Gilgeous-Alexander has played it cool about his chase toward the MVP. He's always had the mindset that team success matters first and foremost. All the individual accolades come second. In that case, the Thunder's dominating season goes together with that.

In a battle of this NBA season’s two leading MVP candidates, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander got one up on Nikola Jokić with a huge 40-point performance to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a dominant 127-103 win over the Denver Nuggets.

All NBA eyes were glued to the Oklahoma City Thunder 's 127-103 win over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday. In the primetime ABC afternoon slot, undecided voters and fans wanted to see who'd win a head-to-head clash between Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokic.