Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid finally broke through the barrier that Giannis Antetokounmpo and Nikola Jokić had built, beating both two-time NBA MVPs to win the first trophy named for Michael Jordan.
Embiid, who finished runner-up to Jokić each of the past two seasons, received 73 first-place votes and 915 total points from the 100-member media voting panel. He edged Jokic in the most heated MVP discussion since Russell Westbrook defeated James Harden in 2017.Jokić owned the advanced statistical advantage
for a third straight season, and Antetokounmpo is, by most accounts, the best player alive, leading the NBA's top-ranked team, but Embiid was a regular season force. He led the league in scoring for a second straight year, averaging 33.1 points per game — the most by a center since Bob McAdoo averaged 34.5 in his 1975 MVP campaign. Embiid added 10.2 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 2.7 combined blocks and steals in 34.6 minutes a night.
Only Bill Walton played fewer games in an MVP season than Embiid's 66. Still, when Embiid was on the court this season, the Sixers won almost two-thirds of those games, registering offensive and defensive ratings that would have ranked first and second if averaged in a full season, respectively. The 7-foot Cameroonian joins Hakeem Olajuwon as the only African-born players to win the league's MVP award. Embiid is the sixth player born outside the United States to capture the honor, joining two-time winners Jokić, Antetokounmpo and Steve Nash as well as Olajuwon and Dirk Nowitzki. International players have won the league's last five MVPs and swept the top three spots in the voting for a second straight year.
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