New York: Golden State Warriors star guard Stephen Curry on Monday was named the NBA Most Valuable Player for the 2014-15 season. Curry -- who set a single season record for three-pointers made -- earned 1,198 points in balloting for the award, including 100 of 130 first-place votes, the National Basketball Association said in a statement.


Stephen Curry. Pic/AFP 

A panel of 129 sportswriters and broadcasters in the United States and Canada cast ballots, as did fans in an NBA.com vote. The fan vote counts as one ballot toward determining a winner. James Harden of the Houston Rockets finished second in the voting with 936 points. Four-time MVP LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers was third (552 points), followed by the Oklahoma City Thunder's Russell Westbrook (352 points) and Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans.