Ranking the Last 10 NBA Finals
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The NBA Finals, the pinnacle of basketball, after getting pass the grueling 82 game season to get your eventual seeding, you then have to now face the same team up to 7 times a piece for 3 rounds to get to Finals to represent your conference to compete against the winner of the other side go claim that Larry O’Brien trophy and be put in the history books. And Stephen Curry getting his first every FMVP after 3 unsuccessful previous tries, I think it’s time to rank the last 10 NBA Finals, put them on a tier list, and reminisce on just how good, or in some cases, bad or mid, some of these NBA Finals matchups were. From the battles of Lebron James and the Miami Heat and the Spurs Big 3, the 4x matchup of the Cavaliers and Warriors with Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, and Kyrie Irving, and the many other Finals matchups after the fact that gave Kawhi Leonard and the Raptors their first championship, Anthony Davis his first as a Laker, and Giannis' first ring with the Bucks.
Chapters:
0:00 - 2:23 Intro
2:23 - 8:24 2012 NBA Finals Miami Heat vs San Antonio Spurs
8:24 - 13:02 2013 NBA Finals Miami Heat vs San Antonio Spurs
13:02 - 18:44 2014 NBA Finals Golden State Warriors vs Cleveland Cavaliers
18:44 - 25:17 2015 NBA Finals Golden State Warriors vs Cleveland Cavaliers
25:17 - 30:30 2016 NBA Finals Golden State Warriors vs Cleveland Cavaliers
30:30 - 34:54 2017 NBA Finals Golden State Warriors vs Cleveland Cavaliers
34:54 - 40:44 2018 NBA Finals Golden State Warriors vs Toronto Raptors
40:44 - 45:24 2019 NBA Finals Los Angeles Lakers vs Miami Heat
45:24 - 50:45 2020 NBA Finals Phoenix Suns vs Milwaukee Bucks
50:45 - 55:19 2021 NBA Finals Golden State Warriors vs Boston Celtics
55:19 - 56:30 Conclusion
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nice vid but can you correct the years, all of them are wrong, while the vid doesn't have that much views, cause its a bit annoying
:)
these years bothering the shit outta me😂 good video though
@@generalgrievous3760 frr they all one year behind.
I swear Kawhi gets possessed by the ghost of young MJ every time someones gonna three peat
He's a professional hater😂😂
2024 kawhi is gonna be otherworldly if the warriors win then lmfao
nigga da only reason they won is bc the warriors got hurt stfu😂😂😂
@@manuprasad5354 no just coincidence
Nah just coincidence
I feel like you just brushed over the fact that the spurs probably played the best basketball we’ve ever seen in the 2014 finals
but lost bc lebron missed his 3 perfectly so chris bosh would get that board and ray allen would hit one of the craziest finals shots ever
You mean 2014? They lost in the 2012-2013 season but won the next year.
@@PandainAtlanta yeah I do 😂
Yeah but a “great nba finals” should consist of a competitive series. A five game series with a 14 ppg margin isn’t exactly competitive
@@almightyyeezydab5149 So, a team looking to redeem themselves, portraying high-performing teamwork, and showcasing great selfless passing and involvement that beat the two-time champions isn't a great series to you? Just because they didn't go to a game 6 or 7?
I find it interesting how people always praise LeBron for backpacking in the 2015 finals, but don’t praise Steph in the same way for doing it in 2019. Maybe it’s just because everyone was sick of the Warriors at that point.
Personally I just believe that last years finals wasn’t the most competitive or really entirely entertaining as others. Too many blowouts from both teams with 1 close game. But that’s just me, I watched the entire thing with my Twitch chat and we all stopped watching after game 4, it was that boring to see which team would just blow each other out the next game.
@@Alvini_Linguine You don't know what a blowout means then because almost each of games in 2022 Finals within 5 Mins were close Game 1 it was tied Game 3 it was within 10 Game 4 it was literally within 3 with a Min to go and in Game 5 and 6 it was within 10 in Final 5 mins the only one over before final few mins was Game 2. Just admit you're a LeBron fan
Fax lots of games were close in the final minutes but the end results turned into blowouts. Lots of games in the 2022 nba finals were entertaining, like game 4, it was literally a dog fight, game 2 was entertaining because it was a splash party and poole made a stepback crossover contested half-court buzzer. Alvini Linguine lots of the games were close and entertaining it was all over the place. You did not watch the games nor the highlights all you did was see the final score. Using the same logic as you, all the games in the 2016 nba finals were blowouts except for game 7, but that's not true. Most of the games were close in the final mins but the end results were blowouts. Plus, i noticed that you got all the years wrong. You are 1 year behind in every finals. Raptors vs Warriors were the 2019 nba finals lol and Warriors vs Celtics were THIS YEARS NBA FINALS not last years. You probably aren't even a real nba fan.
