By Eurohoops Team / info@eurohoops.net
After being the runner-up for consecutive seasons, James Harden finally won the MVP award for the first time in his career.
Harden averaged 30.4 points per game to go along with 8.8 assists leading the Rockets to an NBA best 65-17 record.
“Wow. All glory to God man. All glory to God. Wow,” Harden said before continuing with his speech.
“The last four years have been like knocking on the door, knocking on the door,” he added. “Now the moment is finally here. Just every single year, you try to come back and be better than you were the year before, and just to be holding that trophy finally, it means a lot. But it doesn’t stop here. We’ve got a long way to go. But it feels good to have it though.”
On the contrary, Ben Simmons won the rookie of the year over Utah’s Donovan Mitchell. The Australian averaged 15.8 points, 8.2 rebounds and 8.1 assists per game
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