Brilliant Leonard named Finals most valuable player

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By Lisa Maria Garza SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - San Antonio Spurs small forward Kawhi Leonard won his first NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) award after helping the team capture their fifth title with a crushing victory over the Miami Heat on Sunday. Leonard scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in San Antonio's 104-87 Game Five win in the best-of-seven series as the 22-year-old became the second youngest MVP in the NBA Finals history. Magic Johnson picked up the honor as a 20-year-old rookie for the Los Angeles Lakers in 1980, and again two years later, while Spurs team mate Tim Duncan won it as a 23-year-old in 1999.

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