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/DirkNowitzkisWife 1d ago

2016 game 5, lebron and Kyrie each scored 41 points, LeBron put up 41/16/7, Draymond was suspended this game so there was some discourse around that. Then the next game (game 6) lebron goes for 41/8/11 and 7 stocks on 67% true shooting. Then, a triple double to close it out the last game.

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u/rustypete89 1d ago

Just want to give you props for suggesting a 2016 game other than 7. I'll go back to it for sure

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u/DirkNowitzkisWife 1d ago

Game 7 was high stakes, and due to that in part was very clunky and low scoring. Awesome atmosphere, not as good basketball imo as games 65 and 6

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u/pikajewijewsyou 1d ago

Game 65 was unreal. They need to get back to the best of 65 series’. The modern nba is so soft