On Monday evening, the Oklahoma City Thunder suffered a rare loss, dropping a home game to the Denver Nuggets in what was a rematch of Oklahoma City’s blowout win over Denver the day before. The tandem of Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray was elite in this one,

Nikola Jokic got his revenge on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Monday night as the Nuggets beat the Thunder, 140-127, to level up the regular-season series at two wins apiece. He also tightened an already incredibly narrow MVP race.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokic, two of the favorites for the NBA’s MVP award, showed why in a pair of exciting games on back-to-back days in Oklahoma City