Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Jrue Holiday all have Finals MVP cases if the Celtics finish off the Mavericks.
Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Jrue Holiday are the leading candidates to win the NBA Finals MVP award if the Boston Celtics can finish off the Dallas Mavericks. DALLAS — There hasn’t been a sweep in the NBA Finals or much of a debate about who should be named Finals MVP since 2018, when Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors made quick work of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Durant, Golden State’s leading scorer in that series, took home the hardware in a 7-4 media vote over Curry.
If Kristaps Porzingis hadn’t suffered a left ankle injury in Game 2 that caused him to miss Game 3 and put his status in question for Game 4, he would have probably figured into this conversation as well given his strong two-way play. As it stands, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Jrue Holiday all deserve serious consideration from media voters if Boston captures its long-awaited 18th championship.
When Boston has needed big late-game shots, Brown has sought out scoring opportunities and delivered. He helped close out Game 1 after Porzingis’s excellent first half, and he drilled a crucial midrange jumper in Game 3 to stave off Dallas’s rally from 21 points down in the fourth quarter. Though he has struggled to find his outside shooting touch, Brown has excelled attacking the basket all series and has thrown down emphatic dunks over and through the Mavericks’ interior defenders.
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