In the NBA of 2022, the Golden State Warriors returned four years later to win the championship ring, beating the Boston Celtics who were playing in a final that they had not played for twelve years. The series after starting evenly matched, the Celtics got to put (1-2), was sentenced by the Warriors in a resounding way, winning the last three games in a solvent way to put the final (4-2)
The 2020 Olympic Games, held in Tokyo, were forced to be postponed to 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. In the semifinals, the United States had little trouble beating Australia (97-78). Much more disputed was the semifinal between Doncic’s Slovenia and France, which was decided in favor of the Gauls by (90-89) thanks to a block by Batum in the last play. In the grand final, the United States won the Gold by beating France by a narrow (87-82). It was a victory without much shine but really effective, led by Durant who won his third gold. France, 21 years later, felt again the sweet cold of the silver. In the fight for the bronze medal, Australia broke its jinx in the Games and won the metal beating Slovenia (107-93) with a stellar Mills (42 points 9 assists)
In the 2021 NBA Finals, the Milwaukee Bucks ended their long ring drought by beating the Phoenix Suns (2-4), who started the playoffs with a 2-0 lead and had home-court advantage. With the exception of Khris Middleton, who was key in important moments of the final, the man was Giannis Antetokounmpo, MVP, who from injury doubt finished the series with 50 points to lead the Bucks 50 years later to the championship
