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Westbrook Named NBA All-Star MVP For Second Straight Year

nba.com/thunder

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook has been named MVP of the 2016 NBA All-Star game, giving him the award for the second straight season.

Westbrook led the Western Conference with 31 points, eight rebounds and five assists in a 196-173 win over the Eastern Conference in Toronto.

Westbrook won the award in Brooklyn last year as well. The only other player to win back-to-back All-Star MVPs was Bob Pettit of St. Louis in 1958 and 1959. But Pettit shared the award with Elgin Baylor in 1959.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCn1zAqwXy0

The Thunder resume regular season action on Friday in OKC, against the Indiana Pacers.

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