The 20 Best Finals Performances of All Time

1. Dwyane Wade – 2006 NBA Finals

The Miami Heat looked well on their way to being swept out of the 2006 NBA Finals, as Dirk Nowitzki was knocking on the door of his first championship. The Dallas Mavericks won the first two games of the series and were up 89-76 in Game 3.

Then Dwyane Wade took over.

Wade scored 15 fourth quarter points and led a 22-7 run in the last 6:29 of the game, to bring the Heat a 98-96 victory. Wade scored 36, 43 and 36 points in the last three games of the series, leading the Heat to their first championship in franchise history. Wade’s player efficiency rating of 33.8 was the highest graded performance in the history of the NBA Finals since the NBA/ABA merger.