When Karolina Ramirez shoots hoops, she wears No. 30, the same number as her favorite basketball player, Stephen Curry, of the Golden State Warriors.

On Thursday night, the 10-year-old — who's called a basketball "phenom" by her dad — got to watch Curry from 3 feet away as he warmed up for a game against the Orlando Magic.

"We got to sit in the front and I got to watch Steph Curry warm up," she said. "There was one time that he was shooting from the side we were sitting on and he was right in front of us.

"It was really cool. It was a lot of fun," she added.

In October, the news team at KGO-TV, an ABC affiliate in San Francisco that airs "Live with Kelly and Ryan" — Karolina once appeared on that show's "Amazing Kids" segment — approached the Warriors about trying to get tickets to a game for Karolina's family when the team was playing in Florida, according to her father, Orlando Ramirez.

"I had no clue (we were going)," Karolina said. "We were driving up and I kept seeing signs for the Orlando Magic and then I saw the stadium and knew we were going to a game."

Then, once Karolina saw fans wearing Golden State Warriors' jerseys, she realized she'd get to see her favorite player.

The Pinewood Elementary fifth grader said she admires Curry's playing style. She also knows his warm-up routine by heart.

In fact, when Karolina appeared on "Live with Kelly and Ryan" in September, she showed off her basketball skills as well as parts of Curry's warm-up technique.

The 4-minute segment ended with Karolina and hosts Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest shooting free throws.

The only person who scored a basket was Karolina.

Karolina did not get to meet Curry, but she did take a photo with four-time Olympic gold medalist and three-time WNBA MVP Lisa Leslie, who's now a studio analyst for the Magic. Leslie played 11 seasons with the Los Angeles Sparks and also was the first player to dunk in the WNBA.

Karolina has been playing basketball since she was 4, and her family has been documenting her journey on Instagram for a few years.

In April 2018, Karolina was featured in a Google Cloud TV ad that aired during the NCAA National Championship. She was selected for the ad from thousands of amateur video clips, according to her father.

The video chosen for the ad was recorded at Flagler Park, Ramirez said, and went viral in 2017.

Karolina plays girls' travel basketball with the Wellington Wolves and helped the team win a state and national championship. The program has 20 teams and 210 players, with boys in third through 11th grade and girls in fifth to 11th grade. Karolina also is involved with the Stuart community.

"I want to try playing in college and then either overseas or in the WNBA," Karolina said.

Follow Karolina's journey on Instagram, where she has more than 35,000 followers. Search karolinabball. On Facebook, follow Karolina here.

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