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LakeShow
06-12-2008, 11:12 AM
What are the top 3 performances that you've witnessed in your lifetime?

NBA.com lists my top 3 in a different order. This is an old list dated back to 2001 so there may be some performances since then that you've witnessed.

http://sami_crazy.tripod.com/id34.html

My top 3,

1. Majic Johnson - 1980 NBA Finals Game 6. 42 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists. Without Kareem, Magic played every position on the floor and put in the best performance in a finals series that I have ever seen.

2. Isiah Thomas - 1988 Finals, 25 points on a severely sprained ankle in the third quarter of Game 6. Isiah littery played on one leg that game and was not to be denied. Easily the 2nd greatest performance I've seen in my lifetime.

3. Michael Jordan - 1997 Finals, 38 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists with the flu in decisive Game 5 in Utah. The famous flu game where Jordan put all of his energy into leading the Bulls to a victory.

Extra Stout
06-12-2008, 11:13 AM
21-20-10-8.

duncan228
06-12-2008, 12:14 PM
21-20-10-8.

:) One of the greatest ever, and also one of the quietest stat lines I've ever seen anyone put up.

One of my other favorites of Duncan's was the last 6 minutes of the third and the entire fourth quarter of game 7 in '05. He simply wasn't going to lose that game, that series. Manu was incredible but Duncan made it happen.

LakeShow
06-12-2008, 12:21 PM
Hollinger must have thought it was a good time to update his list, he must have seen my post. :lol

He has a top 50 performances.

http://proxy.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2008/columns/story?columnist=hollinger_john&page=FinalsPerformances-1

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0608/nba_wade_580.jpg Noah Graham/NBAE/Getty Images
D-Wade was a force in the '06 Finals, rallying the Heat from down 0-2 to bring Miami its first NBA title.

Mr.Bottomtooth
06-12-2008, 12:23 PM
Putting Wade's performance above Jordan's. ROFL