Coming into the NBA Finals, Steph Curry was a three-time NBA champion, a two-time league MVP, a one-time All-Star Game MVP, and he had earned the first-ever Magic Johnson Award, honoring the MVP of the Western Conference Finals. The honor missing from Curry’s resume was an NBA Finals MVP Award. That’s no longer the case.
The Golden State Warriors defeated the Boston Celtics in Game 6 103-90 in Game 6 of the NBA Finals to win Curry’s fourth championship. Shortly after the series ended, Curry earned the one prize that had eluded him, as he was named the series MVP.
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STEPHEN CURRY IS FINALS MVP pic.twitter.com/zgS7zMbfhu
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) June 17, 2022
NBA fans were quick to recognize Curry finally getting this one last monkey off of his back.
Steph Curry gets Bill Russell Finals MVP in Boston.
Amazing.
— warriorsworld (@warriorsworld) June 17, 2022
🔥 8x All-Star
🔥 8x All-NBA
🔥 4x champion
🔥 2x MVP
🔥 NBA’a all-time 3-point leaderAnd now add Finals MVP to Stephen Curry’s legendary career pic.twitter.com/1mRLtJ9E2Q
— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) June 17, 2022
The legend of Stephen Curry…
1x Finals MVP tonight
4x Champion
8x All-Star
8x All-NBA
2x MVP
2x Scoring Leader
24/6/5 regular season
27/6/5 playoffsThe best player on one of the greatest dynasties in sports history. Steph is one of the all-timers. pic.twitter.com/ssDT0dqDpF
— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) June 17, 2022
The ovation for Curry being announced as Finals MVP takes over TD Garden, drowning out the boos.
Even Celtics fans love Curry
— Marcus Thompson II (@ThompsonScribe) June 17, 2022
https://twitter.com/lindseyadler/status/1537642267460124677
Steph Curry, 4x champion, 2x MVP, Finals MVP. All-time 3pt scorer. Reads like an all-time great resumé to me.
— Ric Bucher (@RicBucher) June 17, 2022
Only 6 players in NBA history have 4 rings, multiple league MVPs, and a Finals MVP:
LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Tim Duncan and, now, Steph Curry. pic.twitter.com/KTEVeCz7XJ
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) June 17, 2022
Congratulations @StephenCurry30 and @warriors . Class and tenacity gets the win. Yesssssss #DubNation #MVP Curry 🎉👏🙌 https://t.co/EJ52SYPwFH
— Kristi Yamaguchi (@kristiyamaguchi) June 17, 2022
Stephen Curry this season:
• First player ever with 3,000 made 3P
• All Star Game MVP
• First ever West Finals MVP
• Finals MVP
• NBA champion for the 4th timeDid all this at 34.
— Antonin (@antonin_org) June 17, 2022
While the Warriors won Game 5, Curry struggled, particularly with his outside shooting. He went 0-for-9 on three-pointers in that game. But those shooting woes were only temporary. Curry quickly shook them off and found his three-point shot again in Game 6.
STEPH CURRY IS RIDICULOUS! 🏀🔥🔥🔥
"Some Curry chaos here in the third!"- Mike Breen pic.twitter.com/tWniQqrEht
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) June 17, 2022
Steph Curry with 30 to put the Warriors up 15! 🏀🔥🔥🔥 #NBAFinals pic.twitter.com/GS3z1ovLfl
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) June 17, 2022
Curry’s selection was unanimous, which was hardly surprising. Curry averaged 31.2 points, six rebounds, and five assists per game in the series. Additionally, while Curry has never been known as a particularly great defender, he averaged two steals per contest in Golden State’s six-game victory. He shot 48.2% from the field, 43.7% on threes, and 85.7% on free throws in the series.
