Back-to-back games between the Thunder and Nuggets may decide (or upend) who gets the top spot on the Kia MVP Ladder.

With a little over five weeks left in the 2024-25 regular season, the MVP race is down to two — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokic. It's a rematch of last year's race but this time, the former has a leg up on the latter to capture the prestigious award.

NBA season comes down to the "this town ain't big enough for the both of us" idiom. The both of us refer to Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. G