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The Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (formerly known as the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1969 NBA Finals. The award is decided by a panel of eleven media members, who cast votes after the conclusion of the Finals .
The NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1955–56 season to the best performing player of the regular season. Since the 2022–23 season, winners receive the Michael Jordan Trophy, named after the five-time MVP often considered to be the greatest player in NBA history. [1] [2]
Playoff scoring leader at the end of every season Season Year-by-year leader Pts Active player leader Pts Career record Pts Single-season record Pts Season 1946–47: Joe Fulks* PHW: 222: Joe Fulks* PHW: 222: Joe Fulks* PHW: 222: Joe Fulks* PHW: 222: 1946–47 1947–48: 282: 504: 504: 282: 1947–48 1948–49: George Mikan* MNL: 303: George ...
The 2016–17 season was the first in which the NBA held an awards show after the completion of the Finals, [10] during which the winners of all season-long individual awards are announced [11] except for the winner of the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award, which continued to be announced during the playoffs until 2017 [12] and in 2018 was ...
All NBA Finals have been played in a best-of-seven format, and are contested between the winners of the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference (formerly Divisions before 1970), except in 1950 when the Eastern Division champion faced the winner between the Western and Central Division champions.
Holds the all-time record for most assists in Playoffs—2,346 Johnson is also the only player in NBA history to have at least 2,000 assists in a playoff career [1] Holds the all-time record for highest assists-per-game average in Playoffs—12.4; Holds the all-time record for most triple-doubles in Playoffs—30
Curry has played for the Warriors in each of his 16 career seasons in the NBA, where he is a four-time NBA champion, a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), an NBA Finals MVP, a two-time NBA All-Star Game MVP, an NBA Clutch Player of the Year, and the inaugural NBA Western Conference finals MVP. He is also a two-time NBA scoring champion, an ...
Oldest: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest player to start in a playoff game, he logged about 29 minutes, scored 7 points, grabbed 3 rebounds and had 3 assists in the game for the Los Angeles Lakers against the Detroit Pistons at the age of 42 years, 58 days on June 13, 1989, game 4 of the 1989 NBA Finals.