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2021–22 Golden State Warriors season
2021-22 Golden State Warriors season: NBA campaign ending in the franchise's seventh title, fourth in eight years. 53-29, third in the West; beat Denver, Memphis, Dallas, then Boston 4-2; Curry won his first Finals MVP.
2021–22 NBA season
The 2021–22 NBA season (76th, 75th anniversary) ran Oct 19, 2021–June 2022 with a full 82-game schedule; the Golden State Warriors beat Boston 4–2 for the title, Curry won Finals MVP, and Jokic repeated as Kia MVP.
2022 European Men's Handball Championship
Men's EHF EURO 2022, the 15th European men's handball championship, co-hosted by Hungary and Slovakia, 13-30 January 2022. Sweden beat Spain 27:26 for a record fifth title; Denmark took bronze.
2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship
2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship, 20th edition, held in Poland and Slovenia after relocation from Russia; Italy won its fourth title, beating Poland 3-1 in the Katowice final.
2022 NBA All-Star Game
The 2022 NBA All-Star Game, the 71st edition, was played February 20, 2022 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland. Team LeBron beat Team Durant 163-160 on LeBron James's fadeaway; Stephen Curry scored 50 points with a record 16 threes and won the Kobe Bryant MVP Award.
2022 NBA draft
2022 NBA draft: held June 23, 2022 in Brooklyn; Orlando Magic won the lottery (14% odds) and drafted Paolo Banchero No. 1 over Chet Holmgren and Jabari Smith Jr.; 58 picks, two forfeited; four future All-Stars including Jalen Williams (pick 12).
2022 NBA Finals
2022 NBA Finals: Golden State Warriors beat Boston Celtics 4-2 for their fourth title in eight seasons and seventh overall; Stephen Curry named Finals MVP (31.2 ppg).
2022 NBA playoffs
The 2022 NBA playoffs was the NBA's postseason tournament for the 2021-22 season, won by the Golden State Warriors over the Boston Celtics for their seventh title.
2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament (March Madness): 68-team single-elimination bracket won by Kansas, 72-69 over North Carolina in New Orleans; featured Saint Peter's first 15-seed Elite Eight run.
2022–23 EuroLeague
2022–23 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, the top European club basketball competition: 18 teams after Russia's suspension, record 8,748 average attendance, Final Four in Kaunas won by Real Madrid over Olympiacos 79-78 on Sergio Llull's late basket, an 11th European title.
2022–23 NBA season
2022–23 NBA season, the league's 77th (Oct 18, 2022–Apr 9, 2023). Denver Nuggets won their first title over Miami 4–1; Jokić Finals MVP; LeBron James became all-time scoring leader; Bill Russell's No. 6 retired league-wide.
2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup: 19th edition, August 25-September 10, 2023, first multi-country hosting by the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia. Germany won its first title, beating Serbia 83-77 in Manila; Dennis Schroder was MVP.
2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification
2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification: the FIBA Competition System process filling 30 of 32 World Cup slots via six home-and-away windows, November 2021 to February 2023, across Africa, Americas, Asia/Oceania, and Europe.
2023 NBA All-Star Game
2023 NBA All-Star Game, 72nd edition, Salt Lake City, Vivint Arena, Feb 19, 2023. Team Giannis beat Team LeBron 184-175; Jayson Tatum scored a record 55 points for MVP; first live pregame draft; record-low 4.59 million viewers.
2023 NBA draft
2023 NBA draft, held June 22, 2023: San Antonio Spurs won the lottery and selected Victor Wembanyama No. 1; Brandon Miller went second, Scoot Henderson third; 58 picks after two forfeits.
2023 NBA Finals
2023 NBA Finals: Denver Nuggets beat eighth-seeded Miami Heat 4-1 (June 1-12, ABC) for their first title; Nikola Jokić named Finals MVP (30.2/14.0/7.2) after leading the playoffs in points, rebounds and assists.
2023 NBA playoffs
2023 NBA playoffs: Denver Nuggets won their first NBA title, beating the 8th-seeded Miami Heat 4-1 in the Finals; Nikola Jokic was Finals MVP and led the postseason in points, rebounds, and assists.
2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament (March Madness): 68-team single-elimination championship; fourth-seeded UConn beat fifth-seeded San Diego State 76-59 in Houston for its fifth title; Fairleigh Dickinson upset Purdue.
2023 World Men's Handball Championship
The 28th IHF Men's World Championship 2023 (Poland/Sweden handball worlds), 11-29 January 2023, 32 teams, nine venues. Denmark beat France 34:29 in the Stockholm final for a record third straight title; Spain took bronze; Mathias Gidsel was MVP and top scorer with 60 goals.
2023–24 NBA season
2023-24 NBA season, the league's 78th regular season (Oct 24, 2023-Apr 14, 2024), debuted the NBA In-Season Tournament won 7-0 by the Lakers; Boston won its record 18th title, Jokic won MVP, Wembanyama unanimous Rookie of the Year.
2024 European Men's Handball Championship
Men's EHF EURO 2024, held in Germany 10–28 January 2024 with 24 teams; France beat Denmark 33:31 after overtime in Cologne for a fourth title; Sweden took the Paris 2024 quota spot.
2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League
2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, sixth edition of the annual VNL (14 May–30 June 2024, 16 teams). Italy beat Japan for a second title; Poland took bronze; no relegation before 2025 expansion to 18 teams.
2024 NBA All-Star Game
2024 NBA All-Star Game, 73rd NBA All-Star, East vs. West at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Feb. 18, 2024. East won 211-186, a record score; Damian Lillard won MVP with 39 points; event generated $403 million economic impact.
2024 NBA Cup
2024 NBA Cup (Emirates NBA Cup 2024), the NBA's second in-season tournament, 2024-25 season. 30 teams in six groups, knockout rounds in Las Vegas; Milwaukee Bucks beat Oklahoma City 97-81, Giannis Antetokounmpo MVP.
2024 NBA draft
2024 NBA draft, held June 26-27, 2024, first two-night NBA draft; Zaccharie Risacher went first to the Hawks, Alex Sarr second, and Bronny James 55th to the Lakers.
2024 NBA Finals
2024 NBA Finals: Boston Celtics beat Dallas Mavericks 4-1 (June 6-17, 2024) for a record 18th title, breaking their tie with the Lakers; Jaylen Brown won Finals MVP (20.8 PPG) over Luka Dončić's Mavericks.
2024 NBA playoffs
2024 NBA playoffs: the 16-team, four-round best-of-seven postseason ending with the Boston Celtics beating the Dallas Mavericks 4-1 for their 18th title, first since 2008; Jaylen Brown Finals MVP, Celtics 16-3.
2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament (March Madness 2024): 68-team single-elimination championship won by UConn, which beat Purdue 75-60 on April 8, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona, for a second straight title.
2024 United States men's Olympic basketball team
2024 United States men's Olympic basketball team, the USA Basketball squad at Paris 2024 nicknamed the Avengers; coached by Steve Kerr, selected by Grant Hill, it beat France 98-87 for a fifth consecutive gold.
2024 United States women's Olympic basketball team
2024 United States women's Olympic basketball team, the USA Basketball 5x5 squad at Paris 2024; coached by Cheryl Reeve, omitted Caitlin Clark, beat France 67-66 for an eighth straight and 10th overall Olympic gold.