Boston fans, take heart. Kevin Garnett won’t be named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player this year. But he’ll take home a more significant piece of hardware: the NBA Finals Award.

It’s within the realm of possibility that the Boston Celtics won’t win the NBA title. Their football brethren honked the Super Bowl after going 18-0, and there are sharks in the Western Conference waters. But at 5-4 odds (down from 3-2 at the start of the playoffs), the Celtics have a stranglehold on the championship futures market.

Garnett is Boston’s main man, respected in the press and the player most likely to get the Finals MVP vote. His main competition will come from his own teammates: Paul Pierce and Ray Allen. However, Boston’s scoring load has been evenly distributed all season, especially in the first round versus the Atlanta Hawks. If it stays that way, the Big Ticket won’t have to worry about split votes.

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