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Tonight, two of the NBA’s main scorers will face off in opposition to one another when the Dallas Mavericks face up in opposition to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Thunder (45-20) are at present a prime staff within the West behind an All-Star season from guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
While the Dallas Mavericks are the No.8 seed within the West seeking to keep alive within the play-in, or probably transfer up out of it.
The final time these groups met, the Mavericks got here up with a 146-110 victory. Mavs star Luka Doncic outscored Gilgeous-Alexander, dropping 32 factors that evening to present the Mavericks the blowout victory.
Still, SGA held his personal, scoring 25 factors for the Thunder that recreation. Now the Thunder younger core get an opportunity to avenge their loss to Luka and the Mavs crew on nationwide tv.
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Shai Vs Luka Chasing MVP
This needs to be an thrilling matchup between two of the premiere scorers within the NBA and have an enormous implication on the MVP race, because the league’s most prestigious award remains to be up for grabs.
Based on their play, each gamers have constructed strong instances for a MVP this season. According to the most recent Kia MVP Ladder NBA tasks, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is No.2 behind Nikola Jokic, whereas the league at present ranks Luka Doncic at 5.
Luka has lately torn up the league, posting a triple-double in seven of his final eight video games.
Doncic is at present main the league in scoring at 34.3 factors per recreation, whereas Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is behind him at 31.1 factors per recreation.
Both have confirmed to be big-time scorers this season; nevertheless, on paper, Doncic stats look higher at 34.3 factors, 9.0 rebounds, and 9.8 assists a recreation on 49.4% from the sphere.
Shai, on the opposite finish is a greater defender averaging 2.1 steals a recreation and has continued to be big-time in scoring for the Thunder; having a career-high forty sixth recreation with 30 factors or extra this season throughout Wednesday’s win in opposition to Portland to shut out a four-game street journey.
The Thunder do have an total higher report than Luka and the Mavericks, by which MVP voters might have a look at when contemplating the MVP for the NBA 2023-24 season.
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