Cade Cunningham finishes 7th in MVP voting

Cade Cunningham finished seventh in MVP voting in a field led by MVP winner Shai-Gilgeous Alexander and Nikola Jokic. The Pistons’ star point guard received 12 points from a global media panel of 100 voters. He received one fourth-place vote (worth three points) and nine fifth-place votes (worth one point). He tied with Anthony Edwards of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Gilgeous-Alexander, the superstar who led the Oklahoma City Thunder to an NBA-high 68 wins. He led the league with 32.7 points per game to go along with 6.4 assists and 5 rebounds. Shai garnered 71 first-place votes, more than twice as many as the next-closest player. Finishing second was Denver Nuggets Nikola Jokic, the reigning…