Shay Gilges-Alexander is the NBA MVP

Oklahoma City's Shay Gilges-Alexander has won his second consecutive NBA MVP award, reports ESPN reporter Shams Charania.

Gilges-Alexander celebrated in competition with Nikola Jokić (Denver) and Victor Wembanyama (San Antonio).

The Oklahoma City star is the first player since Nikola Jokić to win the MVP award two years in a row. The Denver player did so in the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons. Gilges-Alexander is the first guard to win back-to-back MVP titles since Steph Curry in 2015 and 2016.

Gilges-Alexander is averaging 31,1 points per game, along with 4,3 rebounds and 6,6 assists.

The Canadian became the first guard in NBA history to average at least 30 points on more than 55 percent shooting from the field over a full season. He joined Michael Jordan as the only player in league history to average at least 30 points, five assists and shoot more than 50 percent from the field in four consecutive seasons.

He scored at least 20 points in every game throughout the season, becoming only the third player in NBA history to do so, after Wilt Chamberlain and Elgin Baylor.

Oklahoma finished the regular season in the NBA League in first place in the Western Conference with a score of 64-18. Then they eliminated Phoenix in the first round of the playoffs, and in the semifinals the Los Angeles Lakers, while in the Western Conference finals they will play against the San Antonio Spurs.