This year’s MVP race in the NBA is one of the mostpopular and closest ones in years.
The 3 finalists are Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, who has won the award twotimes, the Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic, who won it last year and Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid, who led the NBA in scoring.
Other names who were being talked about as prospects were Luka Doncic, Devin Booker and Jayson Tatum.
On Sunday, with Khris Middleton sidelined due to a sprained MCL, Antetokounmpo led the Bucks to a unexpected 101-89 win over Tatum’s Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference s