Michael Jordan won six-time NBA Finals MVP
One of the major accomplishments of Michael Jordan is that he won six-time NBA Finals MVP. Since the 1969 NBA Finals, the Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award (previously known as the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award) has been granted annually. The award is decided by a jury of eleven media representatives who vote after the Finals conclude. The person with the most votes receives the award. Until 2005, the prize had a black trophy with a gold basketball-shaped sphere on top, similar to the Larry O'Brien Design, until a new trophy was produced to honor Bill Russell.
In the 1990-91 season, Jordan won his second MVP title after averaging 31.5 points per game on 53.9 percent shooting, 6.0 rebounds per game, and 5.5 assists per game during the regular season. For the first time in franchise history, the Bulls progressed to the NBA Finals, where they faced the Los Angeles Lakers, who included Magic Johnson and James Worthy, two strong opponents. The Bulls won the series four games to one and finished with a 15-2 playoff record. Jordan averaged 31.2 points per game on 56 percent shooting from the field, 11.4 assists per game, 6.6 rebounds per game, 2.8 steals per game, and 1.4 blocks per game in his first Finals appearance. Jordan was named NBA Finals MVP for the first time.
Jordan and the Bulls maintained their dominance in the 1991-92 season, finishing with a 67-15 record, breaking the franchise record set in 1990-91. Jordan set a Finals record with 35 points in the first half of the first game, including a record-setting six three-point field goals. Jordan was voted Finals MVP for the second year in a row, averaging 35.8 points per game, 4.8 rebounds per game, and 6.5 assists per game while shooting 52.6 percent from the field.
Jordan was voted Finals MVP for the fourth time in the 1995-96 season, surpassing Magic Johnson's three Finals MVP awards. Jordan scored 38 points in the 1996-97 season, including the game-winning 3-pointer with 25 seconds remaining. Jordan was named Finals MVP for the fifth time in as many Finals appearances.
Jordan topped the league in scoring with 28.7 points per game in the 1997-98 season, earning him his sixth regular-season MVP award, as well as All-NBA First Team, First Defensive Team, and All-Star Game MVP awards. Jordan hit the game-winning shot of his Bulls career, a top-key jumper over a collapsing Russell, to put Chicago up 87-86. Jordan and the Bulls won their sixth NBA title, completing the decade's second three-peat. Jordan was named Finals MVP for the second time, after averaging 33.5 points per game, including 45 in Game 6. Jordan's six Finals MVPs is a record.
