LeBron James has been carrying the injury-riddled Cavaliers in the N.B.A. finals with one heroic performance after another. But now down, three games to two, undermanned Cleveland may finally have run out of gas.
If the Cavaliers do lose, are James’s feats still enough to earn him the series’ Most Valuable Player Award?
The prize, which is decided by a small panel of news media members, usually goes to the star player of the winning team: Michael Jordan won all six times his Chicago Bulls won the championship, and James won as part of the Miami Heat titles in 2012 and 13.