NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award

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The NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award is an annual honor given to the player judged to have the most outstanding performance during the NBA’s championship series.

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award 4
NBA Finals MVP 3
NBA Finals MVP Award 2
2004 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award 1
2021 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award 1
NBA Finals MVP Award renamed Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf basketball award ⓘ
sports award ⓘ
awardedFor most outstanding performance in the NBA Finals ⓘ
category Most Valuable Player awards ⓘ
competition NBA Finals games ⓘ
surface form: NBA Finals
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
eligibility players participating in the NBA Finals ⓘ
firstAwarded 1969 ⓘ
firstWinner Jerry West ⓘ
firstWinnerFinals 1969 NBA Finals ⓘ
firstWinnerNotableFact only player to win the award while on the losing team ⓘ
firstWinnerSeason 1968–69 NBA season ⓘ
firstWinnerTeam Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
formerName NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award self-link ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
givenBy National Basketball Association ⓘ
surface form: NBA

National Basketball Association ⓘ
inception 1969 ⓘ
introducedBy National Basketball Association ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName English ⓘ
league National Basketball Association ⓘ
mostAwardsCount 6 ⓘ
mostAwardsHolder Michael Jordan ⓘ
mostAwardsHolderTeam Chicago Bulls ⓘ
namedAfter Bill Russell ⓘ
namedAfterReason to honor Bill Russell’s legacy as an NBA Finals legend ⓘ
namedAfterSince 2009 ⓘ
officialName NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
partOf NBA postseason awards ⓘ
phaseOfSeason NBA Finals games ⓘ
surface form: NBA Finals
presentedAt NBA Finals games ⓘ
surface form: NBA Finals
relatedAward Kobe Bryant All-Star Game MVP Award ⓘ
surface form: NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player Award

NBA Conference Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
NBA Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
scope NBA playoffs ⓘ
selectionCriteria performance during the NBA championship series ⓘ
selectionProcess voting by a panel of media members ⓘ
shortName NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NBA Finals MVP
sport basketball ⓘ
teamWithMostWinners Boston Celtics ⓘ
Chicago Bulls ⓘ
Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
trophyMaterial metal ⓘ
trophyType individual player trophy ⓘ
voters media members covering the NBA Finals ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

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Giannis Antetokounmpo → FinalsMVPaward → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2021 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
NBA playoffs → MVPaward → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
NBA Finals games → associatedAward → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
NBA champion → associatedAward → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA Finals MVP
The Truth → award → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA Finals MVP
Bill Walton → awardReceived → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
Cedric Maxwell → awardReceived → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
Cornbread → awardReceived → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
subject surface form: Cedric Maxwell
DJ → awardReceived → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
Jo Jo White → awardReceived → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
Joseph Henry White → awardReceived → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
subject surface form: Jo Jo White
Kawhi Leonard → awardReceived → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
Bird → awardReceived → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
subject surface form: Larry Bird
Pierce → awardReceived → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
subject surface form: Paul Pierce
Willis Reed → awardReceived → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
Chauncey Billups → awardYear → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2004 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
1969 NBA Finals → firstToFeature → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award → formerName → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award self-link ⓘ
Unseld → honor → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
subject surface form: Wes Unseld
William Felton Russell → honoredBy → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA Finals MVP Award renamed Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
NBA Awards → includes → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
NBA Executive of the Year Award → isDifferentFrom → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA Finals MVP Award
1969 NBA Finals → mvpAwardLaterName → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
1969 NBA Finals → mvpAwardNameAtTime → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
Westley → notableAchievement → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
subject surface form: Westley Unseld
NBA Awards → notableAward → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award → officialName → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Trophy → relatedAward → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
NBA Most Valuable Player Award → relatedAward → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
NBA Conference Finals Most Valuable Player Award → relatedTo → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award → shortName → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA Finals MVP
Chauncey Billups → wonAward → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
Moses Malone → wonAward → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA Finals MVP Award
Pierce → wonAward → NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
subject surface form: Paul Pierce