Stephen Curry wins MVP with 100 of 130 first-place votes
The Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry, who set a single-season record for three-pointers made and led the league's best regular-season team in scoring, assists and steals, has won the 2014-15 NBA Most Valuable Player Award, the NBA announced today.
The 6-3 guard becomes the second Warriors player to win the award, joining Wilt Chamberlain, who was honored in 1959-60 when the franchise played in Philadelphia.
Curry totaled 1,198 points, including 100 of 130 first-place votes, from a panel of 129 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada, as well as the MVP fan vote on NBA.com.
Rounding out the top five in the voting were the Houston Rockets' James Harden (936 points, 25 first-place votes), the Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James (552 points, five first-place votes), the Oklahoma City Thunder's Russell Westbrook (352 points) and the New Orleans Pelicans' Anthony Davis (203 points).
| Player | Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Curry | Golden State | 100 | 26 | 3 | -- | 1 | 1,198 |
| James Harden | Houston | 25 | 87 | 13 | 4 | -- | 936 |
| LeBron James | Cleveland | 5 | 12 | 62 | 32 | 12 | 552 |
| Russell Westbrook | Oklahoma City | -- | 5 | 33 | 41 | 29 | 352 |
| Anthony Davis | New Orleans | -- | -- | 9 | 35 | 53 | 203 |
| Chris Paul | L.A. Clippers | -- | -- | 10 | 15 | 29 | 124 |
| LaMarcus Aldridge | Portland | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Marc Gasol | Memphis | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 3 |
| Blake Griffin | L.A. Clippers | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 3 |
| Tim Duncan | San Antonio | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 |
| Kawhi Leonard | San Antonio | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 |
| Klay Thompson | Golden State | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 |