He is the first unanimous victor in the award’s 61-season history.
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Take a bow, Stephen Curry.
Curry received the award on Tuesday, a day after returning from injury to playoff action with an explosive performance as he led the Warriors to a Game 4 Western Conference semi-finals victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.
The Warriors got past Portland without Curry for the first three games as he recovered from a sprained right knee.
“I think sometimes the word “valuable” or best player of the year, you can have different results”, said James, a four-time MVP who finished third this season behind Curry and San Antonio’s Kawhi Leonard.
Rip City looking to spoil the party as Damian Lillard steps back to drill three of his 28 points, putting Portland up by seven in the first quarter.
‘We know what it takes to win in the play-offs.
“It felt like we were running on fumes a little bit at the end”, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “It wasn’t our best stuff, but we got it done”.
“I’ve gotten really good at ignoring people”, Curry said with a straight face, via a video on ESPN.com.
The Trail Blazers were 16 of 36 on 3-pointers.
It was Thompson who stepped up his shooting to keep the score close, as he scored 17 first-half points and hit three 3-pointers. “I’m just excited to get to the next round”. “I’m able to do that only if I’m focused, and I thought in these play-offs I’ve been focused”. The first time, he was emotional.
Curry’s was also the best-selling jersey in every USA state except OH and Oklahoma, according to Fanatics, the largest licensed sports retailer in the country.
Lillard, an Oakland native, went for seven of 24 shooting in his final game of the season.
When Lionel Messi weaves his way through an opposing defense like a knife through hot butter, we say it’s like something out of Federation Internationale de Football Association.
Golden State then ran off to its biggest lead of the night, getting 2- and 3-point hoops by reserve center Marreese Speights in an 11-3 run that produced a 106-99 advantage.
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For the seventh consecutive season, the NBA and Kia Motors America (KMA) gave fans the opportunity to submit votes for the Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award by ranking their top five choices on NBA.com, Twitter or Google.
