MVP Race Heats Up: Nikola Jokic vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

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00:00Now we go to the individual race for the MVP award.

00:03Shea Gilgis, Alexander, and Nikola Jokic.

00:06The Joker looking to win his fourth in the last five years

00:09to become the sixth NBA player ever to win four MVP nods.

00:14Shea Gilgis, Alexander, leading the NBA in scoring

00:17at nearly 33 points per game,

00:19a part of the best team in the NBA

00:21and topped the Western Conference in OKC,

00:23is the hefty favorite at minus 440.

00:27Jay, I'm not gonna ask you if the MVP race is done.

00:31My question will be how close and competitive

00:35can it get down the stretch run of this regular season?

00:39I don't think it's gonna get terribly close, Ben.

00:41Maybe a little bit shorter,

00:43but I don't think the odds moving this much.

00:45One, because of the fact that OKC

00:47has just an absolutely huge lead,

00:50even on Denver, who I do believe right now is the three seed.

00:55And if you really think about the schedule,

00:57the rest of the way,

00:58Oklahoma City, 13th toughest schedule,

01:01the rest of the way, Denver, third toughest.

01:03So to me, I don't even see Denver

01:05making like even a push towards it.

01:09So to me, when I look at it,

01:10I don't think it gets much closer than this.

01:12SGA leads league in scoring, 20th in assists,

01:16team's gonna run away with the number one seed.

01:18Also the fact we talked about in the past,

01:21voter fatigue, voter fatigue, who's the next crop?

01:24SGA wins the MVP.

01:26And I don't think the odds move much.