NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award

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The National Basketball Association Finals Most Valuable Player Award is presented to the player who has exhibited exceptional play during an NBA Finals series. The award typically goes to a player on the winning team, though when it was first awarded to Jerry West in 1969, his Los Angeles Lakers' team lost to the Boston Celtics. This was the only year that the award went to a player whose team did not win the championship.

The award was originally a black trophy with a gold basketball-shaped sphere at the top, similar to the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy, until a smaller trophy was introduced in 2005 and presented to the Finals MVP, Tim Duncan. The most recent trophy winner is Duncan's teammate Tony Parker.

Contents 1 All-time Award Winners 2 Multiple honors 3 See also 4 References

[edit] All-time Award Winners

The following is a list of the All-time Finals Most Valuable Players.^[1] Michael Jordan has won the award 6 times to lead all players. Magic Johnson is the youngest player and only rookie to be named the Finals MVP at the age of 20 years in the 1980 NBA Finals. The only three non-American-born stars to win the award are Hakeem Olajuwon (Nigeria in 1994 and 1995), Tim Duncan (Virgin Islands in 1999, 2003 and 2005) and Tony Parker (France in 2007), although Parker was the only awardee not to be an American citizen at the time of his awarding.

Year	Player	Team
2007	Image:Flag of France.svg Tony Parker	San Antonio Spurs
2006	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Dwyane Wade	Miami Heat
2005	Image:Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg Tim Duncan (3)	San Antonio Spurs
2004	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Chauncey Billups	Detroit Pistons
2003	Image:Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg Tim Duncan (2)	San Antonio Spurs
2002	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Shaquille O'Neal (3)	Los Angeles Lakers
2001	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Shaquille O'Neal (2)	Los Angeles Lakers
2000	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Shaquille O'Neal	Los Angeles Lakers
1999	Image:Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg Tim Duncan	San Antonio Spurs
1998	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Michael Jordan (6)	Chicago Bulls
1997	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Michael Jordan (5)	Chicago Bulls
1996	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Michael Jordan (4)	Chicago Bulls
1995	Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg Hakeem Olajuwon (2)	Houston Rockets
1994	Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg Hakeem Olajuwon	Houston Rockets
1993	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Michael Jordan (3)	Chicago Bulls
1992	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Michael Jordan (2)	Chicago Bulls
1991	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Michael Jordan	Chicago Bulls
1990	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Isiah Thomas	Detroit Pistons
1989	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Joe Dumars	Detroit Pistons
1988	Image:Flag of the United States.svg James Worthy	Los Angeles Lakers
1987	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Magic Johnson (3)	Los Angeles Lakers
1986	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Larry Bird (2)	Boston Celtics
1985	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (2)	Los Angeles Lakers
1984	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Larry Bird	Boston Celtics
1983	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Moses Malone	Philadelphia 76ers
1982	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Magic Johnson (2)	Los Angeles Lakers
1981	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Cedric Maxwell	Boston Celtics
1980	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Magic Johnson	Los Angeles Lakers
1979	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Dennis Johnson	Seattle SuperSonics
1978	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Wes Unseld	Washington Bullets
1977	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Bill Walton	Portland Trail Blazers
1976	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jo Jo White	Boston Celtics
1975	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Rick Barry	Golden State Warriors
1974	Image:Flag of the United States.svg John Havlicek	Boston Celtics
1973	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Willis Reed (2)	New York Knicks
1972	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Wilt Chamberlain	Los Angeles Lakers
1971	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Milwaukee Bucks
1970	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Willis Reed	New York Knicks
1969	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jerry West	Los Angeles Lakers†

† = Losing Team

[edit] Multiple honors

Players

No.	Player
6	Michael Jordan
3	Tim Duncan
	Shaquille O'Neal
	Magic Johnson
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
	Larry Bird
	Hakeem Olajuwon
	Willis Reed

Teams

No.	Team
10	Los Angeles Lakers
6	Chicago Bulls
5	Boston Celtics
4	San Antonio Spurs
3	Detroit Pistons
2	Houston Rockets
	New York Knicks

[edit] See also

• National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player Award

[edit] References

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