Here are seven of the most memorable games from the last decade of basketball. The list started with a story about the worst-liked game in recent memory by the Los Angeles Lakers.
1. 2020 NBA Finals Game 5: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Miami Heat
- Date: October 9, 2020
- Highlight: The Lakers won, and superstars did not hide - they spoke of the game with LeBron James and Anthony Davis in the Lakers' win. It was the first title for Los Angeles since 2010 but in that win made LeBron his fourth Finals MVP in evidence of such sublime play on both sides that one can't but believe that Los Angeles is once again at the top.
2. 2017 NBA Finals: Game 4: Golden State Warriors at Cleveland Cavaliers
- Date: June 12, 2017
- Highlight: Sweep the whole series by sweeping the whole season. End sweep of the whole season with a 16-1 playoff streak. Rockstar performance for the Finals as it ends with an exit with Finals MVP voting on Kevin Durant, the star forward.
3. 2016 NBA Finals – Game 7: Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors
- Date: June 19, 2016
- Highlight: Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors June 19, 2016 To anyone who thought that the Cleveland Cavaliers were taking that trophy away from them in a game where they had a 3-1 lead in the series. So the bright spot of that game is when LeBron James picks that block on Andre Iguodala and Kyrie Irving shoots that three-pointer for their first NBA Championship in Cleveland.
4. 2019 NBA Finals Game 5: Toronto Raptors vs. Golden State Warriors
- Date: June 10, 2019
- Highlight: The Toronto Raptors now win their first NBA Championship. And Kawhi Leonard to lead them at last. For franchise history an NBA team playing out of Toronto finally won a championship. And at their first NBA Finals MVP is in Kawhi Leonard.
5. Game 1, 2018 NBA Finals Cleveland Cavaliers vs Golden State Warriors
- Date: May 31, 2018
- Highlight: A flash about how it entered its final moment of overtime when J.R. Smith made that infamous mistake to send the game to send the Warriors packing back home. This was going to be that game that was going to send the Warriors pack back home. Drama outweighed the nearly competitive game between teams.
6. 2019 NCAA Championship Game: Virginia Cavaliers vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders
- Date: April 8, 2019
- Highlight: Virginia Cavaliers won its first-ever national championship ever on a dramatic four-overtime thriller since fourth-year Kyle Guy made four free throws in the final minute to redeem this disappointing season and made it into the tournament only by the thread.
7. 2021 NBA Finals Game 6: Milwaukee Bucks vs. Phoenix Suns
- Date: 20 July 2021
- Highlight: Giannis Antetokounmpo gave this game of a lifetime. Scoring 50 for the Milwaukee Bucks, he brought him back as champions for the first time since 1957. For that, he entered the record books of all-time as he dominates Game 6 on Friday.
These games talk about the key drama and tension never to forget by teams and players involved.
