The official league results for MVP voting were released on Wednesday, with OKC Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander winning his first NBA MVP trophy with 913 total points. He beat out Denver’s Nikola Jokic (787 points), Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo (470 points), and Tatum (311 points) for the accolade.

Star power forward Jayson Tatum was almost single-handedly keeping his team's hopes of avoiding a 3-1 hole alive. He had scored 42 points and seemed to be on track for a 50-point masterpiece when he went down with a non-contact injury.

The Boston Celtics’ NBA title defense is hanging by a thread, but their biggest concern is the health of star forward Jayson Tatum, who had to be helped off the Madison Square Garden court after suffering an apparent noncontact leg injury during a 121-113 loss to the New York Knicks in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Monday.