Oh yeah i forgot to mention, both the celtics and the warriors made soooo many adjusments in the series. They kept learning from their mistakes. That made the series even better
@@Jeloxia I did say, qoute: “highlighted by the sheer difference of coaching of Steve Kerr and Ime Udoka” it’s my opinion at the end of the day. As a series I didn’t find it all that entertaining. And like I also said in the video, my chat and I watched every second of all the games live on stream. Obviously there were little things in there that made it interesting, Draymond being exploited offensively, Jordan Poole with the baddies courtside, Curry popping off, Jayson Tatum not being able to finish inside, ect. But compared to other series in the past I just don’t see it. I don’t want to mark a lot of y’all points as recency bias. But I’m seeing a lot of points that I mentioned in the video just thrown back at me like I already didn’t say it 😭. “No series are created equal” and it’s just a opinion online.
from 2010 to 2020, 9 out of 10 finals lebron is present, even though he just won 4 and lost 5 of them. Still an impressive feat
it's actually 2011-2020
Yeah to Lebron fans it was more of a waste of time as Lebron’s last 4 years in Cleveland was nothing but the NBA helping him get to the finals by having him face a weak Eastern conference every year
@@ceedripster2405 And yet, when Kawaii won in Toranto, NO ONE ever says the eastern conference was weak. They credit him with having a historic playoff run.
It’s sad how folks try to discount everything Lebron does.
@@mrb.2497 only Warrior haters congratulate Kawhi for that weak ass title run
@@ceedripster2405 Nah. A lot of people give him credit for it.
But mainly, no one ever says the East was “weak” once Lebron left.
man those spurs vs heat finals were really, in my mind, a huge turning point for basketball
a team that played classy, traditional, team oriented, great basketball vs a highlight team that worked the paint and fast breaks for dunks and just launched a lot of 3s.
i miss teams like that 2014 spurs team. the league just isn’t the same anymore.
I’d argue the modern warriors are the closest there is to the 2014 spurs in terms of team basketball, just a bit more 3 pointers
The suns exist.
That kind of basketball takes a great coach and a lot of chemistry.
18 Raptors?
Watch some Euroleague, probably the closest thing rn to those spurs
I'm so glad those heat fans weren't let back in the arena. And they missed one of the biggest shots in NBA history
Literally one of the most important shots in one of the most incredible legacies in NBA history, and they left early
@@lloydroche4462 funny how no one talks about the bosh rebound which was more crucial or else the ray allen shot doesn’t happen. Can’t forget bron dropping 16 points in the 4th when the spurs had the lead
@@tj5180many people forget about lebron scoring almost by himself the entire 4th Quarter and even clowned bron for getting saved by allen
@@tj518016? I thought it was 17..
That’s exactly why you don’t leave to the timer hits ZERO Idc what.
Although the 2017 finals was pretty much decided when KD went to the Warriors. It was still entertaining watching that many all time greats play each other on the biggest stage
In my opinion, nah.
How quickly people forget,
KD's weakest move of all time makes him more an all time fraud than an all time great.
@@MrBarborosa🥱
@@MrBarborosa Russel Westbrook will never win a title because he is egotistical and that made Kevin Durant leave OKC.
@@bigfan2452 not high on Westbrook, but that doesn't change kd being a fraud.
@@MrBarborosa You're mad at KD for team hopping? LeBron jumps ship every time he thinks his team isn't going to win anymore. Nothing wrong with wanting to leave a team you know doesn't have potential anymore. The guy made a career move anyone in his position would've done. Your opinion means nothing.
The 2011 Dallas Mavericks title is not a game I will be able to forget.
It was the first NBA post season 10 year old me ever watched and I have been into basketball ever since.
Same but with the 2016 Cavs when I was 11
One thing we forget to mention about the raptors run is that OG was out in the playoffs. Also a lot of the fans who cheered for KD being injured were definitely bandwagons or haters. Not everyone cheered for his injury.
