Alexander wasn’t forgotten late Monday night. He was just forced to be a bystander. He was complemented in coach Mark Daigneault’s eyes.  “They were able to limit his attempts,” Daigneault said after the Nuggets' 140-127 win over the Thunder at Paycom Center to split the season series at 2-2.

In a battle of this NBA season’s two leading MVP candidates, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander got one up on Nikola Jokić with a huge 40-point performance to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a dominant 127-103 win over the Denver Nuggets.

The Oklahoma City Thunder allowed a season-high 140 points and fell by 13 points to the Denver Nuggets Monday night. The Nuggets improved to 12-1 on back-to-backs, while the Thunder suffered its fourth double-digit defeat of the season.