NBA
Lakers star Kobe Bryant wins first MVP award
Published: Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 2:41 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 2:41 p.m.
LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant has won his first MVP
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Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant.
Press Democrat file photoaward after
leading the Los Angeles Lakers to the best record in the
Western
Conference.
He will receive the trophy Wednesday night from
commissioner
David Stern before the Lakers face Utah in Game 2 of
their
conference semifinal. Bryant was followed in the voting
Tuesday by
Chris Paul, Kevin Garnett and LeBron James.
Bryant entered the season as the league’s two-time
defending
scoring champion but had finished only as high as third
in MVP
voting. He averaged 28.3 points while playing all 82
games despite
tearing a pinkie ligament in February.
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