Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić and Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are the two favorites for MVP.Gilgeous-Alexander out-dueled Jokić in the Western Conference Semifinals, but the MVP votes had already been submitted long before then (which leads to the question,

The Denver Nuggets are headed home after a Game 7 loss in the conference semifinals for the second consecutive year, and face some difficult decisions this offseason.  Nikola Jokić remains one of the game's most dominant forces,