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Hi everyone

What was the greatest game ever played? It could be a uconn game or any other sport.
 
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I would agree the uconn game vs Cincinnati that went four OT in the 2014 AAC tournament with Jalen Adams' shot is a great game brcause if Jalen didnt make that bucket the game would be over. I think uconn had to come back to win that game.

But what about the uconn vs pittsburgh game in the 2011 big east tournament with Kemba's bucket to win the game? That game was tied and uconn had to come back to win that game 76-74.
 
Chosen said:
I would agree the uconn game vs Cincinnati that went four OT in the 2014 AAC tournament with Jalen Adams' shot is a great game brcause if Jalen didnt make that bucket the game would be over. I think uconn had to come back to win that game.

But what about the uconn vs pittsburgh game in the 2011 big east tournament with Kemba's bucket to win the game? That game was tied and uconn had to come back to win that game 76-74.
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Both of those games gave us so much momentum. We wound up winning the conference tournament after those games
 
Amen bro. And we ended up winning the national championship both years
 
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I‘ll go away from the obvious UConn championships and gold medal games and say one of the greatest games I ever saw was game 5 of the 1976 NBA Finals between the Suns and Celtics in Boston that went triple OT.

This game had last second shots by Gar Heard and Havlichek, fans storming the court thinking the game was over when it wasn’t, players getting called back from the locker room to continue the game and a fan attacking a ref.

You can even You Tube this game and rewatch the game or all of the end of the game heroics. Watching the footage and listening to the announcers brings you back to the craziness.
 
The Miracle On Ice is far and away the most memorable, exciting, surprising, greatest game ever played.
 
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Boxing’s not a game but the Thriller in Manila is right up there. If they hadn’t stopped it both Ali and Smokin Joe would’ve died in that ring. And if it was a 20 round fight, that’s just what would’ve happened. Brutal.
 
since boxing was mentioned, I would have to say the "Brawl in Montreal", the first Duran vs. Leonard fight. Duran won that one.
 
Palatine said:
The Miracle On Ice is far and away the most memorable, exciting, surprising, greatest game ever played.
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Except it was shown on tape delay.
 
The Original Miracle on Ice US Hockey Team beats Russia at Lake Placid Olympics in 1960. Bunch of kids kind of thrown together - much less organized than 1980. No great coach like Herb Brooks. Watched the game on B & W TV in crowded Fraternity TV room at a school that was then a huge hockey school (RPI).

US won because goalie Jack McCarten stood on his head, turning away one ferocious Russian onslaught. He may have been the only guy who later played in the NHL, for the Rangers. But he was a flopper, while NHL preferred standup goalies, so he didn't last long.
 
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Most entertaining games is different from greatest, greatest includes materiality along with a compelling and thrilling game experience.

Miracle on Ice win

Game 6 of the 1975 World Series

NC State over Houston, 1983 final

Patriots comeback over Falcons, 2017 Superbowl. The 2001 win over the Rams and the game saving interception against Seahawks, also great.
 
The NCAA national championships are without doubt great games, but before them was one of the greatest games I ever attended which was the quarter finals of the 1988 NIT tournament played at the Field House in Storrs, the last big game ever played there. I believe the capacity was 4800 and 6200 fans were somehow squeezed in. The noise level was something I had never experienced before or after that game. It was impossible to hear what the person next to you was saying. UCONN was 4 and 12 in the Big East and 14 and 13 overall that year and probably the last selection for the NIT. Behind the energy of the crowd that night which literally shook the dust off the rafters of the field house creating an eerie mist like atmosphere inside, Cliff Robinson played perhaps the best game of his UCONN career leading the huskies to a win over Virginia Commonwealth.

Uconn of course went on to win the NIT that year with Phil Gamble having his greatest game in the final with the iconic photo of him and Jeff King sitting on the backboard at MSG .
 
1978 Stanley Cup Playoffs game 4. Boston is down 2 games to 1 and needed to win at home to stay in it.

End of the 1st 1-1,
End of the 2nd Habs up 2-1
In a wild third Guy Lafleur scores early to put the Bruins down 3-1. Bruins come back to score two to force OT. Bruins win in OT and tie the series. Boston was crazy afterward. People in the streets yelling. You'd think they won it all. Ultimately, the Habs won the championship but it was a great game.
 
Maybe not greatest game ever but still deserves mention -1996 Big East Final. #3 UConn led by Ray Allen vs #6 Hoya's led by Allen Iverson. Garden had a heavyweight fight electric atmosphere before the game even started.

Hoyas up 46-42 at the half, and extended it to 74-63 with 4:46 left. Husky's scored the final 12 points in the game culminating in Ray Allen's game winner with 13.6 left. UConn wins 75-74 . Garden was going wild all game and it was deafening that last UConn Run.
 
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No love for the Redsox come from behind wins versus Yankees (ie the evil empire) in 2004? Maybe game 4, 5 or 6?
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Whether you're a Yankees fan or a Red Sox fan, the best and most dramatic game they ever played was the Bucky Dent game. Because of how great those two teams were that year and the story behind the Yankee comeback in the regular season. But objectively there were better and more dramatic baseball games. Bobby Thomson's home run. Bill Mazeroski's home run. Kirk Gibson's home run.

I don't know how you compare the best game in different sports.
 
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