Cade Cunningham finishes fifth in NBA MVP race
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Cade Cunningham fell short of winning the NBA's Most Valuable Player. But the Detroit Pistons' superstar was one of the leading vote-getters for the prestigious award. Cunningham finished fifth in MVP voting, with six of the 100 global media voters placing him in their top three, the league announced before the Pistons' Game 7 against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday, May 17. Cunningham, who received the fourth-most first-place votes, was among the highest vote-getters after leading the Pistons to a 60-win season and No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, averaging 23.9 points, 9.9 assists and 5.5 rebounds per game. He likely will be in the running for All-NBA First Team, which will be announced at a later date.
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Cunningham received two first-place votes, one second, three thirds, 11 fourths and 42 fifths, for a total of 117 points in the 10-7-5-3-1 scoring system. His Game 7 opponent, Donovan Mitchell of the Cavaliers, finished tied for seventh (with the Clippers' Kawhi Leonard), with one fifth-place vote.
The award went to Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who is the 14th player in NBA history to take the award home in back-to-back seasons. SGA received 83 of a possible first-place votes and got at least a fourth-place vote on every ballot to finish with 939 points, out of a possible 1,000.
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (10 first-place votes, 634 points) and San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama )five, 589)also finished top three in MVP voting. LA LAkers guard Luka Doncic finished fourth, with 250 points.
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This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: NBA MVP vote: Where Cade Cunningham finished