Bob Cousy won the MVP award when putting up <23.0 points per game in 1956-57.

players who won mvp and averaged under 23 ppg
Interpreted as:
players who won mvp in a regular season and averaged under 23 ppg
1956-57 Cousy 1957-58 Russell 1960-61 Russell 1961-62 Russell 1962-63 Russell 1964-65 Russell 1968-69 Unseld 1969-70 Reed 1972-73 Cowens 1977-78 Walton 1988-89 Johnson 1989-90 Johnson 2004-05 Nash 2005-06 Nash 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 20.6 16.6 16.9 18.9 16.8 14.1 13.8 21.7 20.5 18.9 22.5 22.3 15.5 18.8
NAME MVP PPG SEASON TM GP MPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF +/-
Bob Cousy Bob Cousy 1 20.6 1956-57
BOS BOS
64 36.9 4.8 7.5 7.5 19.8 37.8 5.7 6.9 82.1 2,364 1,319 309 478 134
Bill Russell Bill Russell 1 16.6 1957-58
BOS BOS
69 38.3 22.7 2.9 6.6 15.0 44.2 3.3 6.4 51.9 2,640 1,142 1,564 202 181
Bill Russell Bill Russell 1 16.9 1960-61
BOS BOS
78 44.3 23.9 3.4 6.8 16.0 42.6 3.3 6.0 55.0 3,458 1,322 1,868 268 155
Bill Russell Bill Russell 1 18.9 1961-62
BOS BOS
76 45.2 23.6 4.5 7.6 16.6 45.7 3.8 6.3 59.5 3,433 1,436 1,790 341 207
Bill Russell Bill Russell 1 16.8 1962-63
BOS BOS
78 44.9 23.6 4.5 6.6 15.2 43.2 3.7 6.6 55.5 3,500 1,309 1,843 348 189
Bill Russell Bill Russell 1 14.1 1964-65
BOS BOS
78 44.4 24.1 5.3 5.5 12.6 43.8 3.1 5.5 57.3 3,466 1,102 1,878 410 204
Wes Unseld Wes Unseld 1 13.8 1968-69
BAL BAL
82 36.2 18.2 2.6 5.2 10.9 47.6 3.4 5.6 60.5 2,970 1,131 1,491 213 276
Willis Reed Willis Reed 1 21.7 1969-70
NYK NYK
81 38.1 13.9 2.0 8.7 17.1 50.7 4.3 5.7 75.6 3,089 1,755 1,126 161 287
Dave Cowens Dave Cowens 1 20.5 1972-73
BOS BOS
82 41.8 16.2 4.1 9.0 20.0 45.2 2.5 3.2 77.9 3,425 1,684 1,329 333 311
Bill Walton Bill Walton 1 18.9 1977-78
POR POR
58 33.3 13.2 5.0 1.0 2.5 3.6 7.9 15.2 52.2 3.1 4.2 72.0 1,929 1,097 766 291 60 146 206 145
Magic Johnson Magic Johnson 1 22.5 1988-89
LAL LAL
77 37.5 7.9 12.8 1.8 0.3 4.1 7.5 14.8 50.9 0.8 2.4 31.4 6.7 7.3 91.1 2,886 1,730 607 988 138 22 312 172
Magic Johnson Magic Johnson 1 22.3 1989-90
LAL LAL
79 37.2 6.6 11.5 1.7 0.4 3.7 6.9 14.4 48.0 1.3 3.5 38.4 7.2 8.1 89.0 2,937 1,765 522 907 132 34 289 167
Steve Nash Steve Nash 1 15.5 2004-05
PHX PHX
75 34.3 3.3 11.5 1.0 0.1 3.3 5.7 11.4 50.2 1.3 2.9 43.1 2.8 3.2 88.7 2,573 1,165 249 861 74 6 245 136 +664
Steve Nash Steve Nash 1 18.8 2005-06
PHX PHX
79 35.4 4.2 10.5 0.8 0.2 3.5 6.8 13.4 51.2 1.9 4.3 43.9 3.3 3.5 92.1 2,796 1,489 333 826 61 12 276 120 +472

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TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Celtics Celtics
64 18 .780
2
Knicks Knicks
50 32 .610 14.0
3
Bucks Bucks
49 33 .598 15.0
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
48 34 .585 16.0
5
Magic Magic
47 35 .573 17.0

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
BOS BOS
@
MIA MIA
6:00 PM
Mon
4/29
BOS BOS
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM
Wed
5/1
MIA MIA
@
BOS BOS
7:30 PM
Fri
5/3
BOS BOS
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM
Sun
5/5
MIA MIA
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BOS BOS
1:00 PM

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101

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MIA Heat

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6.0

Lillard

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Doncic

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92.6

Wright

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Hauser

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White

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Knicks

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Timberwolves

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Thunder

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Celtics

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Nuggets

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Cavaliers

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Suns

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Lakers

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Magic

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76ers

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Heat

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Magic

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Mavericks

49-35

76ers

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Thunder

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Rockets

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Pacers

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Hornets

34-48

Bucks

36-48

Suns

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Raptors

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Nets

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Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Celtics Celtics
64 18 .780
2
Knicks Knicks
50 32 .610 14.0
3
Bucks Bucks
49 33 .598 15.0
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
48 34 .585 16.0
5
Magic Magic
47 35 .573 17.0
6
Pacers Pacers
47 35 .573 17.0
Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
57 25 .695
2
Nuggets Nuggets
57 25 .695
3
Timberwolves Timberwolves
56 26 .683 1.0
4
Clippers Clippers
51 31 .622 6.0
5
Mavericks Mavericks
50 32 .610 7.0
6
Suns Suns
49 33 .598 8.0

NBA 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
4/24
NYK NYK
@
PHI PHI
114-125
Wed
4/24
DEN DEN
@
LAL LAL
112-105
Wed
4/24
CLE CLE
@
ORL ORL
83-121
Tue
4/23
NOP NOP
@
OKC OKC
92-124
Tue
4/23
MIA MIA
@
BOS BOS
111-101

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
MIL MIL
@
IND IND
5:30 PM
Fri
4/26
LAC LAC
@
DAL DAL
8:00 PM
Fri
4/26
MIN MIN
@
PHX PHX
10:30 PM
Sat
4/27
CLE CLE
@
ORL ORL
1:00 PM
Sat
4/27
OKC OKC
@
NOP NOP
3:30 PM