The battle for the league's top individual honor looks to be a two-man race, and with a month left, the margin is razor thin.

With five weeks left in the regular season, the MVP race is down to two — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokic. As old-school as it might be, head-to-head clashes could swing over undecided fans or voters.

Stars, I love all the accolades that comes with it but none of it matters if you don't win and that's where I hang my hat," Gilgeous-Alexander said after

Yahoo Sports senior NBA Vincent Goodwill is joined by Dan Woike of the L.A. Times to discuss the race for this year's award and whether the Thunder guard's scoring output is enough to outrank the Nuggets big man's triple-double pace.