The only player in the nba to win mvp in opposing team;
Jerry West is the only player in NBA history to win the Finals MVP award while playing for the losing team.
In 1969, the inaugural year of the NBA Finals MVP award, Jerry West of the Los Angeles Lakers won the award despite his team losing to the Boston Celtics in the Finals. [2][3]
West averaged 37.9 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game in the 1969 Finals, putting up an incredible individual performance even though the Lakers ultimately fell to the Celtics. [3]
This remains the only time in NBA history that a player from the losing team in the Finals has been awarded the Finals MVP. Since then, the award has consistently gone to a player on the championship-winning team. [2][3]
Citations:
[1] NBA Most Valuable Player Award - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award
[2] NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_award
[3] 5 times when a player from the losing team should have won the NBA ... https://www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/5-times-player-losing-team-won-nba-finals-mvp-award
[4] Kawhi Leonard joins elite company in winning Finals MVP | NBA.com https://www.nba.com/news/finals-mvps-more-one-team
[5] Who is the only NBA player to win Finals MVP on a losing team? https://www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/who-nba-player-win-finals-mvp-losing-team
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