Can Lebron Win the MVP and Lose the Finals?

He's already claimed to be the best player on the planet. He was compared to Michael Jordan coming straight out of high school. Anything shy of an NBA title is a failure for him, but if Lebron and his Cavaliers lose the series to the Golden State Warriors, should he get a pass?

James may not have won the regular season MVP this season, but he very well could be the first NBA Finals MVP on the losing team since Jerry West did it in 1969 for the Los Angeles Lakers when they were defeated by the Boston Celtics. He has been nothing shy of spectacular thus far, but will people hold it against him if the Cavs drop the series?

The Cleveland Cavaliers are an extremely limited squad. They lost power forward Kevin Love earlier in the season, and then lost star point guard Kyrie Irving to a fractured knee cap in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Basically, Lebron has been doing everything by himself.

Okay, there's been some surprising defensive production from little-known, Austrailan born Matthew Dellavedova, as his sole responsibility during this series has been to simply aggravate Stephen Curry. Personally, I don't think he's done a great job, but Curry has been cold for the most part of five games, but of course, the player that happens to defend him gets all the credit.

Lebron has had to put the weight of the team on his shoulders. Look, when the next best active player is a guy who's name can also be a verb meaning "You do something great, then do something absolutely asinine on the court" (J.R. Smith), you have to give James credit for leading the Cavs to two wins so far. In fact, had Lebron even played "average" (a very relative term when talking about King James) at all, this series would have been over in four games.

Lebron has averaged 36.6 points, 8.8 assists, and 12.4 rebounds per game in the NBA Finals. That is just silly, and I don't care if it's by Michael Jordan standards or Ryan McMunn standards.

The award is for the Most Valuable Player. There hasn't been a more valuable player to either team then Lebron is to the Cavs. Will they win the Finals? I'm guessing they won't, but this is before I know the result of Game 6. Had it not been for Lebron, the Warriors would have celebrated the championship on June 11.

However, should the Cavs do the unthinkable and pull this series out, there is no way you can say that Lebron's performance wasn't one of the, if not the, greatest performance in NBA Finals history.

And if it does happen, will you at least consider Lebron among Jordan's company?