They still not winning agaisnt a healthy kd and klay squad tho
Bro everyone SHOULD of cheered for KD's injury, guy is a legitimate piece of shit human being lol
@@cesargalvez8432 They went 3-0 I think in the reg szn so the series is definitely not a 4-0 or 4-1 at least lol
KD shouldn’t have turned cupcake snake mode 🤷🏾♂️
Og was in his second year and averaging 7 points in 20 minutes that year.. how the fuck does this compare to kd or klay?
i still think 2021 bucks vs suns had some of the best single game performances ever. Im hoping giannis gets one or two more rings while he's still in his prime.
why are the years wrong for the finals? eg why are the cavs 3-1 finals called the 2015 finals when they have always been labeled the 2016 finals?
The finals should be named after the year they happened in
It’s because he labeled the 2016 finals and 2017 finals under one time stamp
Maybe cos the seasons started the year before the finals? Idk, it seems weird to me too, since I always based the finals years off of the year the finals actually took place, not the year the season started in.
Creator explained that that is just how he labels them, even though he knows its counter intuitive. It is what it is
the season started 2015
The 2014 Finals changed everything.
The Spurs were back where they were the year prior and were back for blood, securing that championship in 5 games instead of dragging it out to 7. They played some amazing basketball and Kawhi at the time was claimed to be the next big Spur (unfortunate that their relationship would sour). The Miami defeat would pretty much end Lebron's time with them, as he would move to Cleveland the very next season, with Miami not having any major playoff appearances (League Finals or Conference Finals) until 2020, despite superstars Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade still being available. Have you heard anything about their later careers? The game would change too as 3-pointers would be prioritized over 2-point plays from then on. It would only grow and grow until we get the game we have today (though I don't think that it's a direct cause, but consider that the very next year was the first year of the Warriors Dynasty).
I think that the win in 2014 impacted the game of basketball a lot more than you're giving it credit for, definitely a lot more than the 2013 finals did. Of course I am a bit biased since I am a ride or die Spurs fan, but it also has to do with observation of the game at the time and the game from then on.
As someone who was rooting for the Spurs, 2013 was still a much more entertaining and significant finals series overall. It being any lower than S Tier is just flat out wrong in my view. No other recent finals has had 3 down to the wire games in a 7 games series two of which being win or go home games, with two of the potential GOATs facing off. 2014 was more satisfying for Spurs fans but it wasn’t very climactic in terms of competitiveness and while 2016 was certainly climatic in its final game the rest were all blowouts. You can’t be the best series if you had 6 games with zero actual drama from a competitive standpoint. 2013 has been the best finals series of this century so far and I don’t think it’s that arguable tbh.
Nah all the spurs finals were pretty boring and not important
@@The_king567 keep telling yourself that buddy
Both wade and bosh were washed in the 2013 and 2014 finals and it was pretty much LeBron vs the spurs. If you saw their averages and play it was clear that they were well passed their prime
23:30 Bogut did get injured in game 5 and he was doing a very solid job protecting the paint so that’s probably a good reason why they were struggling to defend Lebron in the paint
this dude said Lebrons bubble ring is the same as Stephs against the Celtics last year, don’t even try to argue LMAAOOO ☠️💀
@@2841guilherme who did?
@@Seb318 the guy who made the video, of course
@@2841guilherme yikes i didn’t even know he said that. that’s pretty bad, Steph had an all time performance in Game 4 too. i don’t even think anyone watched the bubble bro
thats true, but if Kevin Love was also out for the entire game 3 and the majority of game 6 and we can confidently say Love brings more to the table compared to bogut.
Curry is my favorite player of all time, and as much as I love the 2022 finals(btw I think it makes more sense to use the year that the playoffs actually happen in, rather than the year the season started) for the whole Curry narrative and performance, the 2016 finals were the best ever. Lebron not only beating the greatest reg season team ever and clear favorites, but coming back from 3-1 for the first time in finals history, whilst bringing a ring to Cleveland for the first time in half a century is the greatest team feat in basketball history.
Yeah that was totally my fault. My brain likes to be dumb and that’s how I’ve always referred to the finals/seasons. It confuses a lot of people because they do it another way
Rigged
Ur prolly 9
@@nathanwhyte9048 lol salty warriors fan?
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Great channel, keep up the hard work
That's some entitlement to leave a game early. That's you knowing that you'll get plenty more chances to see your team win in person. I'd kill to watch my team lose by 50 just one time from the nosebleeds
Goes to show who the real fans are. Bandwagoners and phonies leave early and real fans stick with their team to the end.
