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The Top 5 Moments From The NBA Regular Season

Let's take a look back at some of the epic moments from this past regular season

Briandy Perdomo
Apr 19, 2016
Lehman College
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The Top 5 Moments From The NBA Regular Season
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Whether your team is getting ready to go on a deep playoff run or not, any NBA fan would be crazy to say that the 2015-2016 NBA regular season wasn’t an eventful one. From a heartfelt return, to a major retirement, a legendary record broken and a dunk contest which still have fans in awe. This regular season was nothing short of spectacular. The playoffs are starting but let’s take a look at the top five moments of the regular season.

1. Kobe's Final Game


Kobe's retirement tour has finally come to an end but in typical “Mamba” fashion, Kobe, made sure he went out with a bang. Dropping 60 points in his final NBA game against the Utah Jazz, the performance was nothing short of “Kobe-esque” and had fans glued to their T.V. The sure to be future Hall of Famer will truly be missed and games like this are the reason why.

2. The Golden State Warriors Break The Record


Only for their historical moment to be topped by Kobe’s final game the Warriors completed their dominance of the regular season by winning their last game and finishing the season with an outstanding 73-9 record, thus breaking the regular season wins record of 72 that was held by the 1995-1996 Chicago Bulls.

3. Craig Sager Returns


Beloved TNT reporter Craig Sager returned to the NBA sidelines after he missed the entire 2014 NBA Playoffs due to him being diagnosed with leukemia. After countless days of treatment, Sager, finally went back to work and his timing couldn’t be better as he was back on the sidelines for NBA opening night.

4. NBA Dunk Contest Leaves Fans in Awe



Every year we all ask ourselves, “will the dunk contest be back this year?” And this year’s dunk contest might have been the answer to our prayers, as Zack Lavine, the winner of last year’s dunk contest and Orlando Magic’s Aaron Gordon had a dunk battle for the ages. Though Lavine took home the title again this year, the true winners were us, the fans, who got to see what we thought were dunks that were physically impossible actually be possible.

5. "Splash Brothers" Battle at NBA 3-Point Contest


What may have been forgotten amidst of all the dunk contest hype, the event before it, the 3 point contest, came down to none other than the “Splash Brothers”, Golden State Warrior teammates Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. In a battle to see who was taking home the 3 point contest crown and bragging rights back to Oakland, however, to everyone's surprise it wasn’t last year’s winner Curry but Klay who took home the crown scoring 27 points in the final round.

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