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.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has signed them all. The NBA’s frontrunner for Most Valuable Player is also its foremost giver of autographs. Unofficially, of course. Second Spectrum doesn’t track such things,

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The Oklahoma City Thunder are taking on the Denver Nuggets in a massive matchup between the two Western Conference contenders with an injury report to match.

The Thunder pretty much have the top seed in the West wrapped up but the Nuggets are still jockeying for seeding. Denver jumped back to being the No. 2 seed due to the Los Angeles