Jordan Poole’s third season was a wake-up call for the league, but nothing captures the attention of the world at large like making a statement in the NBA Finals. Riding high on the momentum of a dominant team performance through the first three quarters of Game 2, the breakout Golden State Warriors star strings together a series of dribble moves as time ticks down, then pulls up from 40 feet and beats the clock with a halfcourt prayer. Poole finished the critical June 5, 2022 matchup with 17 points and one of the postseason’s most memorable highlights.

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Jordan Poole shakes defender, buries halfcourt heave in 2022 Finals

Rings and accolades fill the record books but legacies live forever. Trailing in the NBA Finals and facing an inflection point in his own career, Golden State Warriors superstar Steph Curry etches his name deeper into basketball history with an instant classic Game 4 performance. Unrelenting in his effort to stave off a two-game deficit and reclaim home-court advantage on enemy soil, the 34-year-old icon works a fourth-quarter give-and-go with teammate Draymond Green, stepping into his seventh three of the ball game to give his club desperately needed breathing room in the final two minutes of a three-point affair. Curry’s triple - three of the 43 insurmountable points he dropped on a Boston Celtics team hellbent on hanging on to their series lead - was a symbolic death blow in the June 10, 2022 contest, a punctuation point on a legacy-defining statement game.

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Steph Curry drains clutch triple in momentum-shifting 2022 Finals performance

Few visuals hit quite like Klay Thompson cuing up for a triple in front of a raucous Golden State Warriors bench in the Chase Center. After far too long on the sidelines recovering from injury, the iconic deep threat picks up right where he left off in the 2019 NBA Finals, sending one Boston Celtics defender flying into the stands with a pump fake, then drilling a bullseye from the corner in a pivotal Game 5 matchup. Thompson finished the June 13, 2022 contest with 21 points on 5-of-11 shooting from beyond the arc.

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Klay Thompson loses defenders with a pumpfake, buries triple in 2022 Finals

Though an unmistakable superstar by every conceivable metric, Golden State Warriors guard Steph Curry’s first buzzer-beating game-winner came 13 years in the making. Knotted with 5.1 seconds on the clock against the Houston Rockets on January 21, 2022, Curry calls for a sideline inbound on the perimeter, drives past his lone defender en route to the free-throw line, then leaps back into a picture-perfect jump shot to give his team the W. Curry finished with 22 points and 12 dimes in the contest.

Steph Curry sinks Rockets with first buzzer-beating game-winner of his career

You don't need to see Steph Curry's name in the record books to know he's done something the world has never seen before. It doesn't hurt though. In just 789 regular season contests, the NBA icon that spearheaded his generation's offensive revolution buried his 2,974th three-pointer, supplanting Ray Allen for the No. 1 spot on the league's all-time leaderboard. The historic bucket came as effortlessly as the thousands that preceded it as the three-time champion and two-time league MVP shed his defender in the post with an off-ball cut to the perimeter knowing that the Golden State Warriors predicated an entire dynasty on the idea of getting the ball in their superstar's hands beyond the arc. Curry's milestone triple fell in the first quarter of a December 14, 2021 contest at Madison Square Garden.

Steph Curry moves into the No. 1 spot on the all-time three-point leaderboard

Ever a threat to unleash a soul-destroying poster, Andrew Wiggins’ aerial game has evolved to be so much more. Barrelling down the pipe with momentum against a late-adjusting Boston Celtics defense, the budding Golden State Warriors star leaps into traffic, evades the outstretched arms of Robert Williams III and lays in a tough bucket amidst an unforgettable Game 5 performance. Wiggins racked up 26 points and 13 rebounds in the pivotal June 13, 2022 matchup.

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Andrew Wiggins soars through paint for acrobatic finish in 2022 Finals

You already knew that Klay Thompson was built for big moments but let the pandemonium at the Chase Center refresh your memory anyway. Up by a single point in the final seconds of a clash of title contenders, the ever-smooth Golden State Warriors operator works the two-man game with teammate Steph Curry on the perimeter then pulls up for a dagger three to put his squad up by four. Thompson finished with 16 points and a much-appreciated W over the Brooklyn Nets on January 29, 2022.

Klay Thompson buries dagger triple to seal victory over defending champions

Draymond Green’s greatest contributions cannot be quantified in a box score but that doesn’t make it any less profound when he takes the ball to the rack. Granted an opportunity to make the Boston Celtics defense pay for underestimating the threat he poses, Green baits his opponent with a fake dribble hand-off before splitting to the rim himself for an emphatic two-handed jam. Green finished the June 13, 2022 contest with eight points, seven rebounds, six assists and a critical Game 5 victory.

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Draymond Green fakes a hand-off, takes it hard to the rack in 2022 Finals

Master the craft of getting buckets and enjoy a long, successful NBA career. In the midst of a meteoric third-year breakout, Golden State Warriors guard Jordan Poole shows just why he’s so untouchable with the rock in his hand, tormenting a Miami Heat defender with a crossover then burying a stepback three. Poole finished with 30 points and nine assists in the March 23, 2022 victory.

Jordan Poole sends defender flying before stepping back into a casual triple

Teach a man to dunk and he’ll put two points on the board; teach a man to fly and he’ll redefine the laws of physics. Eyeing up a gap in the Dallas Mavericks defense after a swing pass from teammate Steph Curry, Andrew Wiggins blows past an aggressive close-out, bee-lines into the paint, then, closer to the free-throw line than basket, launches himself skyward to unfurl a hammer straight from the heavens. Wiggins, monumental in a commanding Game 3 victory, finished the May 22, 2022 contest with 27 points, 11 rebounds and an instantly iconic successful coach’s challenge.

Andrew Wiggins soars for towering slam on Luka Dončić in 2022 Conference Finals

Make no mistake, Steph Curry can get it done from anywhere on the court. Identifying a gap in the Dallas Mavericks zone, Curry carves his way straight to the rim, slicing through the paint and finishing through his defender with a clutch up-and-under finger roll off glass. After the whistle, Curry beats his chest in triumph with long-time running mate Klay Thompson. Curry led the Golden State Warriors in the Game 1 victory on May 20, 2022 with 32 points, eight rebounds and five assists.

Steph Curry hits the deck after acrobatic up-and-under in 2022 Conference Finals

Whether he’s shooting a three or driving to the lane, when Steph Curry has the ball, he commands a defense’s full attention. Here, he frees himself with a quick crossover before using his gravity and basketball IQ to fake a layup attempt before dishing a smooth behind-the-back dime to star teammate Draymond Green. Curry stuffed the stat sheet with 33 points, five rebounds, six assists and six steals in a 105-90 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on November 28, 2021. 

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