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On this day in 2015... The Golden State Warriors won their first championship in 40 years with a Game 6 win in Cleveland! 🏆 Steph Curry: 25p, 6r, 8a, 3s 🏆 Andre Iguodala: 25p, 5r, 5a, 2s 🏆 Draymond Green: 16p, 11r, 10a, 3s

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On this day in 2014... Manu Ginóbili threw down a poster jam in Game 5 of San Antonio's NBA Finals series-clinching victory 🏆

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On this day in 1998... Michael Jordan (45 points) gets the steal and buries the step-back jumper to clinch Chicago's third straight NBA title 🏆 Last night, Jalen Brunson tied Jordan's record for the most points scored on the road in an NBA Finals-clinching game!

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Victor Wembanyama moves to 3rd all-time for most total blocks in a single postseason run with 78 blocks! He's 1 block behind Tim Duncan (79) for 2nd.

NBAHistory's tweet photo. Victor Wembanyama moves to 3rd all-time for most total blocks in a single postseason run with 78 blocks!

He's 1 block behind Tim Duncan (79) for 2nd. https://t.co/mVzgqvuifC

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5 BLOCKS FOR WEMBY AT THE HALF OF GAME 5! He ties the record for most blocks in any half of an NBA Finals game since 1997-98, joining... Shaquille O'Neal (6/8/2001) Tim Duncan (6/15/2003) Ben Wallace (6/14/2005) Dwight Howard (6/11/2009) Serge Ibaka (6/5/2019)

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The Iceman is in the building 🥶 Spurs legend George Gervin is in the house for Game 5 in San Antonio! 🏆 Knicks (3-1) Spurs ⏰ 8:30pm/et, ABC

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🏆 Best Plays from NBA Finals Game 5s, post-2000 🏆 A few standouts... ▪️ Robert Horry's go-ahead 3 ▪️ Jason Terry's clutch 3 ▪️ Giannis' alley-oop slam through contact Game 5 of the 2026 NBA Finals tips tonight at 8:30pm/et on ABC!

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🏆 Best Plays from NBA Finals Game 5s, pre-2000 🏆 A few standouts... ▪️ The Dream's putback slam ▪️ Pippen's fast break and-1 ▪️ MJ's go-ahead triple in the “Flu Game” Game 5 of the 2026 NBA Finals tips tomorrow night at 8:30pm/et on ABC!

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10 YEARS AGO TODAY... LeBron James & Kyrie Irving each scored 41 PTS to help the Cavs win Game 5 and keep their season alive vs. GSW in the 2016 NBA Finals!

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On this day in 1997... Steve Kerr hit the go-ahead shot in Game 6 of the 1997 NBA Finals to help clinch the Chicago Bulls' 5th title!

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OG & MJ both delivered in the CLUTCH 🔥 OG Anunoby (33 PTS, 7 3PM) made history becoming the first player to record a block or steal and hit a game-winner in the last 30 seconds of an NBA Finals game since Michael Jordan (45 PTS, 4 STL) in 1998!

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OG. MJ. OG Anunoby joins Michael Jordan (Game 6, 1998 Finals) as the only players in the play-by-play era (since 1997-98) with a steal or block and game-winner in the final 30 seconds of an NBA Finals game 🔥 New York completed the largest comeback in Finals history (29 points in Game 4) to take a 3-1 series lead.

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OG Anunoby joins Michael Jordan (Game 6, 1998 Finals) as the only players in the play-by-play era (since 1997-98) with a steal or block and game-winner in the final 30 seconds of an NBA Finals game 🔥

New York completed the largest comeback in Finals history (29 points in Game 4) to take a 3-1 series lead.

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OG Anunoby made history in Game 4 👏 His game-winning tip-in is the 10th game-winner with 3 seconds or less in an NBA Finals game since 1971!

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CLUTCH OG 😤 OG Anunoby’s tip-in to complete New York's historic 29-point comeback in Game 4 was the 10th NBA Finals game-winner with 3 seconds or less remaining since 1971!

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OG Anunoby’s tip-in to complete New York's historic 29-point comeback in Game 4 was the 10th NBA Finals game-winner with 3 seconds or less remaining since 1971! https://t.co/SYyHT3wSyf

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On this day in 2002... the Los Angeles Lakers became just the 5th team in NBA history to win 3 consecutive NBA titles! ▪ Shaq: 36.3 PPG, 12.3 RPG and 2.8 BPG for the series, winning his 3rd straight NBA Finals MVP🤯 ▪ Kobe: 26.8 PPG, 54.5 3P%, third-youngest player to win 3 rings💍 ▪ Phil Jackson: 9th title, completing the 3-peat for the 3rd time in his career 🏆

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🏆 Best Plays from NBA Finals Game 5s, pre-2000 🏆 A few standouts... ▪️ The Dream's putback slam ▪️ Pippen's fast break and-1 ▪️ MJ's go-ahead triple in the “Flu Game” Game 5 of the 2026 NBA Finals tips tomorrow night at 8:30pm/et on ABC!

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🏆 Best Plays from NBA Finals Game 4s, post-2000 🏆 A few standouts... ▪️ Shaq's poster slam ▪️ Giannis' big-time swat ▪️ Derek Fisher's game-tying 3 Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals tips tonight at 8:30pm/et on ABC!

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On this day in 2009... Derek Fisher hit two CLUTCH triples in Game 4 of the 2009 NBA Finals to help the Lakers take a 3-1 series lead 🎯

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On this day in 1999... The New York Knicks defeated the Indiana Pacers in Game 6 of the ECF, becoming the first 8-seed to reach the NBA Finals!

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29 points. Largest comeback in NBA Finals history 🏆

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OG ANUNOBY WITH THE PUTBACK. KNICKS COMPLETE THE 29-PT COMEBACK FOR THE WIN. LARGEST COMEBACK IN NBA FINALS HISTORY 🤯

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