The Oklahoma City Thunder are the best team in the Western Conference. Following their big road win over the Boston Celtics, the Thunder currently sit at 54-12 and are on pace for their best regular-season record if they maintain this level of play over their final 16 games.

After back-to-back games between the top MVP candidates, Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Denver Nuggets’ MVP Nikola Jokic, head coach Mark Daigneault delivered his take on the race. Both teams split the mini-series, evening Gilgeous-Alexander and Jokic’s highly-anticipated showdown, 1-1.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander gets real on the MVP race after the Thunder's blowout win over Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets.