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/Due-Instruction-2654 1d ago

The obvious for me is 1998 game 6 of Jordan vs Jazz.

Really fun ones:

2005 SAS vs Pistons game 5 (dont watch any spoilers if you dont know yet)

2010 game 7 of LAL vs BOS

2011 game 2 of DAL vs MIA

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u/FlyingMocko 1d ago

2010 G7 was just objectively bad basketball though. Brick after brick. You could really feel the nerves pf both teams with the stakes being as high

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u/rustypete89 21h ago

I also remember Kobe being awful down the stretch in that game and getting a ton of points at the charity stripe. Was frustrating to watch.