Best Sporting Matches You've Ever Seen?

[RagaZ]

Could by any sport. Football, basketball, NFL, tennis etc.

My top 5:

1. Chelsea 4-2 Barcelona CL 2005(this game had everything. Chelsea up 3-0, then Ronaldinho scores a sick goal before Terry clinches it)
2. Patriots - Seahawks SB last year
3. Spurs - Pistons 2005 NBA Finals Game 5
4. Spurs - Lakers 2004 WCSF Game 5(sh*t result, but ridiculous game between the 2 best teams of the 00s and 2 dynasties at their peaks)
5. Isner - Mahut Wimbledon 2010

[ArbitraryWater]

Depends on if what will go down more in history or simply personal enjoyment.. I'll make my list when I'm home.

I did watch Isner/Mahut live, on several days ;)

[Nick Young]

1. Lakers threepeat-probably the Robert Horry shot vs the Queens is what I remember most.

2. Mamba's 81

3. Mamba's game winner vs Wade in staples. This is the only regular season Laker game I ever went to. We were down by 4 with a minute left, but EVERYONE in the stadium knew we'd win that game, staples was celebrating before Fish even his his shot. Once Fish got his 3, we knew the game was locked up and Kobe sealed it. This was a holy moment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8Tk_AK45eA

4. Chelsea CL finals victory

5. Chelsea defeating Barcelona in Nou Camp. A masterful clutch performance with 10 men, and Torres even scored.

[Brunch@Five]

Djokovic vs Nadal Australian Open 2012

[imdaman99]

2007 Superbowl Giants vs Patriots

2008 Wimbledon Final Nadal vs Federer

[9erempiree]

There is a lot since I watch nothing but sports.

I really have to think this one out.

[ArbitraryWater]

Djokovic vs Nadal Australian Open 2012

That one... so strictly live:

and the previous '11 US Open final which probably resulted in the greatest level of tennis I've ever seen.

I saw Madrid having the most dominant league campaign ever (2012), the 2014 Champions League Final and Ramos goal, beating Bayern 4-0 and Bayern whopping Barca 7-0 over 2 legs...

Wolfsburg beating Bayern 5-1 at their apex and winning the Bundes (Stuttgart 2 years prior to that).

Bayern's/Robben's 2010 miracle CL run (actually had to shut the TV off because I couldnt take it during the United 2nd leg)

I saw some GOAT individual campaigns with:
2011 playoffs Dirk, 2012-2013 LeBron, Nadal in 2010 and 2013, Djokovic in 2011, Ronaldo 2012-2014 (didnt see before), Messi in 2012 and 2015..

I saw Germany beating Brazil 7-1, and I saw the 2006 Italy/Germany SF, and I think I cried.. the following Italy/France final.. I think I also saw Greece win the EURO's.

Oh, I saw the 2013 French Open match between Nadal and Djokovic as well :bowdown:

I saw The Rock's Comeback ('11) :oldlol: That was awesome though :coleman:

Not too much old stuff outside the Football ones.

[T_L_P]

Objectively:

1. Liverpool - AC Mllan 2007 CL Finals
2. Spurs - Mavericks 2006 WCSF Game 7
3. Patriots - Seahawks 2014 Superbowl
4. Nadal - Federer 2008 Wimbledon Final
5. Nets - Bulls 2013 ECR1 Game 4
6. Ravens - 49ers 2012 Superbowl
7. Italy - France 2006 World Cup Final

[ArbitraryWater]

Objectively:

1. Liverpool - AC Mllan 2007 CL Finals
2. Spurs - Mavericks 2006 WCSF Game 7
3. Patriots - Seahawks 2014 Superbowl
4. Nadal - Federer 2008 Wimbledon Finals
5. Nets - Bulls 2013 ECR1 Game 4
6. Ravens - 49ers 2012 Superbowl

Oh yes, I did see Pats/Seahawks Superbowl, I think..

Liverpool/AC Milan '05 though :D At least I assume you mean that one.

Also caught that Nets/Bulls game...

and of course I forgot, Spurs/Heat game 6!

Mavs sweeping Lakers by fifty, beating Miami, Heat/Celtics game 6... perhaps the best playoff first round ever in '14, sadly eventually one too few upsets.

[Akrazotile]

HBK vs Razor in their epic ladder match.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

I thought the Roddick vs. Hewitt in 2001 US Open was really entertaining since I liked both players at the time and Roddick was the fan fav.

[StephHamann]

The craziest game i saw live was Dortmund Malaga back in 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOOKbrJUmf8

As far as watching on tv:

1. Liverpool-Milan 2005
2. Pats-Seahawks SB
3. Spurs-Heat game 6 2013
4. Barca-Chelsea CL semi-final 2nd game, Chelsea winning with 10 man against the by far best team in the world and Torres scores the goal. I'm not even a Chelsea fan and jumped around like an idiot. Best defensive performance of all time by that Chelsea team.
5. Heat-Mavericks game 2, Mavs were down by 15 with 6 minutes to go. The Heat would be up 2-0 and probably sweep the series, but than the greatest comeback in NBA finals history happened.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkcQnwynqOc

[alenleomessi]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/05/article-2125666-04D5D082000005DC-165_468x286.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/05/22/article-1186288-04D5D813000005DC-39_468x328.jpg
https://static-secure.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Football/Clubs/Club%20Home/2009/5/6/1241642968801/Andres-Iniesta-001.jpg


The ending gave me more relief than a thousand lying whores

[RagaZ]

The craziest game i saw live was Dortmund Malaga back in 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOOKbrJUmf8

As far as watching on tv:

1. Liverpool-Milan 2005
2. Pats-Seahawks SB
3. Spurs-Heat game 6 2013
4. Barca-Chelsea CL semi-final 2nd game, Chelsea winning with 10 man against the by far best team in the world and Torres scores the goal. I'm not even a Chelsea fan and jumped around like an idiot. Best defensive performance of all time by that Chelsea team.
5. Heat-Mavericks game 2, Mavs were down by 15 with 6 minutes to go. The Heat would be up 2-0 and probably sweep the series, but than the greatest comeback in NBA finals history happened.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkcQnwynqOc
Didnt you watch the Germany - Italy SF as well in Dortmund? Unbelievable game of football even though it took 119 minutes before a goal came.

