Who do you think had the best Finals performance ever?

Question

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

ESPN says Dwyane's 2006 and ranked Michael's 1998 2nd.I can't believe it!.

In my opinion,Heat had a chance of winning 2006.But I thought it was more of Mavericks choking.

In my opinion,

1.Michael Jordan,1998.(Clutch shot to get the championship)

2.Michael Jordan,1997.(Brought his team back from a double-digit deficit despite having stomach flu)

3.Michael Jordan,1993.(41.0 PPG,highest Finals scoring average)

4.Dwyane Wade,2006.

5.Tim Duncan,2003.

Jordan ain't even my favorite.It's just my opinion,and probably the truth.

Answer 1

D-Wade's was best by average for entire series and carrying and old relatively ineffective shaq. His performance was much better than anything Kobe has dreamed of in the finals. Jordan is awesome and was great in every one of the finals winning 6 series mvps but his second fiddle, pippen was always in good form.  Also like to say congrats to wade for coming back from injury and having the highest average on the redeem team while coming off the bench and being 6th in mins played.  whoever said he's not better than kobe is wrong.  kobe never won single finals mvp was always second best player on his own champ team, period

Answer 2

Wade and MJ.

Ur trying to say Wade better then Kobe I dont think so, not now.

Spurs are best

sorry  

Answer 3

D-Wade was nearly perfect and he forced the Mavericks to choke.  The Mavericks weren't even considered "chokers" until after that, and only to be reaffirmed by Don Nelson taking apart the team he had built in the first round next season. So it's really not that the Mavericks choked.  Choking is when winning is within your sights but you lost anyway - kind of like that 24 point lead the Lakers had...  At least the Mavericks had reasons, one is D-Wade transformed into MJ and the other is Don Nelson backstabbing.  The Lakers' reason?  Like Kevin Garnett said it best, "First half was team basketball, and the second half was all Kobe. Defense was a lot easier."  ROFL.

The best Finals performance-wise ever has to go to D-Wade.  Sounds blasphemous... The difference is that every time the Bulls were in the Finals, they were favored to win.  Where as the Mavericks were the favored team and the Heat fought after being down 0-2, thanks to the D-Wade's transformation in the 4th quarter of Game 3.  Remember, the Heat almost lost Game 3.  Since the 4th quarter of Game 3, D-Wade was MJ-esque for another 3 games and clinched the championship.

Answer 4

How easily can people forget?  Think about this, what performances gave you goosebumps while you were watching it?  I'd say the flu game and the 1998 "the shot"!!!  I can't even remember Wade's performance anymore and that's 10 years more current!

Answer 5

the only excuse people will say is the refs helped him out, but thats a case that can be said in so many games in the nba.  he was very aggressive and punished the mavs for not matching the intensity he brought.  wade was amazing in that series, performance wise, i would say wade had the best overall finals performance.  jordan had great series, but he dominated the series, so it didnt stand out as much as what wade did in 06.

Answer 6

I gotta go with Wade. his performance is underrated if u ask me. The Heat were down 2-0 and he bought us back all by himself