Here's what to know about the announcement, finalists and expected winner for the NBA MVP award for the 2025 season as the Minnesota Timberwolves vs Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers vs New York Knicks' postseason series get underway.

Gilgeous-Alexander, 26, will reportedly be named the NBA Most Valuable Player on Wednesday following a campaign in which he averaged a league-best 32.7 points per game for a Thunder team that won 68 ...

He’d handed them Rolexes like Oprah, and they all couldn’t wait to show them off.

In his 22nd NBA season, the 40-year-old James averaged 24.4 points on 51.3 percent shooting, 8.2 assists and 7.8 rebounds per game.

The Knicks are favored by 4.5 points at Madison Square Garden and are -150 to win the series. In the Western Conference, the championship-favorite Oklahoma City Thunder came alive in the second half Tuesday and rolled to a 114-88 win in Game 1 of their series with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The New York Knicks vs. Indiana Pacers rivalry will be renewed in the 2025 Eastern Conference Finals, with Game 1 on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET.

Indiana had little trouble with the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the playoffs, advancing past their division rival as Tyrese Haliburton hit a game-winning layup to clinch the series at home ...