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Charles Curtis

NBA Finals MVP rankings: Who’s in the lead after Game 1 (besides Al Horford)?

WHEW. What a beginning to the 2022 NBA Finals!

The Boston Celtics were down 15 points in the third quarter of Game 1 … and they emerged victorious over the Golden State Warriors by 12 in a 120-108 win.

Al Horford flexed on the Dubs and sealed his amazing game with a kiss, and after he dropped 26 points in his first-ever Finals contest in his career, which leads us to our rankings of the NBA MVP candidates thus far, something we’ll try to do after every game of this series.

So let’s rank them, along with their current Finals MVP odds from Tipico, to see what kind of value there is:

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