The NBA Playoffs start Monday afternoon with the tip-off between the Denver Nuggets and the Utah Jazz. The Jazz have lost five of their last seven games. The offense is led by Donovan Mitchell with 24 points and 4.3 assists. Jordan Clarkson adds 15.6 points. As a team, they are putting up 111.3 points a game and on the defensive end, they are giving up 108.8 points.
The Denver Nuggets have been in a funk having lost three in a row. The offense is led by Nikola Jokic with 20.2 points and 9.9 rebounds and Jamal Murray adds 18.6 points and 4.9 assists. As a team, they are putting up 111.3 points a game and on the defensive end, they are giving up 109.2 points.

The Denver Nuggets have won six of the last nine against the Jazz, including three straight wins. Four of the last six meetings between the Jazz and Nuggets have been decided by six or fewer points. The Nuggets swept the season series, but all three games were decided by a combined 11 points.

The loss of Bogdanovic and Conley will be felt in the playoffs. Michael Porter Jr. has stepped up in the playoffs and has been a weapon for the Nuggets.

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