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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 .
As of 2024, the Eastern champions have a 41–36 advantage in NBA titles over the Western champions, with their most recent being the Boston Celtics who have won 18 titles, the most of any team in the league. [15]
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.
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 ...
The teams faced off again in 1985 and 1987, but the Lakers came up on top both time, winning in 6 games despite each time, despite losing Game 1 in 1985 by 34 points in the Memorial Day Massacre. The 1987 Finals included Johnson hitting a hook shot with two seconds left in Game 4 to give the Lakers a 107–106 win and a 3–1 series lead.
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 ...
Playoff team(s) played for (years) [2] Games played Titles won 1 LeBron James ^ SF: Cleveland Cavaliers (2006–2010, 2015–2018) Miami Heat (2011–2014) Los Angeles Lakers (2020–2021, 2023–2024) 287 4 2 Derek Fisher: PG: Los Angeles Lakers (1997–2004, 2008–2011) Utah Jazz Oklahoma City Thunder (2012–2014) 259 5 3 Tim Duncan * PF/C
This article lists all-time records achieved in the NBA post-season in major categories recognized by the league, including those set by teams and individuals in single games, series, and careers. The NBA also recognizes records from its original incarnation, the Basketball Association of America .