We are going to continue our look at the greatest single-game performances in the NBA Finals. This list will focus on the 1990s. This could be a list of all Michael Jordan games, but we are going to be fair to other clutch efforts and not just #23. To refresh your memory from the previous edition, for a player’s performance to qualify for this list, his team had to win the title during that series. Another rule for this list is that no player will get multiple entries. I apologize to that decent shooting guard on the Bulls, but we have to make room for his supporting cast as well. 

In the spirit of Inside Stuff, NBA Jam, and John Tesh’s NBA on NBC anthem, now we jump into the 1990s … when one team had a three-licious decade and basketball truly became an international game. Let’s bounce into some of the top single-game performances in NBA Finals history during the 90s.

The NBA MVP award is one of the most heralded individual accomplishments in major team sports. Some Hall of Famers go their entire careers without winning the award and others don’t achieve the recognition until later in their career. For example, Karl Malone, one of the greatest power forwards ever to play the game, did not win his first MVP until he was 33 years old. 

On the opposite end of the spectrum though are players who make an immediate splash and win the award early in their careers. There have been 13 players who have won the NBA MVP before 25. These are the youngest NBA MVPs in league history.