1983-84 NBA season Finals, awards and best players

NBA Finals 1984

NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers (W) 3 Boston Celtics (E) 4

NBA Finals MVP: Larry Bird (Boston Celtics)

Main players: Larry Bird, Robert Parish, Kevin McHale (Boston Celtics), Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy (Los Angeles Lakers).

Regular Season MVP: Larry Bird (Boston Celtics).

All-NBA first team: Isiah Thomas (Detroit Pistons), Magic Johnson (Los Angeles Lakers), Bernard King (New York Knicks), Larry Bird (Boston Celtics), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles Lakers).

All-NBA second team: Sidney Moncrief (Milwaukee Bucks), Jim Paxson (Portland Trail Blazers), Julius Erving (Philadelphia 76ers), Adrian Dantley (Utah Jazz), Moses Malone (Philadelphia 76ers).

Category	Player	Pos.	Team	Value
Points	Adrian Dantley	F/G	Utah Jazz	30.6
Rebounds	Moses Malone	C/PF	Philadelphia 76ers	13.4
Blocks	Mark Eaton	C	Utah Jazz	4.3
Assists	Magic Johnson	PG/SG	Los Angeles Lakers	13.1
Steals	Rickey Green	PG	Utah Jazz	2.7
Efficiency	Adrian Dantley	F/G	Utah Jazz	24.6
3-point field goals	Darrell Griffith	SG	Utah Jazz	91

NBA Sixth Man: Kevin McHale (Boston Celtics).

PLAYER	GP	MP	FG	(%)	3P	(%)	FT	(%)	RB	AS	TO	PTS
Larry Bird	79	0.5	9.59/19.52	49.1	0.23/0.92	25.0	4.73/5.33	88.7	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.3
Adrian Dantley	79	0.5	10.15/18.20	55.8	0.01/0.05	20.0	10.29/11.97	86.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4
Jeff Ruland	75	0.5	7.99/13.80	57.9	0.01/0.09	11.1	6.21/8.48	73.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.3
Kiki Vandeweghe	78	0.4	11.47/20.55	55.8	0.14/0.38	36.8	6.33/7.44	85.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4
Moses Malone	71	0.5	7.49/15.51	48.3	0.00/0.06	0.0	7.68/10.24	75.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3
Alex English	82	0.4	11.06/20.90	52.9	0.01/0.09	11.1	4.29/5.21	82.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.3
Jack Sikma	82	0.4	7.02/14.09	49.8	0.00/0.02	0.0	5.01/5.85	85.6	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2
Mark Aguirre	79	0.5	11.71/22.34	52.4	0.19/0.71	26.8	5.89/7.86	74.9	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.4
Bill Laimbeer	82	0.4	6.74/12.73	52.9	0.00/0.13	0.0	3.85/4.45	86.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2
Isiah Thomas	82	0.4	8.16/17.66	46.2	0.27/0.79	34.2	4.73/6.45	73.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.3

Defensive Player of the Year: Sidney Moncrief (Milwaukee Bucks).

All-Defensive first team: Maurice Cheeks (Philadelphia 76ers), Sidney Moncrief (Milwaukee Bucks), Michael Cooper (Los Angeles Lakers), Bobby Jones (Philadelphia 76ers), Tree Rollins (Atlanta Hawks).

All-Defensive second team: Dennis Johnson (Boston Celtics), T.R. Dunn (Denver Nuggets), Larry Bird (Boston Celtics), Dan Roundfield (Atlanta Hawks), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles Lakers).

Rookie of the Year: Ralph Sampson (Houston Rockets).

All-Rookies first team: Darrell Walker (New York Knicks), Jeff Malone (Washington Bullets), Byron Scott (Los Angeles Lakers), Thurl Bailey (Utah Jazz), Ralph Sampson (Houston Rockets), Steve Stipanovich (Indiana Pacers).

Month	Player
November	Magic Johnson (Los Angeles Lakers)
December	Jeff Ruland (Washington Bullets)
January	Mark Aguirre (Dallas Mavericks)
February	Bernard King (New York Knicks)
March	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles Lakers)

* Player was selected but he could not play the game

All-Star Game MVP: Isiah Thomas (Detroit Pistons).

Citizenship award: Frank Layden (Utah Jazz).