Watch Shai Gilgeous-Alexander officially accept 2025-26 MVP award

Before the start of Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder, the league finally awarded Shai Gilgeous-Alexander the 2025-26 MVP Trophy.

The Thunder crowd erupted in cheers as NBA Commissioner Adam Silver handed the highly coveted award to the 27-year-old point guard. Gilgeous-Alexander immediately lifted the trophy into the air while the entire arena applauded him.

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Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander officially accepts the 2025-26 NBA MVP award from Adam Silver

The Most Valuable Player for the 2nd straight season!pic.twitter.com/kGqW1snLSJ

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Here is another angle of SGA accepting the MVP Trophy from up in the stands.

From inside Paycom Center

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is awarded his second consecutive MVP Award by NBA commissioner Adam Silver before Game 1 of Thunder vs. Spurs

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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won the MVP in a landslide after receiving 83 first-place votes. Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic came in second with just 10 first-place votes, while Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs finished in third with five first-place votes. Gilgeous-Alexander is also just the 14th player in league history to win consecutive MVP Awards.

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