Marc Bertrand: Jrue Holiday Deserved Eastern Conference Finals MVP
On Tuesday’s edition of Zolak & Bertrand, Marc “Beetle” Bertrand gave his reasoning for why Jrue Holiday deserved to be Eastern Conference Finals MVP.
Holiday made the big plays and had a flu game…
Marc Bertrand:
If you’re going to have an MVP award, you’ve got to give it to the guys who made the biggest plays that won you games. Jrue Holiday was their most consistent player. He showed up in every single game and I think single-handedly provided the plays that won two of the games.
Scott Zolak:
I agree with that.
Marc Bertrand:
Jaylen Brown had a no-show game in Game 3. That’s too strong. Not no-show, but not his best game in Game 3. Tatum, as we know, was not very good in Game 2, so each of those guys had off nights in the series. I don’t feel like Jrue Holiday did. And Jrue Holiday played through the flu in one of these games. So, he has that going for him as well.
Scott Zolak:
If you looked at it under a microscope as to each possession and take that Holiday had, his were probably so much more important than the others because they’ll get there on 11 of 24 on shots. Holiday make makes more of his opportunities I think than the other guys did and he kind of has to because he’s got to fit in. He’s also great at deferring and he just quietly does what he does and it’s methodical. That’s what a true pro does, and we’ve been saying this for weeks now about him. You started seeing him really come on these last two series. This, like holy crap, this guy’s really damn good. This is what Brad did to get him over the hump. He’s allowing them to excel.
Marc Bertrand: Do you think that they gave the award to Jaylen Brown as a makeup for him not being First Team All-NBA?
Scott Zolak:
I don’t think so. I think he was the best player in the series from start to finish.
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