A clutch moment — one of many for the Sacramento guard this season.
“You can’t be afraid to fail,” Fox said on the TNT broadcast of the announcement.
Fox became Sacramento’s first individual winner of a major award since Tyreke Evans held off Stephen Curry for rookie of the year in 2010.
The voting was a runaway; Fox, who led the league with 194 clutch points, got 91 of the possible 100 first-place votes and 460 of a possible 500 points.
He becomes the first recipient of the Jerry West Trophy; it was named for the player who earned the moniker of “Mr. Clutch” during his career.
The Kings — who currently lead defending champion Golden State 2-0 in a Western Conference first-round series — reached the postseason for the first time in 17 years.
