who is the only player to win reg season mvp while averaging less than 20 points per game

Bill Russell won the MVP award when scoring <20.0 points per game in 1957-58.

Interpreted as:
Who is the only player to win reg season mvp in a season while averaging less than 20 points per game?
NAMEMVPPPGSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Bill Russell
B. Russell
1
16.6
1957-58
69
38.3
22.7
2.9
6.6
15.0
44.2
3.3
6.4
51.9
46.5
2,640
1,142
1,564
202
181
2Bill Russell
B. Russell
1
16.9
1960-61
78
44.3
23.9
3.4
6.8
16.0
42.6
3.3
6.0
55.0
45.4
3,458
1,322
1,868
268
155
3Bill Russell
B. Russell
1
18.9
1961-62
76
45.2
23.6
4.5
7.6
16.6
45.7
3.8
6.3
59.5
48.9
3,433
1,436
1,790
341
207
4Bill Russell
B. Russell
1
16.8
1962-63
78
44.9
23.6
4.5
6.6
15.2
43.2
3.7
6.6
55.5
46.4
3,500
1,309
1,843
348
189
5Bill Russell
B. Russell
1
14.1
1964-65
78
44.4
24.1
5.3
5.5
12.6
43.8
3.1
5.5
57.3
47.2
3,466
1,102
1,878
410
204
6Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
1
13.8
1968-69
82
36.2
18.2
2.6
5.2
10.9
47.6
3.4
5.6
60.5
51.5
2,970
1,131
1,491
213
276
7Bill Walton
B. Walton
1
18.9
1977-78
58
33.3
13.2
5.0
1.0
2.5
7.9
15.2
52.2
3.1
4.2
72.0
55.4
2.0
11.2
3.6
1,929
1,097
766
291
60
146
206
145
8Steve Nash
S. Nash
1
15.5
2004-05
75
34.3
3.3
11.5
1.0
0.1
5.7
11.4
50.2
1.3
2.9
43.1
2.8
3.2
88.7
60.6
0.8
2.6
3.3
2,573
1,165
249
861
74
6
245
136
+664
9Steve Nash
S. Nash
1
18.8
2005-06
79
35.4
4.2
10.5
0.8
0.2
6.8
13.4
51.2
1.9
4.3
43.9
3.3
3.5
92.1
63.2
0.6
3.6
3.5
2,796
1,489
333
826
61
12
276
120
+472

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