The MVP race was never going to be decided by two games in March, but if fans and voters hoped to come out of the Denver vs. Oklahoma City back-to-back with some clarity on whether Nikola Jokic or Shai Gilgeous-Alexander wins the award,

Nikola Jokic’s mere acknowledgment of a momentous season was an eye-opening development in the MVP race between him and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

Here's where NBA blasphemy can start: the greatest centers of all time are Russell, Abdul-Jabbar, Chamberlain, Shaquille O'Neal, and Hakeem Olajuwon. Fans can put them in any order, but that's a pretty definitive list. However, with three MVPs, Jokic could already be ahead of both Shaq and Hakeem despite not being as physically dominant.