Durant didn t let him go! Curry could have won the FMVP in 2018, but only scored 11 points in the third game

From 2015 to 2019, the Warriors reached the finals for five consecutive years and won three championships, thus becoming a dynasty team. Curry, Thompson and Zhu Meng have made great contributions to the Warriors being able to become a dynasty team, and Durant, who joined the team halfway through, also made an indelible contribution.

Durant joined the Warriors as a free agent after being reversed 1-3 by the Warriors in the 2016 Western Conference Finals. After Durant joined, the Warriors reached the finals for three consecutive years and won two consecutive championships. If Durant and Thompson had not been seriously injured in the 2019 Finals, the Warriors might have won three consecutive championships.

It is worth mentioning that although the Warriors have won three championships in five years, Curry, as the core of the team, has not won a single FMVP. In 2015, Curry lost to Iguodala in the competition for FMVP, and in 2017 and 2018, he lost to Durant. It is an accident that Curry did not win the FMVP in 2015, but he did not win in 2017 and 2018, mainly because his performance in the finals was not as good as Durant.

Durant's ability to win two consecutive FMVPs is inseparable from his outstanding performance in the finals. In the 2017 Finals, Durant scored 30+ in five games, averaging 35.2 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 5.4 assists per game, and also reached a 180 club, so there is no suspense to be elected as FMVP. In the 2018 Finals, Durant's personal performance was still quite stable and outstanding, averaging 28.8 points, 10.8 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game. Although the score was a little lower than the 2017 Finals, the data was more comprehensive. In the fourth finals, Durant scored 43 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists, so he won the FMVP again.

In fact, after getting the FMVP in 2017, Durant intends to give the FMVP to Curry in 2018. Curry's overall performance in the finals this year was also very impressive. He scored 29 points, 33 points and 37 points in the other three games respectively. Unfortunately, he performed seriously in the third game, with only 3 of 16 shots and only scored 11 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists. This is also an important reason why Curry failed to get the FMVP.

If Curry performs normally in the third finals, then Curry is likely to be the FMVP in 2018, which will also be his first FMVP in his career. Unfortunately, both FMVPs were taken away by Durant, and Curry's value in winning the championship was also discounted. Fortunately, Curry led the Warriors to another championship in 2022 and successfully won the FMVP, but since there was no FMVP in the first three championships, it did affect his historical status.