It's no surprise the NBA's Most Valuable Player sits atop the list ... Bontemps The West finals represented a key step in Williams' development as a championship-caliber sidekick.

To say everything means more in the NBA Finals would be stating the obvious. In the Finals, the league's finest battle to win an ever-elusive championship. The

Ten players in NBA history have won regular-season and Finals MVP honors in the same season, and only two of them are guards: Magic Johnson (1987) and Michael Jordan (1991-92, 1996, 1998).

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With the Oklahoma City Thunder preparing for Game 5 after winning Game 4 against the Indiana Pacers last Friday, the key impactful players on the team besides Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are no doubt Jalen Williams.

This year's NBA Finals will feature an unlikely matchup ... important as Gilgeous-Alexander and Williams, but Caruso is the key player to watch. Given the different strategies the Pacers may ...