@danny hernandez It's still live basketball. It's still what you paid to see. I'd want to get my money's worth and watch the whole thing
cuck
@@holocade4908 I don't think you know what that word means
In fairness it depends on how early you leave. If you think you’re gonna lose and there less than 30 seconds left. You can leave
Bucks vs Suns was such a great finals
Agreed, it had so many exciting moments.
In my opinion, it was more fun overall than the 2022 finals
Watching Tatum, Klay, Poole, Draymond and pretty much everyone besides Curry and Wiggins throw up bricks was hard to watch
@@user-gm5gc1be4w did you not watch cp3 in games 3-6? Basically the same thing.
@@JUSTIN_SZN at least Giannis, Booker, and Middleton we’re cooking. Plus CP3 was just overly passive, he wasn’t throwing up brick after brick like Tatum was
First time on this channel and you got my sub. Keep it up man
Ur a year ahead. Warriors won first championship in 2014-2015 not 2013-2014. Raptors won there first in 2018-2019 not 2017-2018
Lebron: Not 1 not 2 not 3 not 4 not 5 not 6
After losing to Spurs:
Lebron: I am going to Cleveland
after he won 2 you mean
@@forkobe7544 well he promised not 2 but 6 or 7
That's my point lmao
@@forkobe7544 His point was LeBron made such a declaration that Miami was going to win so many championships. And then they were immediately derailed by the 2011 underdog Mavericks.
Yes, they won 2 rings and it's awesome, but then LeBron bailed after the Spurs got their revenge, which started the criticism of him just ditching a team when things start falling apart (just like what he did to Cleveland after the 2018 Finals).
You are off by a year for all of these 😂
yea that sit bothering me ngl
Fr its annoying
he’s obviously using the year when the season started
@@dariusgarlandbf that’s not rocket science. It’s just not how normal people do it
Andrew bogut was also injured during that series i just want to make that clear and he was head and shoulders the best rim protector they had at that time
Hard disagree on the Boston getting outcoached thing. Udoka made the correct decision, at least until game 5. Using drop coverage allowed Bostons defense to help on the other guys, meaning they wouldn't have to worry about those famous GSW avalanches. Instead it would just be Curry. But as soon as he went away from that in game 5, the other GSW players found a rhythm. So even if that's still him being outcoached, your reasoning is off. Boston losing is still 90% on Tatum however and that should be said.
Tbh Tatum was hunting too many threes. He didn’t utilize the midrange nearly as much as he should’ve because if you look at Jaylen Brown he was shooting more midrange shots and had a way better percentages and performance in the finals. Watching Tatum take step back three after step back three instead of just pulling up for the open midrange made me want to rip my hair out.
It was a very winnable finals for Boston
Boston losing is 90% on tatum? Spoken like a true casual. More like warriors winning was 30% because of wiggins.
3:23 Tony Parker was really the FLOATER GOD. That was so smooth.
This dude straight up just said 2016 finals got no injuries 🤦♂️. I guess Bogut didn't play for the warriors that season 🤦♂️
the two finals mvps on that team didn't exist either I guess in that guy's head
How do u fail to mention the warriors not having Bogut in 16’. He also failed to mention the refs being super biased in game 3 2017 hence the reason the Cavs broke the record for the most points in a half in final’s history
Bogut was a nonfactor. The 3rd quarter of game 5 he went out. Lebron had 28 points 10 rebounds. Kyrie had 18. Bogut wasn't stopping nothing.
Bogut wasn’t going to be used because of the death lineup.
@@sportstalkonly1442exactly lol. Not to mention games 5 and 7 were close without him, but Curry and Klay decided to disappear in those games.
@@sportstalkonly1442 he was the paint protection he went crazy it opened a whole at the rim without him being there it’s nobody to contest shots around the rim
@@vaijonhorton640 dude stop lying. 28 and 10 before bogut went out. And he drove to the rim plenty of times. Kyrie had 18. Bogut had about 5 blocks before he went out he wasn't gonna get much more than that and the cavs led by around 7 or 8 at the start of the 3rd.
lmfao bro DESPISES the warriors 😭😭
Frfr bro was gawking Lebron and kawhi who both beat injured and not 100% warrior teams calling those great series but warriors beating a full 100% Celtics is mid even with the narrative, 👌
@@esmith5780 you know kyrie and love went down in 2015 when the cavs were winning the series?? Bogut is not as valuable or even close to as valuable as kyrie and love 😂
@@esmith5780 Celtics we’re not a 100%. Rob Williams was hurt throughout the whole playoffs
@@gymrat8164 as if Robin Williams was gonna stop curry from averaging 32 on them and still winning
@@BigKuna1K If your going to use the excuse that the warriors were hurt in 2016. Than you can’t get upset if someone mentions the Celtics not being healthy rob wollims Tatum and smart we’re all not 100% that series.
