The first scoring champion to win the championship in the 21st century? Can Yali win MVP and FMVP, comparable to James Jordan?

In the Western Conference semi-finals, the Thunder defeated the Nuggets 125-93 at home, eliminated the Nuggets 4-3 with a big score, and successfully advanced to the Western Conference finals, avoiding being eliminated early in the semi-finals like the Cavaliers and the Celtics, and still hope to continue to compete for the championship.

In this critical game, Alexander showed his MVP level, played for 36 minutes, made 12 of 19 shots, 3 of 4 three-pointers, 8 of 9 free throws, scored 35 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals, without a single turnover, with a plus-negative value of up to +32. Alexander has also become the second player in the history of the Thunder to score 35+ in the tiebreaker, comparable to Durant.

Alexander's playoff performance is not as stable as the regular season, it is also very rare for him to lead the Thunder to eliminate the Nuggets and successfully reach the Western Conference Finals. After all, the Nuggets are not a weak team, and Jokic is in charge, so it is not easy for the Thunder to pass the Nuggets level, and Alexander's performance is also crucial.

In the regular season this season, Alexander's performance was undoubtedly very outstanding, leading the Thunder to a team's best record of 68 wins and 14 losses, and he is also ranked first in history. Alexander's personal data is even more outstanding, averaging 32.7 points, 5 rebounds and 6.4 assists per game. Not only does he rank first in the league in scoring per game, he leads the league in 50+, 40+, 30+ and 20+ times in a single game.

Because of their excellent personal data and team record, Alexander basically locked in the MVP, but it has not been announced yet. Although Jokic averaged triple-double per game in the regular season, his team record was much worse than Alexander and he was eliminated by Alexander in the playoffs, so the MVP could not compete with Alexander.

Alexander will not only win the MVP this season, but if he can also lead the Thunder to win the championship, he will most likely win the FMVP and is expected to win the two personal awards, MVP and FMVP. It is worth mentioning that in history, the players who have achieved this feat are superstars, and there are only ten in total, namely Jordan (4 times), James (2 times), Bird (2 times), Willis Reed, Jabbar, Moses Malone, Magic, Olajuwon, O'Neal, and Duncan.

In addition, Alexander has also won the scoring champion this season. If you include the scoring champion, only Jordan (4 times), Jabbar and O'Neal have done this. It is also worth mentioning that the scoring champion has not won the championship in 25 years. The last time it was O'Neal in 2000. Only Doncic, Curry in 24 years, Durant in 2020, and Iverson in 2020. So if Alexander can win the championship, he will become the first scoring champion to win the championship in the 21st century.