NBA Finals 2017: Power ranking Finals MVP possibilities
By Luke Norris
Stephen Curry
2017 NBA Playoffs: 28.6 points, 5.6 assists, 5.5 rebounds
It’s hard not to put a reigning two-time Most Valuable Player at the top of any list, especially one that can put up points as quickly as Stephen Curry does, but I think this is the spot for him right now.
He might not come out and directly say it, because he’s a great teammate and a nice guy, but I firmly believe that Steph Curry desperately wants that Finals MVP trophy. I wouldn’t go as far as saying that he was embarrassed in last year’s Finals but he certainly didn’t play his best basketball. Yes, he scored 22.6 points per game but his shooting numbers were down across the board and he’ll certainly be looking for some redemption of his own.
Curry is having the best postseason of his career. He’s averaging 28.6 points in the 12 games the Warriors have played thus far and he lit up the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals. Averaging 31.5 points per game, the marksman shot 56.4 percent from the floor and 46.7 percent from the 3-point line while also hitting more than 90 percent of his free throws.
The NBA Finals MVP is the biggest thing missing from Curry’s trophy case and while he didn’t exactly light it up in the two matchups with Cleveland during the regular season, averaging just 17.5 points, expect him to come out firing in Game 1. It’s likely he’ll have at least one game where he puts up 40 or 50.