I knew this list wasn't serious when I seen the rankings
you have the years entirely messed up, and calling the 2022 finals mostly “uncompetitive” is wild. almost every game was close.
I was wondering if you were gonna mention curry not being 100% (called from the OKC series) and starting center bogut being injured for 2016 but i guess not lol
He is a warrior hater failing to mention key details
Bro said “clean slate & no injuries”🤣
stop meat riding
@@vilkezz8404 all the things I said was factual information
@@ecoblitz3655 where is the source
7/10 doesn’t equal mid lmao. That would be like 5/10. You was just hoping the warriors would lose in 2022 and they didn’t. Sick. This was a competitive series for the first 3 games.
@@deznuts8073 2021 was pretty boring outside of that dominate Giannis game.
@@TEN21Portraits huh? maybe the first 3 games.. game 4 was close and giannis iconic block, game 5 obvs banger ending and game 6 most important game for giannis career til today..i found it way more entertaining than 2022 nba finals outside all in all but idk
@@deznuts8073boring and predictable? You crazy. You telling me you predicted the celtics would come back in game 1? And that the warriors would win 3 times in a row?
2019 and 2020 finals were way worse.
Mentioned the Bogut injury on the cavs, but not on the warriors?
1. 2016 (GOAT)
2. 2013 (S tier)
3. 2021 (A tier)
4. 2014 (A tier)
5. 2019 (A tier)
6. 2022 (B tier)
7. 2015 (B tier)
8. 2017 (C tier)
9. 2020 (C tier)
10. 2018 ( D tier)
I know a lot of people hate on him for it, but I’m a huge fan of Lebron being his own hype man when joining the heat. The man had some great showmanship off-court throughout his career. Can any heat fans comment on how excited y’all were watching that speech? Even though they only won 2, the hope and confidence in Yalls team must have been electric
Bros gawking on Lebron every chance he got
Literally lmaoo
When he gave the bubble ring a c, I knew he's he's extremely biased
All y’all niggas just some lebron haters
I wonder who will admit that they were one of those fans that left that heat-spurs finals series too early
Klay injury was in game 6
What do you think was the best INDIVIDUAL performance out of a player in any of those series?
2016. 29 11 8, 2 and 2. Led both teams in everything.
2022 steph, 2021 giannis, 2020 lebron, 2019 steph, 2018 lebron, 2017 kd and lebron, 2016 lebron, 2015 lebron, 2013 danny green💀
Hard one to choose but it's between kd 2017 or Bron in the 2016 finals
@@tj5180 honestly kd having it so easy hurts his case
@@taannmann 2022 steph doesnt compare to 2021 giannis 2018 lebron
53:28 the way jayson tatum slides into the bench lollll
The meat riding is crazy
Giannis or Lebron 2016 had the best individual finals performance in the last ten years. I don’t want to count KD 2017 cuz honestly his stats were inflated playing with that warriors spacing
I love your videos bro
Thank you 🔥
Warrior hater is strong with this one lol...
Minimising what Steph and Warrior have accomplished and over come...
Reduced their struggles and challenges lol...
What warriors have done is something we haven't seen since the Spurs and Bulls, you don't see that often, a team building a culture of winning right infront of our eyes and doing it in an impossible fashion, by doing that with a 3 point shooting team something everyone who knew the game said was not possible
And proceeded to be at the top of the league since 2015 which only thing that ever stopped them was injuries never another team just outplaying them
@@BigKuna1K Lmao so the warriors can use injuries as an excuse, but what about 2015 finals? And it doesn’t matter how bad injuries are, there is no excuse to have Steph and Klay for 3 straight games and lose them all, the last one being home court advantage. Warriors needed KD for those 2 rings as well, they just got lucky
@@pillow756 but y'all discredited warriors win first and you just proved it, people discredited them cause kyrie and love was hurt in 15 means warriors ain't started using injury excuses until y'all used it to discredit all their success
@@pillow7562015 finals is the only series they won because of injuries. In every other series they played injuries either didn't make a difference or made it harder for them.
Anyone else get tripped up by how he says “2012 NBA finals” to refer to the 2013 finals and so on? Lol
Despite the controversy, the 2016 Finals was the best finals series of the 2010s. I really want the Warriors to break the Jordan led season of 72-10 with a championship of their own but I gotta give it to the King for showing up big time. It's an automatic basket every time he gets the ball.
