Following a 129-120 Game 5 title-clinching win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant earned the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award after posting an impressive 35.2 points, 8.4 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 1.6 blocks, and 1.0 steals per game through five games in the series.

The Slim Reaper became the third player to ever win the award during his first season with a team, the other two are Moses Malone of the Philadelphia 76ers in 1983 and Magic Johnson during his rookie year with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1980.

“I'm just so happy to be a part of it, man,” Durant said during the post-game championship ceremony. “I can't wait to celebrate with my teammates in the locker room.”

Durant saved his best game for last, pouring in a 39-point gem during Monday night's game through 14-of-20 shooting from the floor, including 5-of-8 from deep and 6-of-6 from the stripe.

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The 6-foot-9 small forward shot a mind-blowing 55.6 percent from the floor, 47.4 percent from deep, and a crisp 92.7 percent clip from the free-throw line, edging his teammate Stephen Curry (34 points tonight) for the award.

“We did it,” Durant said when asked if he had any words for his mother, Wanda. “I told you when I was 8-years-old. We did it.”

Durant won his first NBA championship after five years of waiting to get back to the NBA Finals — his first, a 4-1 loss to the LeBron James-led Miami Heat in 2012.

The multi-faceted wing will have some business to handle this offseason as he will be asked to follow through with his promise of taking less in order to keep the Warriors' core intact, with Andre Iguodala and Shaun Livingston becoming impending unrestricted free agents this summer.