NBA: Looking Back At The Biggest Basketball Moments From 2016

Jun 16, 2016; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) stares at Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) in the fourth quarter in game six of the NBA Finals at Quicken Loans Arena. Cleveland won 115-101. Mandatory Credit: David Richard-USA TODAY Sports /

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May 11, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) with the MVP trophy before game five of the second round of the NBA Playoffs against the Portland Trail Blazers at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /

Steph goes unanimous

With the Warriors going 73-9, it was easy for voters to select an MVP. So easy that it led to Stephen Curry becoming the first unanimous MVP in NBA history. His selection was realistically the only choice, and he basically clinched the award in the early parts of the season.

For a fact, after his12 three-pointer game against the Thunder on February 12th, in which he scored 46 points, set a league record for three-pointers in a season and had the kahunas to pull-up from 38-feet to hit the game-winner in overtime.

Curry’s historic season as a two-time MVP has a bevy of highlights to it, but what stands out the most with it is his improvement. He yet again broke his own record for three-pointers in a season (402) and became a member of the elusive 50-40-90 club for the first time in his career, while averaging a league-high 30.1 points per game. The aforementioned average is a huge increase the 23.8 he had in the season prior in his first MVP season.

Typically, an individual’s MVP campaign is their best one, but for some reason Curry showed many that he could improve in multiple ways from the season prior. That, along with setting records for himself and team, led him to go unanimous and have one of the best regular seasons in league history.

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