After passing over the nuggets in the seventh, the Thunder completed the NBA conference end picture. For its side, The Oklahoma City franchise will play against the Timberwolveswhile in the conference this will face the New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers.
Thunder and Timberwolves will give the starting gun at this previous step to compete for the NBA ring is next morning from Tuesday to Wednesday. A series that will tell, by those of Oklahoma City with a MVP candidate, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. But surprisingly, for now the Canadian is just that, a candidate.
And is that, As of May 20, and with the penultimate series to begin with, the NBA still still does not make known who takes the award Best player of the regular season. Something completely unusual if the focus is placed on the previous seasons.
SGA, Jokic and Antetokounmpo waiting
Together with the Thunder star, Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmppo also opt for this trophy. An award that to which Gilgeous-Alexander part as a favorite since the Thunder ended the best balance of the league. A favoritism that, despite belonging this MVP to the regular league, is strengthened after the elimination of Giannis in the first round and after the overwhelming victory of Oklahoma City against Denver last morning.
Under normal conditions, these three players would already know perfectly who would have taken the award if the focus is made. Without going any further, Last year Nikola Jokic won his 3R MVP on May 8 or Embiid was taken by the 22/23 season on May 2. And it is that the announcement of the MVP is usually made public during conference semifinals in recent times.
The NBA, in Otra what
Meanwhile, the League goes to its rhythm. With the MVP on everyone's lips, The NBA published on social networks that on Tuesday 19 at 8:00 p.m. Spanish time will be announced the best chintet of rookiesleaving the fans very folly once again.
The most natural, and as the league usually acts, is First announce the individual awards and then the groups. However, with the lack of announcement regarding the best player, the NBA follows its calendar by obviating that the most important award of all is known.
This lack of MVP has also been noticed during the days. Normally, there are a maximum of two days between one ad and the next. But in this case, Jrue Holiday received the Prize for the Social Justice Champion on May 7, the last one who delivered the NBA. Since then, fans of the basketball world have been waiting to meet the best player in the league, without luck.
