Even If Cavs Lose Game 7, LeBron Should Be Finals MVP

LeBron James has done it all in these NBA Finals. He’s scored, assisted, defended, delivered killer promos, and baited Draymond Green and Stephen Curry into meltdowns. Here was his stat line this evening:

As Brian Windhorst noted, there was a stretch where he scored or assisted on 27 consecutive Cavs points.

In these NBA Finals, LeBron has averaged 41.2 minutes, 30.2 points, 11.3 rebounds, and 8.5 assists per game. This is crazy! No Warrior has been nearly as consistent. Green missed Game 5 and was on a milk carton in Game 6. Curry scored under 20 points per game in Games 1-3, and shot 16-41 from the field in Games 5 and 6. Klay Thompson lit up Game 5 (37 points), but has been otherwise ordinary.

Barring a complete and total breakdown from LeBron and something like 50 points from Curry or Thompson in Game 7, LeBron should be the second player in NBA history – after Jerry West in 1969 – to win the Finals MVP in a losing effort.