After a dominant collection, capped with a blowout win on Sunday night time, it’s solely becoming that LeBron James takes high honors.

James, after main the Los Angeles Lakers to their 17th title, was the unanimous winner of the Invoice Russell NBA Finals MVP Award.

James has now received the award 4 instances, and is the primary participant in league historical past to take action with three completely different franchises — he received his first two with the Miami Warmth and his third with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Solely two different gamers, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Kawhi Leonard, have performed so with two completely different groups.

James now has the second-most Finals MVPs in NBA historical past, too, second solely to Michael Jordan.

‘I instructed [Lakers president Jeanie Buss] once I got here right here that I might put this franchise again within the place the place it belongs,” James stated on the court docket. “Her late, nice father did it for thus a few years, and she or he simply took it on after that. For me to be part of such a historic franchise, it’s an unbelievable feeling not just for myself, however for my teammates, for the group, for the coaches, for the trainers, for everyone that’s right here.

“We simply need our respect. [General manager Rob Pelinka] desires his respect. Coach Vogel desires his respect. Our group desires their respect. Laker nation desires their respect. And I would like my rattling respect too.”

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James led the Lakers to a dominant 106-93 win towards the Warmth in Recreation 6 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night time at Walt Disney World in Florida, capping one of the crucial eventful seasons in historical past. He completed with a triple-double in Recreation 6, placing up 28 factors, 14 rebounds and 10 assists.

James averaged a near-triple-double all through the collection, too, ending with 29.eight factors, 11.eight rebounds and eight.5 assists per recreation. The 35-year-old put up 25.three factors and a career-high 10.2 assists per recreation this season, too, his 17th within the league.

LeBron James, in fact, is the NBA Finals MVP. (Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Pictures)

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