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Inaugural NBA Awards show to feature six new fan-voted awards

AJ Neuharth-Keusch
USA TODAY Sports
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Zach LaVine (right) goes up for a dunk over Phoenix Suns center Alex Len.

The inaugural NBA Awards show — which will air live from New York's Basketball City on June 26 on TNT — won't only reveal the league's Most Valuable Player, Coach of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year, and so on.

The show will also feature six new awards — Dunk of the Year, Best Style, Block of the Year, Assist of the Year, Game Winner of the Year and Top Performance of the Year — that will be determined exclusively by fan voting.

Starting today, fans can cast their votes on NBA.com or on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram by posting #AwardName and the first and last name of the winner (Ex. #BestStyle Russell Westbrook).

Check out the finalists below.

Dunk of the Year

 Larry Nance Jr. over Brook Lopez

 Zach LaVine over Alex Len

► Victor Oladipo over Dwight Howard

Best Style

Iman Shumpert

Dwyane Wade

 Russell Westbrook

Block of the Year

 Kawhi Leonard blocks James Harden

 Kristaps Porzingis blocks Spencer Dinwiddie

Hassan Whiteside blocks Pascal Siakam

Game Winner of the Year 

Kyrie Irving vs. Golden State

 Russell Westbrook vs. Denver

Tyler Ulis vs. Boston

Top Performance of the Year

► Devin Booker's 70-point game vs. Boston

► James Harden's 53-point, 17-assist, 16-rebound outing vs. New York

► Klay Thompson's 60 points in three quarters vs. Indiana

► Russell Westbrook's 57-point, 13-rebound, 11-assist triple-double vs. Orlando

Assist of the Year

► Draymond Green to Stephen Curry to Kevin Durant

► Nikola Jokic no-look to Wilson Chandler

► Chris Paul wraparound to Brandon Bass