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Jokic posted another triple-double against the Embiid-less 76ers on Monday night

The two superstar centers are natural foils who play the same position in completely different ways, which has whipped the MVP race into a frenzied referendum about analytics, defense, the history of the award, and other issues that are much bigger than the players involved

Although plenty of fans and analysts thought Nikola Jokic had his third straight MVP in the bag earlier this season, this race remains wide-open with two weeks left in the 2022-23 NBA season.

The NBA MVP sprint is down to a three-horse race, with Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers owning the top odds over Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokonmpo.

The award for the league's top player this season has been neck and neck and neck

Despite plenty of fan debate, Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid isn't focused on winning the NBA MVP award. "I don't care if I win it or not," Embiid told

Nikola Jokić didn't get a chance to go head-to-head with Joel Embiid, but he nevertheless had high praise of his MVP co-favorite after Monday night's game