After Wednesday night, the Denver Nuggets have officially lost five straight games against the Minnesota Timberwolves, dating all the way back to Game 6 of the

In the Thunder's 140-127 loss to Denver on Monday — which split the teams' two-game series in Oklahoma City after the Thunder's 127-103 victory on Sunday — Daigneault deployed a new plan to slow down Jokic's habit of quickly inbounding the ball to jumpstart the Nuggets offense.

Nikola Jokic had 35 points, 18 rebounds and eight assists, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 140-127 on Monday night. Jamal Murray scored 34 points for the Nuggets, who lost 127-103 in Oklahoma City on Sunday.

The MVP race was never going to be decided by two games in March, but if fans and voters hoped to come out of the Denver vs. Oklahoma City back-to-back with some clarity on whether Nikola Jokic or Shai Gilgeous-Alexander wins the award,

Nikola Jokic’s mere acknowledgment of a momentous season was an eye-opening development in the MVP race between him and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

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