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.

LeBron James likely won't win this season's NBA MVP award, but former Laker Robert Horry feels James would win the MVP if he got more calls.

Once NBA pantheons like LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry call it quits, who fills up the power vacuum left in their exits? One candidate is Shai Gilgoeus-Alexander. The talking point has been brought up ad nauseam over the years as the James-Durant-Curry trio enters the twilight stage of their careers.