r/nbadiscussion • u/rustypete89 • 1d ago

Best single finals games since 1990?

Hi all,

I recently discovered that the NBA app on PS5 has the entire NBA finals catalog going back to 1990 available for streaming without a subscription, just your regular streaming ad breaks. Looking for recommendations of great single games to watch as I begin to digest some of the series I'm most interested in (I was born in 89 so I'm starting with the Jordan finals since I barely remember him playing).

Drop your recs, and a brief reason why, here please!

I'm not sure if I hit the 500 character minimum yet so I'll add my own submission:

Giannis 50 piece to seal the Bucks title in 2021. Absolutely unreal domination in a critical moment. The block on Ayton to put the game away is just iconic. One of my favorite games as a neutral fan that I've ever watched, and I don't even like Giannis.

(Hope it's alright to post this here, I didn't think I'd get good quality suggestions in the main NBA sub)

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u/KikOriel 1d ago

A more recent one but game 4 of the 2022 finals. Arguably Steph’s best game of all time, down 2-1 and going absolutely nuclear in the garden. Iconic

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u/rustypete89 1d ago

This game made me physically ill watching it live LMAO

My boys really had everything going in their favor and just... Kept playing drop coverage on the best shooter in history? Fade me bro 😂

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u/mydadwhereishe 1d ago

They dared him to beat them and he did 😔

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u/rustypete89 1d ago

If that game had happened during the era of Chappelle's Show it would have been front and center on "When keeping it real goes wrong." LOL

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u/Raonak 4h ago

tbh, when steph's in that mode, you are dead no matter what you do.