The icing on the cake was that SGA's performance Monday came in the Thunder's 50th win of the season, and they needed every bit of their top dog's scoring. Houston put up 128 points despite being without four starters in Alperen Sengun , Amen Thompson, Dillon Brooks and Fred VanVleet .

LeBron James likely won't win this season's NBA MVP award, but former Laker Robert Horry feels James would win the MVP if he got more calls.

In my conversations with players and teams, SGA is seen as the MVP frontrunner. You still have to consider Nikola Jokić, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and even Damian Lillard, who doesn’t