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LeBron James: Why He Should Win Finals MVP

By Joshua Howe

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June 14, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) passes the ball against the defense of Golden State Warriors guard Andre Iguodala (9), forward Draymond Green (23) and guard Shaun Livingston (34) in the second half in game five of the NBA Finals. at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports
June 14, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) passes the ball against the defense of Golden State Warriors guard Andre Iguodala (9), forward Draymond Green (23) and guard Shaun Livingston (34) in the second half in game five of the NBA Finals. at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports /

4. Lengthening of the Series

This has not been appreciated enough. At least, I don’t think so. I mean, they should probably have a parade in Cleveland just because of this.

LeBron was able to win two games already virtually on his own. Two games! Against an impossibly better team! That’s madness.

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I predicted that the Warriors would win the series in five games, and I thought that the one game the Cavs would win would be one of their home games where LeBron would have a SINGLE monster performance.

Instead, the man has given us FIVE of them. I honestly can’t remember the last time a player on his own did this on the NBA’s biggest stage. That might be because it’s never happened.

A series that was supposed to be a bloodbath has turned into a narrow horse race.

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    • Let us also not forget that Game 1 was only won by the Warriors by eight points in overtime. The Cavs had multiple opportunities to steal that game. If they had, we might be having a completely different talk about the outlook of the series.

    The fact that LeBron has such limited options with everything makes the two wins even more amazing. There is only a couple ways Cleveland can attack the Dubs: isolating LeBron and pick and rolls with LeBron somehow involved.

    That’s it. That’s all they’ve got.

    And they still won two games. TWO GAMES.

    Man, I need to go take a Tylenol or something. Feel free to take a break, I’ll be back soon.

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