Stephen Curry picked up some shiny new hardware after the Golden State Warriors closed the Western Conference Finals on Thursday, beating the Mavericks 120-11.
The Baby-Faced Assassin is the first-ever winner of the Magic Johnson Trophy, the NBA’s newest postseason awarded earlier this month.
Stephen Curry is the first-ever recipient of the Earvin “Magic” Johnson Trophy awarded to the Western Conference Finals MVP! #DubNation pic.twitter.com/OmZ13l0LQS
— NBA (@NBA) May 27, 2022
Curry won the award after averaging 23.8 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 7.4 assists per game.
“This is a blessing,” Curry said. “Obviously, this is a team effort with what Draymond said, for us to be out the mix the last two years. To be where we belong back in the Finals — this is special.”
“Everything about it is special. . We know this isn’t the ultimate goal, but we have to celebrate this cause of all we went through these last three years.”
“This is special… we know this isn’t the ultimate goal but we have to celebrate this”
— NBA (@NBA) May 27, 2022
Stephen Curry accepts the FIRST EVER Earvin “Magic” Johnson Trophy awarded to the Western Conference Finals MVP. pic.twitter.com/5vCYlLxrcQ
Curry is now 6-0 in conference finals and will be making his six NBA Finals appearances in eight years. The two-time MVP has won three titles with the Warriors, last winning the whole thing in 2018 to end the final chapter of the Warriors-Cavaliers rivalry.
Steph really don’t care 😭😭😭 (via @NBA) pic.twitter.com/atPHeBVf9M
— SLAM (@SLAMonline) May 27, 2022
The No. 3 seed Warriors will meet the winner of the Miami-Boston Eastern Conference Finals. No. 2 seed Boston is currently up 3-2 heading into Friday’s Game 6 in Boston.
Although Boston and Golden State split their regular-season series, Golden State (53-29) owns the superior regular-season record. They will therefore hold home-court advantage when the Finals begin on June 2.
