Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Remains Favorite in NBA Finals MVP Odds

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00:00Rick Shea Gilgis-Alexander, still a hefty favorite to win NBA Finals MVP.

00:05What is fascinating and pointed out to me by our producer extraordinaire, Joe Frizzo,

00:10only nine individuals, DRS, have a Finals MVP price still out there.

00:15And Benedict Matherin, Game 3's leading scorer for Indiana, 27 points,

00:21the most by a bench player in a Finals game in nearly a decade and a half,

00:25does not have one of them.

00:27That's a little bit shocking.

00:27Yeah, it is a little bit shocking there because you figure that if we're going to go seven games,

00:32you still have, what, games four, five, six, and seven,

00:34where you can get some of these unheralded superstars to step up in big moments

00:37where maybe if Tyrese Halliburton knocks out a couple game-winning shots again

00:42throughout the rest of the series, sure, he's going to get it.

00:44But we don't have one guy scoring 40 points every single game, and that's what you make of it.

00:48Now, here's the interesting part, too, about the MVP odds.

00:51You see the series prices to win, minus 230 on Oklahoma City.

00:54You see the MVP odds, minus 240 on Che Gilgis-Alexander.

00:58You might be thinking, yes, different betting markets sometimes have slightly different price points here,

01:02but there is also the option of, this is a seven-game series.

01:06Che Gilgis-Alexander goes for 35, 45, 35, 30, and they lose by one point in game number seven,

01:12where he just had that real team effort for Indiana beating you,

01:15which is why he's priced just slightly higher than the team itself,

01:18because there is a slight outside chance that he's the best player in this series

01:22and it's unbelievable, and it goes game number seven, and they just didn't win.

01:26Now, we don't think that's going to happen because it usually always just goes to the team that won,

01:30but that's why that price point is slightly higher than what you can get on Oklahoma City at minus 230.