Complete list of the 'Bill Russell' NBA Finals MVP (Most Valuable Player) award winners:
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The NBA MVP award is given to the player who is voted as most valuable during the regular season. The NBA Finals MVP award is given to the most outstanding player of the NBA Finals.
The NBA Finals MVP is named after Bill Russell, in honor of his many Finals accomplishment's.
The NBA Finals MVP award has been given out annually since the 1968-69 season.
Michael Jordan won the award six times in his career, the most in the history of the NBA.
Jerry West, the inaugural award recipient, is the only person to win while being on the losing team. The year he won it (in the 1969 playoffs), he and the Los Angeles Lakers lost the NBA Finals 4 games to 3 to the Boston Celtics.
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The 1987 NBA finals MVP award went to Earvin "Magic" Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers. It was his third MVP award, having won the first two in 1980 and 1982.
In the 2010 NBA Finals, Kobe Bryant won his second straight MVP Award.
Michael Jordan won 6 NBA Finals with the Chicago Bulls. Jordan never lost a finals series. In all the NBA Finals series he played, he received the Finals MVP award.
Larry Bird won the NBA MVP award three times in 1984, 1985, and 1986. He also won the NBA Finals MVP twice in 1984 and 1986.
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