[StephHamann]

Didnt you watch the Germany - Italy SF as well in Dortmund? Unbelievable game of football even though it took 119 minutes before a goal came.

Yes, it was an epic battle with a tragic outcome.

[RagaZ]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/05/article-2125666-04D5D082000005DC-165_468x286.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/05/22/article-1186288-04D5D813000005DC-39_468x328.jpg
https://static-secure.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Football/Clubs/Club%20Home/2009/5/6/1241642968801/Andres-Iniesta-001.jpg


The ending gave me more relief than a thousand lying whores
Arsenal - Barcelona both games at Emirates 2010 and 2011
Inter - Barcelona 3-1 2010
Man Utd - Porto 1-1 2004
Liverpool - Arsenal 4-2 2008
Chelsea - Napoli 4-1 2012

Other exciting CL games I remember.

[StephHamann]

Anyone remeber Deportivo La Coruna VS Milan?

That leg was crazy

4:1 Milan in Italy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2bmh8a9Z_s

4:0 La Coruna in Spain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3Sb_a1RVKE

[KCO]

1. Lakers threepeat-probably the Robert Horry shot vs the Queens is what I remember most.

2. Mamba's 81

3. Mamba's game winner vs Wade in staples. This is the only regular season Laker game I ever went to. We were down by 4 with a minute left, but EVERYONE in the stadium knew we'd win that game, staples was celebrating before Fish even his his shot. Once Fish got his 3, we knew the game was locked up and Kobe sealed it. This was a holy moment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8Tk_AK45eA

4. Chelsea CL finals victory

5. Chelsea defeating Barcelona in Nou Camp. A masterful clutch performance with 10 men, and Torres even scored.

1, 4 and 5 are all on my list as well, yea I'm a Laker fan (also a knick fan as well). I swear those three games are the 3 best games I have seen in Sports, the Lakers and Chelsea were in some serious situations if they had lost those games and coming out on top made it so much sweeter. 2 and 3 were also great games I witnessed.

Anyway, I'll add the undefeated Patriots losing in Super Bowl XLII to my New York Giants. Tbh about that game I didn't mind us losing just because I wanted to see history but I was totally glad that we ended up beating the Pats, the only team to that in that season. Those four games are etched in my memory, clutchness at its best.

Other notable great games I have witnessed include:

-Kobe's buzzer beater against the Suns in the 2006 playoffs
-Kobe's two clutch threes against the Blazers (one being a buzzer-beater to win the game) during the final game of 2004 season in which they needed a win to win the pacific division and become second in the west (Kings had to lose too which they did lol)
-The end of the Watford vs Leicester City 2013 semi-final, greatest finish in football IMO.
-Ghana vs Uruguay during the quarterfinals of the 2010 WC. I'm not Ghanian but I was hoping an African side do us proud, which Ghana did but Gyan's miss still hurts till this day. I swear they would have gone to the finals that WC if Gyan made that.
-Steelers vs Cardinals, Super Bowl XLIII, another great finish in the Super Bowl. Fitzgerald was great only to be outdone by Holmes game winning TD catch
-Rams vs Panthers, divisional round of 2003-04 playoffs. Great OT finish with Cardiac Cats of 2003 pulling out another close win that season.
-2003 and 2012 NBA all-star game. My two favorite all-star games, though 2000-2002 were also great too.

I have others I have enjoyed and witnessed but these came to mind first.

[Wally450]

USC/Texas National Championship 2006

Celtics Bulls Game 2 2009*

US Ghana 2014*

Celtics Warriors the other day.

*- In attendance.

[DeuceWallaces]

At first I thought this was in person only. Was kind of surprised. Makes more sense now.

[Done_And_Done]

Best sporting event I ever attended...

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--2lb15imp--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/1475063766098781732.jpg

[MrC1991]

Best sporting event I ever attended...

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--2lb15imp--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/1475063766098781732.jpg

That had to be one of the weirdest innings I have ever watched....but the man in that picture is a bad man.

[MrC1991]

One of my answers would be Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels 1. Shit was incredible.

[nightprowler10]

India v Pakistan - Chennai 1999

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/63828.html

:bowdown: what a roller coaster ride. So many stories to tell from each innings.

http://img01.ibnlive.in/ibnlive/uploads/2013/11/sachin-saqlain_0911afp_630.jpg

[Timmy D for MVP]

A lot of the ones mentioned are obviously up there but a few I'd add.

Butler rimming out a half court try vs. Duke in the 2010 Championship game.

2011 WS Game 6 ("We will see you tomorrow night")

Tiger vs. Rocco epic 91 holes 2008 U.S, Open. ("Expect anything different!?")

[KobesFinger]

Germany 7-1 Brazil

Does Usain Bolt in 2008 and 2012 count?

[aj1987]

1. Heat-Mavs 2006 Game 3
2. Heat-Spurs 2013 Game 6
3. Heat Spurs 2013 Game 7
4. 2014 Superbowl
5. 2007 World T20 Final

[Jasi]

Germany 7-1 Brazil

Does Usain Bolt in 2008 and 2012 count?

You mean Bolt 2009 in Berlin maybe?
That was actually one of the most jawdropping sporting performances I saw.

Also Kieren Perkins' 400 m freestyle in Rome 1994.