Zach and Mo Dakhil of The Athletic discuss the Warriors and Lakers, the surging Mavs, the Thunder going for the #1 seed, the state of the MVP race, and the three most important players for the rest of the season.

Who has a better chance of making a run- Warriors or Lakers? (4:43)

The surging Mavs (14:51)

The state of the Suns (23:33)

The Thunder are really going for it (31:01)

Shai's MVP case (39:36)

Tatum does not have a statistical case for MVP (47:34)

The three most important players for the stretch run (53:14)

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