Oklahoma City Thunder star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has won his second consecutive NBA MVP award, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports.
The announcement is expected to be officially made before Sunday’s Game 7 between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons on Amazon Prime Video. And the honor comes one day before the Thunder begin their Western Conference finals series with the San Antonio Spurs.
Gilgeous-Alexander is the 14th player in league history to win MVP in back-to-back seasons.
The last player to win consecutive MVPs was Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić, who earned the award for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 campaigns. Prior to Jokić, the Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo won the honor for the previous two seasons.
Led by their star point guard, the Thunder finished with a 64-18 record, earning the NBA’s best mark for the second straight season. Gilgeous-Alexander averaged 31.1 points, second in the league behind the Los Angeles Lakers’ Luka Dončić. He also led the Thunder with 6.6 assists, along with 4.3 assists and 1.4 steals per game.
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