The former MVP winner helped the hopeful MVP winner strengthen his case with the dagger outside shot. The Oklahoma City Thunder ran away with a 127-103 win over the Denver Nuggets. The front end of their highly anticipated back-to-back lived up to the billing as Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokic duked it out in front of a national audience.

NBA analysts have renewed their comparisons following a rematch between the two likely MVP finals: Denver Nuggets' Nikola Jokic and Oklahoma City Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

Billed as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Nikola Jokic for the MVP award, Mark Daigneault and others threw cold water on the heated debate that's reached toxic levels with a little over a month left in the regular season.