Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors clinched the NBA’s Most Valuable Player(MVP) award for a second consecutive year on Tuesday. The 28-year-old guard became the first ever unanimous winner of the award, securing all of the 131 votes.
The 131 votes gave him a total of 1310 points – a whopping 676 points more than second-placed Kawhi Leonard of the San Antonio Spurs, who finished with 634 points. Curry’s rival in the race to the MVP-LeBron James- finished 3rd with 631 points.
Curry finished the regular season with 73 wins and played a key role in ensuring the defending champions went 24 games without losing before the Milwaukee Bucks inflicted a maiden defeat on them in December last year.
He joins Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan and Steve Nash as the only guards to have won back-to-back MVP awards and is also the first ever player to have averaged a minimum of 30 points per game despite spending under 35 minutes per game on court.
In a sensational contest against the Portland Trailblazers on Monday night, Curry scored 40 points, despite not being in action for three weeks due to a sprained knee to help his side win in OverTime.
