Jamal Crawford has won the NBA's Sixth Man Award for the second time in his career.

Crawford averaged 18.6 points in 30.4 minutes per game this season.

Kevin Durant is widely expected to be named 2014 NBA MVP, but the Oklahoma City Thunder are on the cusp of elimination by the Memphis Grizzlies in a 2-3 deficit.

Dirk Nowitzki is the most recent regular season MVP to have his team lose in the first round, falling to the Golden State Warriors in 2007.

Wes Unseld (1969) and Moses Malone (1979, 1982) are the other two MVPs to lose in the first round, while Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was named MVP in 1976 despite missing the playoffs in his first season with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Durant has a PER of 18.96 during the first five game of the series, down from his season mark of 30.2. Durant's True Shooting Percentage has dropped from .635 to .492 as the Grizzlies have done an excellent job in defending him.

Nowitzki's PER dropped from 27.7 during his MVP regular season to 21.8 against the Warriors over six games.

The NBA has decided to postpone the announcement of their regular season awards while addressing the Donald Sterling situation.

The Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year, along with All-NBA and All-Defense will be announced next week.

Goran Dragic has won the NBA's Most Improved Player of the Year award.

Klay Thompson finished second and Anthony Davis was third.

Gerald Green, DeAndre Jordan, Kyle Lowry, Blake Griffin, DeMar DeRozan and Patty Mills rounded out the top-9.

Gregg Popovich has been named NBA Coach of the Year for the 13-14 season. Popovich received 59 first place votes out of 124.

Jeff Hornacek placed second and Tom Thibodeau finished third.

Steve Clifford, Dwane Casey, Terry Stotts, Doc Rivers, Scott Brooks, Mark Jackson and Jason Kidd rounded out the top-10.

Joakim Noah has been named the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year.

Noah's strong play on defense allowed the Bulls to remain a playoff team despite the season-ending injury to Derrick Rose and trade of Luol Deng.

Noah received 100 of 125 first place votes.

Roy Hibbert finished second, while DeAndre Jordan was third. Serge Ibaka, Andre Iguodala and LeBron James rounded out the top-6.

Steve Clifford and Dave Joerger have been named the NBA's Eastern and Western Conference Coaches of the Month for April.

Clifford guided the Charlotte Bobcats to a 7-1 record in April.

Joerger's Memphis Grizzlies went 6-2 in the month and secured the seventh seed in the West.

Luol Deng has been voted the 2013-14 winner of the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award.

"It's an honor to be recognized for any award, but this one is special because it represents who I am as a person and where I came from," Deng said in a statement released by the Cleveland Cavaliers. "What I'm most proud of is that my family can look back after my career is over and realize that I was able to make a difference on and off the basketball court. That is something that tells the true story as to who I am as a person, someone who cares about his community and wants to improve the lives of others."

Jeff Teague and Monta Ellis have been named the NBA's Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games Monday, April 7, through Sunday, April 13.

Teague averaged 20.25 points and 5.75 as the Hawks went 3-1 in the week.

Ellis averaged 25.7 points, 4.7 assists and 51.6 percent field-goal shooting in three games, including a 37-point performance against the Phoenix Suns

Al Jefferson and Dirk Nowitzki have been named the NBA's Players of the Week.

Jefferson averaged 24.3 points and 13.0 rebounds per game last week.

Nowitzki averaged 25.3 points and 8.0 rebounds per game.