Article: MALONE TAKES MVP AWARD FROM JORDAN FOUR-TIME WINNER LOSES TO JAZZ STAR BY 29 POINTS.(Sports)

Byline: Bob Mims Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY -- The way Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz sees his NBA Most Valuable Player Award, it's strictly a lend-lease affair from four-time winner Michael Jordan.

``I thank Michael for letting me borrow it for one year,'' Malone joked Sunday after winning the second closest MVP vote since the media balloting began in 1981.

Malone's victory margin was 29 points. He received 986 points and 63 first-place votes while the Chicago Bulls star got 957 points and 52 first-place ballots from a panel of sports writers and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. The only closer vote came in 1990 when ...

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