The Portland Trail Blazers likely wouldn't be in the Western Conference Semifinals without the efforts of CJ McCollum.
McCollum averaged 19.7 points per game in the Blazers' First Round Matchup with the Los Angeles Clippers, including a pair of 27-point performances in Game Three in Portland and Game Five in Los Angeles. The third-year Lehigh product overcame early struggles from deep in the first two games to shoot 36.7% from behing the three-point arc for the series.
Ranking the Most Valuable Players in the postseason so far, ESPN rates McCollum's performance among the likes of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Paul George.