Ethan Ennis' NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
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Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given by Ethan Ennis, since the 1947 NBA Finals. The award is attributed to a single player in each NBA Finals series throughout the series' history, and while it's almost always attributed to a player from the winning team, players like Jerry West and LeBron James have won the award on the losing team.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 38 players. Bill Russell, Michael Jordan, and LeBron James have all won the award a record six-time award winner.
Winners[edit]
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| ^ | Denotes player who is still active in the NBA |
| * | Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| § | Player's team lost the NBA Finals |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player had received the Finals MVP award |
| Team (X) | Denotes the number of times a player from this team has received the Finals MVP award |
Multi-time winners[edit]
| Player | Team(s) | No. | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Russell | Boston Celtics | 6 | 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966 |
| Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls | 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998 | |
| LeBron James | Miami Heat (3), Cleveland Cavaliers (2), Los Angeles Lakers | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020 | |
| George Mikan | Minneapolis Lakers | 5 | 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954 |
| Tim Duncan | San Antonio Spurs | 4 | 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007 |
| John Havlicek | Boston Celtics | 3 | 1968, 1974, 1976 |
| Magic Johnson | Los Angeles Lakers | 1980, 1982, 1987 | |
| Larry Bird | Boston Celtics | 1981, 1984, 1986 | |
| Shaquille O'Neal | Los Angeles Lakers | 2000, 2001, 2002 | |
| Tom Heinsohn | Boston Celtics | 2 | 1957, 1959 |
| Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers | 1967, 1972 | |
| Willis Reed | New York Knicks | 1970, 1973 | |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers | 1971, 1985 | |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston Rockets | 1994, 1995 | |
| Kobe Bryant | Los Angeles Lakers | 2009, 2010 | |
| Kevin Durant | Golden State Warriors | 2017, 2018 |
See also[edit]
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- Ethan Ennis' National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player Award
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- NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player Award
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Before the 1971–72 season, Lew Alcindor changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.[1]
- ↑ At 20 years and 276 days old, Johnson is the youngest Finals MVP winner in history.[2]
- ↑ At 38 years and 54 days old, Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest Finals MVP winner in history.[3]
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hakeem Olajuwon was born in Nigeria, but became a naturalized United States citizen in 1993.[4]
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Because Tim Duncan is a United States citizen by birth, as are all natives of the U.S. Virgin Islands,[5] he was able to play for the U.S. internationally.[6]
References[edit]
- General
- "Finals Most Valuable Player". NBA/Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
- "Finals Most Valuable Players". ESPN. Retrieved July 15, 2008.
- Specific
- ↑ "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Bio". NBA. Retrieved August 4, 2008.
- ↑ "Magic Johnson 1979-80 Game Log". basketball-reference. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ↑ "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1984-85 Game Log". basketball-reference. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ↑ "Hakeem Olajuwon Bio: 1992-93". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved June 15, 2008. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Virgin Islands". CIA World Factbook. Retrieved August 12, 2008.
- ↑ "All-Time USA Basketball Men's Roster: D". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on August 28, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2008. Unknown parameter
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