Andre Iguodala became the unlikeliest NBA Finals MVP in history Tuesday night, beating 125-to-1 pre-Finals odds to take home the trophy named after Celtics great Bill Russell.
Iguodala began the series on the bench and is the only Finals MVP in history to win the award despite not being a starter for every Finals game; he started the final three games of the series, all Warriors wins.
Just 11 media members vote for the award — two are broadcasters, Hubie Brown and Jeff Van Gundy, and the other nine voters are writers — and Iguodala got seven votes to beat LeBron James, who had four. No votes were cast for regular season MVP Stephen Curry.
The 11-year vet averaged 16.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, 4 assists, 1.3 steals and guarded James for much of the six-game series.