Sunday afternoon’s NFC Conference Championship game between the Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco is the main course for a huge sports weekend in the City of Brotherly Love. However, one day earlier, a contest between two of the top teams in the NBA, and the top-two players in MVP voting each of the last two seasons, makes for a delectable appetizer. The Denver Nuggets enter play leading the Western Conference with a 34-15 record, while the Philadelphia 76ers are riding a six-game winning streak that has seen them rise to second in the East. It’s the first of two contests between the clubs this season, with the game in Denver scheduled for late March.
Sixers host West-leading Nuggets and MVP nemesis Nikola Jokic
