In the end, Yao Ming narrowly led in the votes, defeating Garnett, who was destined to be unrelated to FMVP, and was selected as this year's Finals MVP.
Garnett's loss in the FMVP selection, in Qin Yue's view, was likely related to Adidas, who, noticing Garnett's flirtations with Anta, was no longer willing to spend money on promoting him.
Throughout the finals, Garnett's diligent dedication and sacrifice for the team, if it weren't for Yao Ming repeatedly mentioning during his acceptance speech...
Only looking at matchup data without watching the game, you might even have the illusion that Garnett was suppressed by Duncan for six games.
But in reality, after watching the games you will find...
Heavy-hearted Duncan only had a more impressive statistics sheet than Garnett because of more tactical preferences from the Celtics.
