Most MVP voters would tell you, at least before the season, that a single game shouldn't impact their decision too much. There are, after all, 82 games to be considered. One game represents a bit more than 1% of a team's season and perhaps 2-3% of a player's overall body of work.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 40 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder roared past Nikola Jokić and the Denver Nuggets on Sunday at Paycom Center.

However, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder staked their claim Sunday that both of those things should belong to them — SGA dropped 40 on the Denver Nuggets in a 127-103 win. No MVP voter should base their vote on the outcome of one game (or even have their vote swayed all that much by 1-of-82),