2016 was the Worst Finals of the Decade to watch. The 1st 6 games sucked because they were all blowouts. Watching teams take turns blowing each other out is boring. Game 7 was a rock fight where everybody was choking and nobody could make a dhot.
@@jasonjanisewski78 You could also make the argument that the reason they won it was because LeBron was smart in getting Draymond suspended by purposely stepping over him in Game 4. After that, the Warriors' momentum was essentially gone.
@@MrAwesomeMatty ok? They were still up 3-1, who cares about a suspension
@@bedsheets1867 Because it was potentially the reason how the Cavaliers changed the momentum of the series, or at least that's how some fans could look at it. That's all I'm saying.
How does everyone forget Giannis played in that finals off a hyper extended knee… off like 10 day rest. It was unreal what he was doing and great job by Jrue, Khris, and Brook to finish up the hawks without their #1
Also don’t forget the game 3 block on Ayton from Giannis! He had 3 iconic career defining plays across the back half of that series
23:23 It wasn't really an even playing field with no injuries, was it? Pretty sure Bogut was out and both Livingston and Iguodala had injury problems despite playing.
That's not to take anything away from the Cavs, it's just tiresome to hear "When the Cavs and Warriors were both healthy the Cavs were better" when the Warriors weren't actually healthy. It may not have been as impactful as Love's and Irving's injury the year prior, but I would argue it could worth a 4 point swing, even in limited minutes for Bogut.
Yeah I'm not even close to being a Warriors fan but its crazy he left out a lot from that 2016 finals
losing kev love and kyrie in the 15 finals was pretty cursed
we really needed a finals with both teams healthy and going at it neck and neck
Thats what 2016 was, LeBron was too much for the Warriors when he had his full cast. Draymond knew the Warriors needed KD to beat LeBron.
2012 Miami heat faced the OKC thunder not the spurs
This channel is like Low but better 👀
all i know is, my tier bracket wasn't the worst :)
2013 was the best honestly, those Spurs were something else
I e never seen Basketball like the 13-14 spurs
I can’t be the only person who doesn’t think the 2016 nba finals deserve an S right??? Every game but Game 7 was either a blowout or a drudge to get through. Yes the storyline of the finals was amazing and Game 7 itself is the best basketball game I’ve ever seen. But I just think as a series overall, it’s not as good as people remember it to be.
Crazy that since 2015 the Warriors can't be beat when the whole team is there.
Why does no one talk about the injuries GSW had during the 2016 finals? Iggy (reigning FMVP), Bogut (big man) and curry were Injured (well curry was healing)
We always bring up Kevin love, and Kyrie during the 2015 finals but NEVER bring it up during the 2016 finals. GSW had damn near ZERO defense and a healing #1 option on offense
Cause it doesn't go into their narrative to minimize warriors accomplishments but if they opponent suffer a injury you hear all about it
@@BigKuna1K ikr? Did you know that during the last 3 games of the '96 finals MJ put up 22ppg on 27%fg and 11%3pt while being healthy? Also shot 3/15 against a injured GP on the closeout game but you wont hear about it because it affects his legacy but you'll hear about curry playing horribly in the last 3 games of the 2016 finals lmao
Narratives define history more than history itself.
@@lucidstudious750 yup and they be saying MJ never had bad games which is a bold face lie
@@jean-patricepaluku4754But I thought he was washed? 😂 y'all want to have it both ways. It don't work like that. You can't say love was injured which hurt you and then say love is washed when it helps you
@@jean-patricepaluku4754 "we all know he has been washed." congrats answering your own question in the first sentence
So when GSW wins is a C or lower, if they lose, it's an A? Gotcha
i know right
Once he’s retired people will realize just how legendary Lebron 2010 finals run was
That's if people ever appreciate him. Ridiculous that we have so many all time greats in the league RIGHT NOW and fans do nothing but waste their energy hating instead of appreciating.
@@Eschatonx well u say that & I agree but just like how many of the young generation doesn’t appreciate the older era I don’t appreciate the 10s era or some ppl call the super team era
thats a bit inaccurate, plenty of people appreciate him now, but more will when he retires
@@Joshjohnson. bruh are you like 5 wdym
@@taahasiddiqui1071 homie if udk what I’m saying then idk what to tell u
spurs 2013-14 chip should be higher. the way they play, they were unstoppable. the passes and right plays. game was so balanced, it was a clinic.
