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Article: Karl Malone wins second MVP award.(1999 NBA Most Valuable Player)(Brief Article)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- June 21, 1999
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Utah Jazz star forward Karl Malone, for the second time in three years, won the NBA's MVP award.
Malone said the award will help start the healing process of a season that ended too soon for his team.
"If the NBA ever did anything for Karl Malone, it's this without a doubt," he said. "It gets the healing process going."
The award came one week after the "Mailman" scored a career play-off-low eight points as the Portland Trailblazers defeated the Jazz to advance in the playoffs to a spot in the Western Conference Finals.
"Winning this award is like nothing else," Malone said. "After the way we lost I blamed myself, I felt like I was at ...