The NBA's top-two MVP candidates—Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander—faced off in back-to-back games between the Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday and Monday. Jokic and Gilgeous-Alexander got to directly go up against each other, and each prove their merits for the award.
In Sunday's game, Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder came out on top, defeating the Nuggets 127–103 as Gilgeous-Alexander racked up 40 points, eight rebounds and five assists compared to Jokic's 24 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists.