Other than kawhi most those spurs players were far past their prime tho.
@@vulcanraven9701their prime didn't matter, the way they played the game that season became criminally underrated.
@@mikhail6884 that can be said about every nba champion. they won the title, so they were not stopped. granted, they did have a 6 game and 7 game series so its not like they were S tier caliber team
We don’t claim those raptors “fans” who was cheering when KD got injured
They got called out so badly online the next day 😭. Now imagine that happening in Europe. Those sports fans are WAAAAY worse than us
They did nothing wrong though.
^^^^^^^ Can you believe this guy?
Yes, they did, Holo Cade, and you know it. It is the epitome of a scumbag to take delight in someone getting hurt to where they can't play. Competitiveness should not remove your humanity.
@@MrAwesomeMatty cry about it loser. maybe you should continue watching your gay lil gook cartoons instead of watching sports if you cant handle it.
The 2019 A ranking? Lmao parity?? There was 3 injuries in 1 finals parity? Bruh a warriors hater lowkey lmao.
EDIT: 2022 was mid? Lmao naw you for sure a warriors hater most definitely.
Considering the ending to Kawhi’s playoff run, Canadas first championship, and how the 6 games were all competitive even with it. It’s gotta count for something. Because if Steph beat them with all the injuries we’d call it a super valuable ring. Despite the injuries they still took it to a tough six games
@@Alvini_Linguine so you’re considering 1 side for rating for this finals but not for both? lol. You didn’t do the same for the warriors first ring. Again, there was 3 injuries in 1 finals, 2 from the top 4 scorers in the finals there was 0 shot it would be competitive warriors were down 3-1 for crying out loud lmao. Also considering your take for the 2022 finals where there wasn’t any injuries it’s just clear the bias you have against the warriors. The 2022 take solidified that 100%.
There wasn’t abuse on one side due to the injuries. Just like in the first Warriors v Cavs series Lebron kept that team in for 6 games and even lead the series until the death lineup was introduced. In this series Steph stepped up. It was a good series. If it was a sweep or a convincing gentlemen sweep it would be a different story. And for the 2022 one it was just simply boring for the most part. It was full of blowouts and barely any close games. Compare that to the other great ones that had that and it makes for underwhelming display
He is a clippers fan wat do u expect all he knows is the warriors busting they ass and them not being able to win when it matters. He also failed to mention Andrew Bogut not playing games 6&7 which was their rim protection
@@Alvini_Linguine yes there was. Again, you did not give the 2015 warriors an A iirc because of injuries but gave the raptors. And the injuries on the warriors side were far more important as were the stakes, a 3 peat vs first championship. You simply just don’t like the warriors. It’s fine lol.
And no it wasn’t. It was a competitive series for like 3/4 games out of 6. Especially for 80% of the games.
All this is minus you failing to mention the injury of a starting center in 2016, curry not being 100% and the bs call against Draymond with you relegating it to “oh you must control your feelings!” Like that was the case of the matter
We’ve had some amazing finals this past decade
It's crazy how things changed, it's now the generation where curry and LeBron dominated in. Both the best players of this generation for sure, I hope the next can be Luka and Giannis. That would be a spectacle for sure.
Why call it 2021 nba finals when it's literally plastered everywhere that it's 2022 nba finals?
It’s pretty insane how much of this video (rightfully) is spent talking about Lebron.
U got the years wrong bruh but good video
I wouldn’t necessarily call the Phoenix a “small market,” considering it’s the fifth largest city in the country
NBA small market, not literally 😭. But I get what you mean
Is it just me but some of the video he’s 1 year behind he said 2017-2018 for the raptors series
I just find it weird how when players like LeBron have great offensive nights in the finals, it's credited to his ability, but when Steph drops 40+ it's credited to the opposing team playing badly. Like he literally dropped more than 40 against a team that was widely known for their defensive ability, with great two-way players, multiple DPOY candidates, and the DPOY himself.
I'm probably sounding like some dude who's really biased towards Steph but it's just annoying when some of his best performances are being undervalued, unlike the other greats of the game.
I’m not trying to undervalue it, it’s just what I seen watching the entire series personally. I can attest to that series more than others since it was the most recent. But I can admit i went a lil too hard on that one due to the same reason
@@Alvini_Linguine It’s all love bro, just kinda had to get that off my chest.
