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In the early chase for the NBA Finals MVP, shots have been fired. One missed, the other connected, both in the final seconds of Game 1, Pacers vs. Thunder.

The difference on the final scoreboard was one point , and the difference on this first installment of the Finals MVP Ladder is one spot, separating the player who made the shot and the one who missed — Tyrese Haliburton and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

Those two were the pre-Finals favorites to be in hot contention, and such has proven to be the case. Haliburton and Gilgeous-Alexander put their teams in position to win and that’s all anyone can ask of an MVP contender.

The difference between this MVP Ladder and the regular season version is

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