NBA Finals MVP Ladder: Stephen Curry vaults to No. 1 with electric Game 4

June 13, 2022 World Sports

By now, you’ve heard all about Stephen Curry’s incendiary Game 4 performance at TD Garden.

But let’s take a moment to recognize teammate Andrew Wiggins, who leaps into the No. 5 position in today’s edition of our 2022 Race to the NBA Finals MVP Ladder after snatching a career-high 16 boards in Game 4. In doing so, he became the first Golden State Warrior since Nate Thurmond in 1967 to finish with at least 17 points and 16 rebounds in an NBA Finals contest.

“I just know last game they had outrebounded us and got all the offensive rebounds,” he said. “Just wanted to come in and be aggressive on the boards and try to help out.”

Wiggins churned out such monstrous production in what we can safely bill as the most significant outing of his career in helping Golden State even the Finals at 2-2 heading back home for Game 5.

Let’s also take into account the former No. 1 overall pick’s impact on the defensive end, where he’s often tasked with slowing down Celtics superstars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.

“Wiggs was fantastic,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “To go against Boston, you’ve got to deal with Tatum and Brown, and they are just powerful, skilled players. They are coming downhill at you constantly.”