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.

However, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder staked their claim Sunday that both of those things should belong to them — SGA dropped 40 on the Denver Nuggets in a 127-103 win. No MVP voter should base their vote on the outcome of one game (or even have their vote swayed all that much by 1-of-82),

On a big stage, OKC showed a nationally televised audience why it's been dominant and why that might pay off with an NBA title.