“Celtics had to take a harder path to the finals” CAP lmao. Nets were in complete shambles, Bucks were missing their 2nd best player , and the Heat… look at them this year. People MAD overhyping how hard it was for them
Welcome to the playoffs. That’s how it is sometimes. But even through all of that, a game 7 with the Bucks and the Heat literally coming down to a jumper gotta mean something.
2 back to back 7 game series then the finals
U do realize the Celtics were having injuries as well and Tatum playing with a shoulder. Nets weren’t in complete shambles and what does the heat playing not good this year has to do with last season when they were a top team in the east led by butler and bam lol and gave the Celtics a run in the conference finals
Wtf
Exactly. Narratives are crazy.
I think you messed the video up, The spurs didn't win the 2013 championship. The Heat beat them but then the spurs won in 2014
2016 cavs is the most impressive chip in my lifetime
Nobody felt sorry for Lebron when Kyrie and Love went out in 2015 so I don’t feel sorry for the Dubs in 2019
You got everything wrong
No way he said Booker is better than harden
Wait a second how does this work did u start off with what u thought was the best nba finals to worst or from worst to best?
No, went in order and then rated each of them individually by tier
@@Alvini_Linguine ok thanks
dont forget that 2022 finals everyone had the celtics taking it
You was 1 year off every time. Raps won in 19 and bubble chip was 20. Unless you were identifying years by the start of the season, but that wouldnt make sense because the finals occur after the year changes. For example: the finals of the 2019-20 season are identified as the ‘20 finals
I love how Warrior fans cry and cry about that 1 game Draymond missed , he missed 1 game out of 7, he played in the other 3 losses , but they never mention Kyrie and K Love missing the whole Finals in 2015, never mention Kawhi going down in game 1 of the 2017 WCF after leading the spurs to a 25 point lead , how bout the 2018 WCF? CP3 is beating them like a drum leading Houston to a 3-2 series lead then he goes down missing games 6 and 7 , then in 2022 Ja Morant goes down !! That's a lot of missed games by star players , but but that 1 game ruined everything 😂😂
14:47 yo what Kyrie reaching for 😂
Bro these titles are so misleading. If you’re gonna say 2012 finals Spurs vs Heat at least do “2012-2013 season” in the title
What a fucking baiter too made the video an hour long and I don’t see a tier list anywhere
I got confused when you said 2021 finals, cause the warriors Celtics was the 2022 finals
Only not having either lebron or curry in 1 out of all 10 is absurd
The years are off in this video
why are you going by the start year for the finals? 2016 NBA finals is the one the Cavs came back 3-1, it isn't the 2015 finals. bubble finals was 2020 finals. This is confusing and wrong
soon as I seen 2012 Miami vs spurs I knew whoever made this video doesn't know basketball cause 2012 finals definitely hd okc vs heat
Bro all these years are completely wrong
Best sport games ever .
1.)World Cup 2022 final arg vs France
2.) 2016 nba final cavs vs Warriors
3.) el Classico during early 2010s
2015 finals literally showed how bad Steve Kerr was at adjusting.... He is good at long term team building but bad at adjusting in games.
They lost two games because Warriors had zero threat in pick and roll, everytime draymond set a pick for Curry, Cavs just doubled curry and let draymond shoot by playing a zone defense near the paint area with TT or Mozgov guarding the rim. It literally showed the problem of their small ball line-up in a situation like that. It was so blatantly obvious they needed a roller with finishing threat, took Kerr two games to realize that I still remember watching those games driving me crazy. They had fucking David Lee on that team, the former all-star, who could have easily solved the draymond green problem. When Kerr finally used Lee he was +17 in 13 minutes of play time, ultimately forcing Cavs to alter the way they defend.
Why r the years off?
2016 finals was Refs vs Warriors
The nuggets winning in 5 in 2023, every game was still a blast despite the heat only winning once. I give that a B(maybe B+ idk)
In top of it all in 2019, kevon got injured as well cuz of course he did
anyone else realize thart he's off by a year? Even though the season starts one year the finals take place the next. So the lakers heat finals was 2020 not 2019.
That shit was damn near 2021 and bro over here talking bout 2019 finals 😂
2012 nba finals was OKC vs MIA not SAS vs MIA
The 2018 finals where the worst because of how much of a blowout it was.
2019 was pretty bad too. Knowing the warriors would win if Kd and Klay are healthy kind of takes you out of it. Same problem with 2015
It would be aweasome if you actually showed the table.
No tier list in sight?
Ain't nobody beating that stacked ahh warriors team! With KD they were too OP !
the time stamps are all wrong for what year they are