Kevin Durant Wins First NBA MVP Award

Update: Here is parts of Durant's acceptance speech from Tuesday:



Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant was named league MVP on Tuesday. According to ESPN, he collected 119 of a possible 125 first-place votes.

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Heat star LeBron James had the six other first-place votes and was second. Blake Griffin, Joakim Noah and James Harden rounded out the top five.

Behind Durant's team-high 33 points, the Thunder advanced to the second round of playoffs with a 120-109 victory in Game 7 on Saturday against the Memphis Grizzlies.

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Durant is the first player to win both the scoring title and the MVP award in the same season since Allen Iverson did it in 2000-01.

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