The New Orleans Pelicans are hosting the number one seed in the Western Conference and the current candidate for MVP of the regular season, Shai Gilgeous-Alexan

The Oklahoma City Thunder may be without two of their star players in Sunday's game against the New Orleans Pelicans.

OKC Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander sits atop the list in NBA.com's final MVP ladder, which released Friday. But the award isn't locked up just yet with Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic putting up historic numbers.