Stephen Curry, the leader and leading scorer of the team with the best regular-season record in the storied history of this glorious game, sits atop the throne for the second straight season. The ceremonial acknowledgment will come in the form of a second consecutive Maurice Podoloff Trophy, given annually to the league's most valuable player, with Curry's name splashed across the front. He went wire-to-wire here atop this, our final Kia Race to the MVP Ladder, distancing himself from a stellar crowd that includes four-time MVP (LeBron James), the 2014 Kia MVP (Kevin Durant), the reigning Kia Defensive Player of the Year (Kawhi Leonard) and this season's triple-double king (Russell Westbrook). Curry's improvement from last season fueled both his transcendent individual season and the Warriors' historic march to 73-wins, surpassing the Michael Jordan-led 1995-96 Chicago Bulls' 72-win season.
