He won two Western Conference titles, defeating the Lakers in 1971 and Chicago Bulls (who also used to play in the West) in 1974. His lone Western Conference Finals loss came against the Lakers in ...

The NBA has named a piece of hardware after Michigan State and Laker legend Magic Johnson. The league announced Thursday that it will now award MVP awards for both the Western Conference Finals ...

The NBA championship trophy isn't the only one getting a redesign, as the Finals MVP trophy, named after Celtics legend Bill Russell since 2009, will now be finished completely in gold vermeil.

The Western Conference Finals MVP award, officially named the Magic Johnson Trophy, holds deep significance in the NBA. Introduced in 2022, it honors the most outstanding player from the Western ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA’s championship trophy has a new look, and the league will hand out some new trophies for the first time during these playoffs.

The NBA unveiled redesigns of the Larry O'Brien Trophy, NBA Finals MVP and Eastern and Western Conference trophies Thursday, along with introducing new conference finals MVP awards.

The NBA will also award a conference champion trophy to the top team from each conference, with the West being named after Milwaukee Bucks champion Oscar Robertson (the Bucks were in the West in ...

The Eastern Conference championship trophy has been renamed for Bob Cousy, the Western Conference championship trophy for Oscar Robertson. And for the first time, there will be MVP’s of the ...

The NBA is making design changes to the Larry O'Brien Trophy and will give out conference finals MVP hardware named after Hall of Famers Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, the league announced on Thursday.

The NBA is naming its conference champion trophies after two NBA legends, Bob Cousy and Oscar Robertson, for their outstanding contributions on the court and the impact they made as early ...