NBA: Watchability rankings for every matchup in the first round

2. (3) Denver Nuggets vs. (6) Utah Jazz

Not often we get playoff matchup between two of the best centers In the league. Nikola Jokic vs. Rudy Gobert will be headlining a series that has serious potential to go seven games.

If you need a taste of what a matchup between these two teams would look like, go back and watch highlights of their contest on August 8 where the Nuggets won in double overtime 134-132. The Nuggets have been one of the best offensive teams the past couple of years and Utah is known for being stout defensively, even though they’ve struggled on that end in Orlando.

If you still need convincing, Jamal Murray and Donovan Mitchell are the big shot takers and makers on their respective teams, watching them try to one-up each other in the closing moments of games will be excitingly fun to watch.

The Nuggets also have a secret weapon by the name of Michael Porter Jr. who averaged 22 points in the bubble and is emerging as a big-time shot-maker on the wing for Denver, something they didn’t have in the postseason last year. With injuries on both sides, this stands as an even matchup and could be the most competitive of the first-round series’.