire! Glad you beat Stewie!!!!

MLangley2

It would be cool if the players were actually in the frame of the video.

Sean Highkin

@highkin.bsky.social

Sarah Ashlee Barker with the buzzer-beating putback for the Fire’s first-ever win. Incredible finish.

22845d ago

The Oregonian

@oregonian.com

Fighting all night long to hang with the New York Liberty, the Portland Fire just pulled off a stunning 98-96 win at Moda Center on a buzzer-beating putback by Sarah Ashlee Barker. Read more from Ryan Clarke: theoregonian.visitlink.me/_GE-k5 📸 by Ali Gradischer/Getty #PortlandFire #WNBA

7345d ago

Sabreena Merchant

@sabreenajm.bsky.social

No cooler way for an expansion team to win its first game. www.nytimes.com/athletic/727...

6345d ago

Zena Keita

@zenakeita.bsky.social

In such Sarah Ashlee Barker fashion too—clutch moment and off a hustle play.

3945d ago

Frankie de la Cretaz

@thefrankiedlc.news

Sarah Ashlee Barker!! At the buzzer!! I’m a Portland Fire fan now I think!! She’s crying so I’m crying!!

3545d ago

Nemo.

@sirnemo.bsky.social

AGAIN. MWUHAHAHAHAHA. SARAH ASHLEE BARKER, I LOVE YOU. GO FIRE. 🌹🔥

2345d ago

Rey-Rey

@rey-rey.net

I will always root for Sarah Ashlee Barker. Only Sparks player that approved of my sombrero last year. (Seriously, this is really cool.)

2245d ago

Douglas Reyes-Ceron

@dreyesceron.bsky.social

old enough to remember Sarah Ashlee Barker in that insane March Madness game vs. Maryland two years ago

1545d ago

Erin O'Leary2

I was freaking at that game, it was insane in person

Matt Bagley

@bagleysports.bsky.social

Moments like tonight are why I love women's sports. Sarah Ashlee Barker is thousands of miles from home, she's been in Portland for just over a month, and she just etched her name in Rose City basketball history forever. I'm so happy for her. www.portlandsupporter.com/p/sarah-ashl...

845d ago

Nik Streng

@nikstreng.bsky.social

Man I don’t know how @ryantclarke.bsky.social will do the follow-up tonight. Historical significance. Sarah Ashlee Barker putback buzzer beater. Carleton/Leite superstar combo. This game has a lot of talking points and you only have one lede 😭

845d ago

Mookie Alexander

@mookiealexander.bsky.social

Any doubts about Portland as a passionate hub for basketball and women's sports could be squashed just off of the crowd and the reaction to Sarah Ashlee Barker's game winner for the Fire tonight. It sounded like a series-clincher in a playoff game.

845d ago

Cholo Magsino

@hancholoo.bsky.social

Sarah Ashlee Barker revealed in the post-game interview that she lost somebody close to her in the past 24 hours. Hope this amazing moment can relieve her of some of the pain 💝

745d ago