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The 26-year-old Canadian guard edged out strong competition from Denver's Nikola Jokić and Dallas' Luka Dončić in voting by a global panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder won the NBA’s Most Valuable Player on Sunday for the second consecutive year.

He is the first player to win consecutive MVP awards since Denver Nuggets centre Nikola Jokic in 2020-21 and 2021-22 and the first guard to win consecutive MVPs since Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry in 2014-15 ‌and 2015-16.