when did they start giving conference finals mvp

Magic Johnson won the Finals MVP award once as a starter in the 1982 Western Conference Finals.

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When did they start giving conference finals mvp in a season by a player?

	NAME	FMVP	SEASON	SERIES	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1	1981-82	Conference Finals	LAL	4	40.8	16.5	11.5	9.8	3.5	0.3	5.5	11.5	47.8	0.0	0.0		5.5	6.8	81.5	57.0			2.0	163	66	46	39	14	1	8	14
2	Moses Malone M. Malone	1	1982-83	Conference Finals	PHI	5	41.6	22.0	14.4	0.8	1.4	2.2	8.8	16.8	52.4	0.0	0.0		4.4	5.6	78.6	57.1	4.6	9.8	3.4	208	110	72	4	7	11	17	12
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	1	1983-84	Conference Finals	BOS	5	40.4	27.4	10.0	6.0	2.4	0.6	9.2	18.4	50.0	0.2	0.4	50.0	8.8	9.8	89.8	60.3	2.2	7.8	5.8	202	137	50	30	12	3	29	12
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1	1984-85	Conference Finals	LAL	5	32.0	20.0	7.6	4.6	0.6	1.8	8.4	16.8	50.0	0.0	0.0		3.2	3.6	88.9	54.4	2.0	5.6	3.4	160	100	38	23	3	9	17	15
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	1	1985-86	Conference Finals	BOS	4	41.0	25.3	9.5	8.0	1.8	0.3	9.0	16.5	54.5	2.3	4.5	50.0	5.0	5.3	95.2	67.1	1.8	7.8	4.0	164	101	38	32	7	1	16	11
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1	1986-87	Conference Finals	LAL	4	38.5	19.8	7.3	11.0	2.0	0.5	5.8	12.8	45.1	0.0	0.8	0.0	8.3	9.8	84.6	58.0	0.5	6.8	3.8	154	79	29	44	8	2	15	12
7	James Worthy J. Worthy	1	1987-88	Conference Finals	LAL	7	39.6	23.4	5.7	5.0	1.7	1.0	10.0	17.6	56.9	0.0	0.6	0.0	3.4	4.3	80.0	60.2	2.4	3.3	1.9	277	164	40	35	12	7	13	17
8	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	1	1988-89	Conference Finals	DET	6	35.5	13.0	2.8	4.2	0.8	0.0	4.5	12.2	37.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	4.0	4.7	85.7	45.7	1.2	1.7	2.2	213	78	17	25	5	0	13	15
9	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1	1989-90	Conference Finals	DET	7	38.4	17.6	6.1	8.6	2.9	0.4	5.7	14.4	39.6	1.1	3.4	33.3	5.0	6.0	83.3	51.5	1.0	5.1	3.3	269	123	43	60	20	3	23	23
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1	1990-91	Conference Finals	CHI	4	40.0	29.8	5.3	7.0	2.3	1.8	9.5	17.8	53.5	0.8	1.3	60.0	10.0	12.0	83.3	64.6	0.5	4.8	3.0	160	119	21	28	9	7	12	12
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1	1991-92	Conference Finals	CHI	6	40.8	31.7	6.5	6.3	2.5	0.5	12.2	27.7	44.0	0.5	1.0	50.0	6.8	7.5	91.1	51.1	2.5	4.0	3.3	245	190	39	38	15	3	20	16
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1	1992-93	Conference Finals	CHI	6	41.5	32.2	6.2	7.0	2.5	1.0	10.3	25.8	40.0	1.7	4.2	40.0	9.8	11.3	86.8	52.2	1.2	5.0	2.3	249	193	37	42	15	6	14	20
13	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1	1993-94	Conference Finals	HOU	5	44.8	27.8	10.2	4.4	2.6	4.6	10.2	20.4	50.0	0.0	0.0		7.4	9.2	80.4	56.9	2.0	8.2	4.0	224	139	51	22	13	23	20	15
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1	1994-95	Conference Finals	HOU	6	43.5	35.3	12.5	5.0	1.3	4.2	15.5	27.7	56.0	0.2	0.3	50.0	4.2	5.2	80.6	59.0	2.7	9.8	3.7	261	212	75	30	8	25	22	29
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1	1995-96	Conference Finals	CHI	4	40.8	29.5	5.5	4.8	2.3	0.8	9.8	18.8	52.0	1.8	2.8	63.6	8.3	11.0	75.0	62.5	2.0	3.5	2.8	163	118	22	19	9	3	11	11
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1	1996-97	Conference Finals	CHI	5	41.8	30.2	8.0	2.6	1.8	0.8	10.6	27.4	38.7	0.4	3.4	11.8	8.6	10.0	86.0	47.5	2.6	5.4	2.6	209	151	40	13	9	4	13	13	+56
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1	1997-98	Conference Finals	CHI	7	41.0	31.7	5.7	4.1	1.7	0.4	11.1	23.9	46.7	0.9	2.1	40.0	8.6	10.6	81.1	55.6	1.7	4.0	2.4	287	222	40	29	12	3	17	20	+50
18	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	1	1998-99	Conference Finals	SAS	4	39.5	16.8	9.8	2.5	0.3	3.5	6.3	12.0	52.1	0.0	0.0		4.3	7.5	56.7	54.7	3.5	6.3	2.5	158	67	39	10	1	14	10	13	+32
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	1	1999-00	Conference Finals	LAL	7	45.7	25.9	12.4	4.3	0.1	1.9	9.3	17.3	53.7	0.0	0.0		7.3	14.1	51.5	55.0	3.7	8.7	2.7	320	181	87	30	1	13	19	18	+13
20	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	1	2000-01	Conference Finals	LAL	4	39.0	27.0	13.0	2.5	0.8	1.3	11.5	21.3	54.1	0.0	0.0		4.0	7.8	51.6	54.7	4.0	9.0	3.5	156	108	52	10	3	5	14	12	+64
21	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	1	2001-02	Conference Finals	LAL	7	41.1	30.3	13.6	1.6	0.4	2.4	12.0	22.6	53.2	0.0	0.0		6.3	9.9	63.8	56.3	4.4	9.1	3.6	288	212	95	11	3	17	25	28	+35
22	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	1	2002-03	Conference Finals	SAS	6	43.3	28.0	16.7	5.8	0.8	3.0	10.3	18.2	56.9	0.0	0.5	0.0	7.3	11.5	63.8	60.3	4.7	12.0	3.0	260	168	100	35	5	18	18	22	+45
23	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	1	2003-04	Conference Finals	DET	6	37.7	12.7	3.3	5.7	1.3	0.3	3.3	10.8	30.8	1.2	4.5	25.9	4.8	5.7	85.3	47.5	0.7	2.7	3.7	226	76	20	34	8	2	22	13	+10
24	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	1	2004-05	Conference Finals	SAS	5	39.6	27.4	13.8	3.2	0.6	1.8	9.8	18.6	52.7	0.0	0.6	0.0	7.8	10.4	75.0	59.1	4.6	9.2	3.0	198	137	69	16	3	9	15	15	+13
25	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	1	2005-06	Conference Finals	MIA	6	40.4	26.7	5.2	5.5	1.8	1.5	9.7	15.7	61.7	0.3	1.3	25.0	7.0	8.7	80.8	68.4	0.7	4.5	4.7	243	160	31	33	11	9	28	16	+34

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