Victor Wembanyama won the Western Conference Finals MVP award, the Magic Johnson Trophy, in 2026, after San Antonio beat Oklahoma City in seven games and won Game 7 111-103 on the road. The next Western Conference Finals are part of the 2027 NBA playoffs, which start on Saturday, April 17, 2027; no price on the 2027 award is posted.
Magic Johnson Trophy winners
| Season | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Victor Wembanyama | San Antonio Spurs |
| 2024-25 | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 2023-24 | Luka Doncic | Dallas Mavericks |
| 2022-23 | Nikola Jokic | Denver Nuggets |
| 2021-22 | Stephen Curry | Golden State Warriors |
Five awards, five different players, five different teams. The NBA introduced the trophy in May 2022 for the most valuable player of the Western Conference Finals, and nobody has won it twice.
How the 2026 series went
| Game | Date (ET) | Result | Series |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 18 | Spurs 122, Thunder 115 (2OT) | Spurs lead 1-0 |
| 2 | May 20 | Thunder 122, Spurs 113 | Tied 1-1 |
| 3 | May 22 | Thunder 123, Spurs 108 | Thunder lead 2-1 |
| 4 | May 24 | Spurs 103, Thunder 82 | Tied 2-2 |
| 5 | May 26 | Thunder 127, Spurs 114 | Thunder lead 3-2 |
| 6 | May 28 | Spurs 118, Thunder 91 | Tied 3-3 |
| 7 | May 30 | Spurs 111, Thunder 103 | Spurs win 4-3 |
Oklahoma City led 3-2 and had Game 7 at home. San Antonio won the last two by a combined 35 points.
Wembanyama scored 191 points in the seven games, 27.3 a game, with 76 rebounds (10.9 a game) and 19 blocks. He opened the series with 41 points and 24 rebounds in the double-overtime win in Oklahoma City, and he scored 20 or more in all seven games. Gilgeous-Alexander scored 181 points (25.9 a game) with 62 assists, and his 35 in Game 7 was the most by anyone that night.
The 2027 award and the board that decides it
The Magic Johnson Trophy goes to a player in the series, so the first question is who gets there. There is no market on the award itself. The closest one posted is the Western Conference winner, filed by ESPN under the 2026-27 season; it cannot be last season’s, which San Antonio settled in May.
| Team | Western Conference winner (DraftKings) | Implied chance |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City Thunder | +145 | 40.8% |
| San Antonio Spurs | +160 | 38.5% |
| Denver Nuggets | +1100 | 8.3% |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | +1300 | 7.1% |
| Los Angeles Lakers | +1900 | 5.0% |
Prices read on September 25, 2026. Together the prices on last season’s two finalists imply 79.3%, before the bookmaker’s margin comes out. A conference-winner or award price is worth taking only when you rate the chance higher than the price does; we do not make a pick on either market.
The NBA Finals MVP odds and the Eastern Conference Finals MVP odds cover the other two series awards. Team pages for the Spurs, Thunder, Nuggets and Timberwolves carry each schedule, and our NBA predictions start with the regular season on October 20. The betting guides explain futures and implied odds.