It doesn’t matter if Steph Curry drops 52 in a series-clinching 110-84 victory on Tuesday night that gives the Golden State Warriors a decisive NBA Finals victory over LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. LeBron is, was and always will be the MVP of this series, even when he’ll be robbed of this honor by those poor, deluded souls operating under the faulty assumption that the MVP of a single series or game always should come from the winning team.
LeBron had a 40-point, 14-rebounds, 11-assist performance in Game 5 — the first in NBA Finals history. He’s averaging 36.