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<\/p>\nMVP debate heats up as Victor Wembanyama makes case for award over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/p>\n
Gilgeous-Alexander is the leader to win his second MVP, but Victor Wembanyama is closing fast, and he had something to say about the race for MVP. <\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWELLS WHO\u2019S NOT DONE. THEY GOT A LONG WAYS TO GO IN THE SEASON. SHE\u2019S OFF AND RUNNING. WELCOME TO THE SHOW. I\u2019M BRYAN KEATING OF COURSE. LET\u2019S GET TO THE NBA TONIGHT BECAUSE LOOK THE RACE IN THE WEST THAT\u2019S GOING TO GO DOWN TO THE WIRE BETWEEN THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER AND THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS. IT IS CLOSE. OKC IN FRONT. WE\u2019LL SEE IF THEY CAN HANG ON THE RACE FOR THE MVP. OH YEAH. THAT\u2019S DOWN TO THE WIRE TOO. AND AT LEAST TONIGHT AS WE SIT HERE TODAY\u2019S G A IS IN THE LEAD. BUT HE\u2019S GOING TO HAVE TO HANG ON TO WIN IT. I THINK IT\u2019S GOOD FOR THE LEAGUE. I THINK IT\u2019S GOOD CHATTER. IT GIVES PEOPLE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT. THERE\u2019S A LOT OF GOOD PLAYERS IN THIS LEAGUE AND. A LOT OF GUYS IN THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE OF THAT. IN ONE OF THE MOST HOTLY CONTESTED AND HIGH LEVEL MVP RACES IN RECENT MEMORY, S G A PUT HIS STAMP ON ANOTHER ONE, FADING AWAY. IT\u2019S GOOD AND HELPED THE THUNDER WIN THEIR 15TH OUT OF THE LAST 16 GAMES. A LOT OF TIMES I TRY TO LIKE, LET THE GAME COME TO ME. I TRY TO JUST LIKE PLAY WITHIN THE GAME, DO WHATEVER THE GAME TELLING ME AND. LIKE TONIGHT I JUST FELT LIKE I NEEDED TO GO TAKE IT AND SHAY GILGEOUS ALEXANDER IS THE BETTING FAVORITE TO WIN HIS SECOND STRAIGHT MVP. BUT WATCH OUT, VICTOR WEMBANYAMA IS CLOSING FAST AND HE HAS THOUGHTS. I THINK RIGHT NOW IT IS STILL REASONABLE THAT THERE IS A DEBATE, BUT AS I SAID, I WANT TO MAKE SURE MY GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE\u2019S NO DEBATE ANYMORE AT THE END OF THE SEASON, AND WEMBY MIGHT HAVE A CASE IF THE SPURS CAN CATCH THE THUNDER IN THE WEST RIGHT NOW, THEY TRAIL OKC BY TWO AND A HALF GAMES WITH ONLY SIX GAMES TO PLAY, AND VICTOR WEMBANYAMA MADE HIS CASE WHY HE SHOULD BE THE MVP ONE, TWO, THREE DEFENSE IS 50% OF THE GAME AND THAT IS UNDERVALUED SO FAR IN THE MVP RACE. BLOCKED BY WENDY. THAT\u2019S BECAUSE I BELIEVE I\u2019M THE MOST IMPACTFUL PLAYER DEFENSIVELY. GOT IT BACK. BYARS. OH. IT DROPS. WE ALMOST SWEPT THE SENIOR SEASON AND WE DOMINATED HIM THREE TIMES WITH EVERY TEAM. LETS IT FLY. MY THIRD ARGUMENT WOULD BE THAT OFFENSE IMPACT IS NOT JUST POINTS, NOT JUST POINTS. WELL, SJ HAD 47 OF THOSE ON MONDAY NIGHT, BUT THE MOVES BYARS. AND THEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE GAME, HE WAS ASKED TO MAKE HIS OWN CASE FOR THE MVP. NO, I\u2019M GOO\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
MVP debate heats up as Victor Wembanyama makes case for award over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/p>\n
Gilgeous-Alexander is the leader to win his second MVP, but Victor Wembanyama is closing fast, and he had something to say about the race for MVP. <\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 10:40 PM CDT Mar 31, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\tEditorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe race for the top spot in the NBA Western Conference is heating up between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs.The MVP race is also down to the wire, with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander currently in the lead, but he will need to hang on to win it again.In one of the most hotly contested and high-level MVP races in recent memory, Gilgeous-Alexander put his stamp on another game and helped the Thunder win their 15th out of the last 16 games. Gilgeous-Alexander is the leader to win his second MVP, but Victor Wembanyama is closing fast.Wembanyama might have a case if the Spurs can catch the Thunder in the West. Right now, they trail the Thunder by 2.5 games with only six games to play.Wembanyama made his case for why he should be the MVP, saying defense should be considered more and offensive impact isn’t just about scoring. >> Download the KOCO 5 App | Subscribe to KOCO 5\u2019s YouTube channel | Sign up for KOCO 5\u2019s Morning NewsletterGilgeous-Alexander had 47 points on Monday night. Immediately after the game, he was asked to make his own case for the MVP.”I’m good. I let my game do the talking,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. Open the video player above to watch the full story.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n The race for the top spot in the NBA Western Conference is heating up between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs.<\/p>\n The MVP race is also down to the wire, with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander currently in the lead, but he will need to hang on to win it again.<\/p>\n In one of the most hotly contested and high-level MVP races in recent memory, Gilgeous-Alexander put his stamp on another game and helped the Thunder win their 15th out of the last 16 games. Gilgeous-Alexander is the leader to win his second MVP, but Victor Wembanyama is closing fast.<\/p>\n Wembanyama might have a case if the Spurs can catch the Thunder in the West. Right now, they trail the Thunder by 2.5 games with only six games to play.<\/p>\n Wembanyama made his case for why he should be the MVP, saying defense should be considered more and offensive impact isn’t just about scoring. <\/p>\n >> Download the KOCO 5 App<\/a> | Subscribe to KOCO 5\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a> | Sign up for KOCO 5\u2019s Morning Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n Gilgeous-Alexander had 47 points on Monday night. Immediately after the game, he was asked to make his own case for the MVP.<\/p>\n “I’m good. I let my game do the talking,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. <\/p>\n Open the video player above to watch the full story. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MVP debate heats up as Victor Wembanyama makes case for award over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Gilgeous-Alexander is the leader…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3783],"tags":[15479,3173,7,4140,10337,142,4840,12244,87251,85570,13025,6,310,475,179,3966,3965,65,87250,209,312,693],"class_list":["post-691325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-app","tag-award","tag-basketball","tag-case","tag-download","tag-game","tag-koco","tag-monday-night","tag-morning-newslettergilgeous-alexander","tag-mvp-debate","tag-mvp-race","tag-nba","tag-oklahoma","tag-oklahoma-city","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-oklahomacity","tag-oklahomacitythunder","tag-point","tag-recent-memory","tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander","tag-thunder","tag-victor-wembanyama"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116327949979838971","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}