However, fans who know Jabbar know that although he won six championship rings in his 20-year career, there are only two MVP awards in the finals, and even some fans have the saying that Jabbar "holds his thighs" to win the championship. During Jabbar's six championship tours, who took away the other four FMVP?
1979-90 season, Jabbar led the Lakers into the finals with a 3-2 lead over the 76ers in five games, but in the sixth game, Jabbar was accidentally injured and replaced by rookie Magic Johnson as the starting center, averaging 2 1 minute 10 rebounds and 9 assists in the series. Quasi-triple doubles snatched FMVP from Jabbar and became the first rookie season rate in NBA history.
198 1-82 season, Magic Johnson continued to grow. Under the leadership of him and Jabbar, the Lakers successfully entered the finals and joined the ranks of the 76 ers. In the end, the two sides won the 4-2 championship of the FMVP Lakers in six games. Magic Johnson beat Jabbar 18 with a quasi-triple-double data of 16 points, 65,438 rebounds and 8 assists. Since the beginning of this season, Jabbar's data has declined to some extent.
1986-87 season, 40-year-old Jabbar teamed up with Magic Johnson to win the championship 4-2. Although Jabbar averaged 2 1 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks per game in the series, Magic Johnson once again averaged 26 points, 8 rebounds 13 assists and 2 steals per game, and finally regretted missing FMVP.
1987-88 season, the Lakers attacked the defending champion and won the championship with the pistons in the finals. Surprisingly, however, this round of finals MVP did not belong to Magic Johnson or Jabbar, but was won by 82-year champion James Worthy. He scored 22 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists in the series and 36 points 16 rebounds 10 assists in the tiebreak, leading the team to win the championship. He is the number one hero in this game.
As for Magic Johnson and Jabbar, Magic averaged 2 1 points, 5 rebounds 13 assists and 2 steals, while Jabbar averaged 13 points, 4 rebounds 1 blocks. It is worth mentioning that Jabbar is 4 1 year-old this season, and his personal ability is obviously lower than when he lost FMVP for the first time in 1979-90 season.
Finally, in my opinion, the finals MVP is important, but four absences from FMVP cannot deny Jabbar's historical position. It can only be said that the Lakers lineup at that time was too strong, and both the dual-core magician and Jabbar had the strength to attack FMVP, but the latter was too old.