Micah Adams of ESPN.com on the MVP race: “In describing LeBron James‘ season, “great” might not even begin to do it justice. If the season ended today, his PER (player efficiency rating) of 32.6

Ken Berger of CBSSports.com picks his midseason awards and has Harden as his Sixth Man: “Plenty of great candidates for this award, and with the compressed schedule, one can argue that quality bench play

Darnell Mayberry on Westbrook shooting more than KD: “In other words, out of 12 games in which Westbrook has out-shot Durant, only three times has Westbrook finished with more than four more attempts than Durant.

Matt Moore of CBSSport.com has KD as his midseason West MVP: “And really quietly, Durant’s become an elite defender. He’s allowing just 26 percent from the field in ISO situations according to Synergy Sports.

John Hollinger of ESPN.com on OKC’s win: “Both Durant and Westbrook were in rare form, with each getting nothing but net on virtually ever jumper. The book on Westbrook is to give him the

LeBron says this is a point guard league now: “This is transforming into a point guard league,” he said. “It’s not there yet. You still have D-Wade, Kobe, Kevin Durant, all these great wing

From Elias: “Kevin Durant outscored Kevin Martin 33-32, but the Rockets edged the Thunder, 96-95 in Houston. At the same time, Kevin Love was scoring 30 points in the Timberwolves’ win against the Bobcats.

J.M. Poulard of Warriors World on KD:  “Kevin Durant may well be the best scorer of a league that houses Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade. His ability to light up the scoreboard