""This award means a lot. To get this award, you have to help your team win games late and what I'm about more than anything is winning games.""
""I'm proud I get to hoist it. It means I'm effective out there.""
""Gilgeous-Alexander has been a contender for the clutch award since it was added to the league's slate of trophies; he was third last season, eighth in 2024 and seventh in 2023.""
""Gilgeous-Alexander becomes the fourth player to win the clutch award, which was added in tribute to Jerry West -- the inspiration for the NBA's logo and the player long known as 'Mr. Clutch'.""
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Oklahoma City guard, has won the Clutch Player of the Year award, marking another achievement in his career. He is favored to win a second consecutive MVP trophy and is expected to make the All-NBA team for the fourth time. Gilgeous-Alexander expressed pride in winning the clutch award, emphasizing his focus on helping his team win games. He topped finalists Anthony Edwards and Jamal Murray for the award, which was determined by a survey of league coaches and a panel of reporters.
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