The NBA Playoffs have official begun for the Denver Nuggets.
No matter who you’re a fan of, the Denver Nuggets have been one of the more entertaining teams during the league’s seeding games.
Now locked into the third seed in the Western Conference Playoffs and a first-round matchup against the Utah Jazz, they’ll be facing off against a team with multiple stars in Mike Conley, Donovan Mitchell and Ruby Gobert. They’ve played shorthanded in every game, missing constants in Will Barton and Gary Harris in every contest.
Though the pair are expected back soon, Michael Porter Jr. — the team’s breakout star — will remain in the starting lineup, though it’s uncertain whether he’ll be supplanting Barton or Harris when they return. As a result, the first player that we’ll discuss is MPJ himself, who had an interesting performance in Game 1.