West became exciting because there's bron and lakers chasing for a spot on playoffs. But even if they didn't successfully get the spot still they are sure in play in contention and that gives them chance to compete. Remaining games became more tight since so many teams still  don't want to get left behind so expect to see more intense game coming from teams which is not sure to get a spot on play in or playoffs.

I think Luka Doncic has had the most impressive season from an individual player standpoint. However, his team is fighting to make the playoffs now and they’re losing at the wrong time. That’s why everyone thinks it’s between Embiid and Joker. Embiid has missed more games this season than any MVP ever has, so if that is a major consideration then I think Joker will get it.

Nikola Jokic should get it. If it's value for the team then there's no doubt he is one of the valuable players in the league and the team. Joel Embiid too, but as you said, he missed a lot of game.
Next season, they will be applying the rule about how many games a player should be present and played to be able to receive an award, good thinking by the NBA to lessen those players that are not playing back to back games. Or, they could apply another rule on how many minutes a player should reach per season to establish a spot in one award.

This Lakers versus Clippers game is off to a pretty crazy start. The Lakers are down 15 to 3 and have looked terrible out there. Westbrook hit an open 3… Not off to the best start. Most of the Lakers shots have been blocked and AD is already crying for fouls. This could be a long game. Hopefully this is the worst of it for the Lake Show.

A few weeks ago, I already put a bet on Embiid on winning the MVP, and I guess he deserves to spoil the back-to-back-to-back MVP titles of Jokic because he deserves to be the MVP this season.

With how he carries the whole Sixers team right now, even some of the analysts are rooting on Embiid to win it as well. It's Jokic in the start to mid season, but coming into the final stretch of the regular season, Embiid played better than Jokic already. Though I don't know if the voters will pick Embiid on this one over Jokic because it's still hard to choose and bet which one will win. As for Coach "Choke" Rivers proclaiming that Embiid will be the MVP, of course he will say that because he is the coach of the Sixers where Embiid is playing currently.

I guess I don't want to assume that Embiid will be the MVP this season until they will say that he is, and if he is then my bet won.

The Dallas Mavericks are not yet out of the playoffs race. They have a better chance of making it to the play-in tournament as they are currently tied with the OKC Thunder. OKC has one game left against the Jazz, while the Mavericks still have two games left against the Bulls and the Spurs. If the Mavericks win both games, they will make it to the play-in, and OKC will be eliminated.

The Oklahoma City Thunder could win their next game, even though it's on the road. As for the Dallas Mavericks, the only game that could pose a problem is their match against the Chicago Bulls. That should be a crucial game for them, and they will need to win it. The Bulls may relax a bit in this game, as they have already qualified for the play-in tournament so they should not waste this opportunity.

The third quarter is very important for the Lakers. They need to trim down the lead to at least a single digit heading into the fourth quarter. Their defense is key in this situation as they allow the Clippers to shoot well from beyond the three-point line in the first half, it cannot happen again. The Lakers need to make a comeback and turn the game into an exciting spectacle to watch

OKC has 2 games left actually, against the Jazz  tomorrow and the last one at home against Memphis.

As long as OKC doesn't lose one more game it doesn't matter what Dallas does, they will be out since OKC owns the tie breaker of those 2 teams.

So it all comes down to this for the Mavs, win both remaining games and prey they OKC loses in Utah or the last one at home.
Since Utah is out it's likely OKC can win this game because they want/need to and Utah does not really care.

Memphis on the other hand can still lose 2nd place in the west if they lose both remaining games and Sacramento wins both ( plus some special things must happen to decide the tie breaker) .

So in the last game it might be that Memphis wants to win this game, then OKC is in trouble and Dallas could profit from that.