Golden State’s Curry tabbed MVP

Some called him too small. Others too fragile.

Now, Stephen Curry has a new label: National Basketball Association MVP.

The Golden State Warriors’ point guard won the league’s top individual award Monday, beating out Houston’s James Harden in a race that turned out not to be that close.

Curry received 100 of 130 first-place votes for a total of 1,198 points from a panel of 129 writers and broadcasters, along with the fan vote on the NBA’S website. Harden had 25 first-place votes and 936 points.

Cleveland’s Lebron James, a four-time MVP, got five first-place votes and 552 points.

Oklahoma Curry City Thunder’s

Russell Westbrook (352 points) finished fourth and New Orleans Pelicans big man Anthony

(203 points) was fifth. With the revitalized Warriors winning at a historic pace, Curry’s case for MVP resonated around the league as loud as the nightly chants at rowdy Oracle Arena.

Curry carried the topseeded Warriors to a franchise-record 67 wins, surpassed his own record for most three-pointers in a season and added to his growing reputation as one of the most entertaining spectacles in sports. He’s the franchise’s first MVP since Wilt

Davis Chamberlain in 1960, when the Warriors played in Philadelphia.

Conley hopes to play: Memphis point guard Mike Conley, who is recovering from broken bones in his face, could see action in Game 2 against Golden State.

He is listed as doubtful for Tuesday night but hopes to play with a protective mask.

“If they put me in there, I’ll work through it,” he said. “I have no chance if I don’t play fearless. That’s when you do get hurt.”