The battle for the league's top individual honor looks to be a two-man race, and with a month left, the margin is razor thin.

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.

SGA has the Thunder playing at the top of the Western Conference, and with this minor change in his game, he may be well on his way to winning the MVP award.