KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The NBA playoffs have mostly consisted of short series this year, but the Utah Jazz and Denver Nuggets have kept things interesting, providing the opening round with its first Game 7 to come on Tuesday.
So far there have been three 4-0 sweeps, two 4-1 results, a 4-2 finish by the Los Angeles Clippers over the Mavericks on Sunday, and a chance for the Houston Rockets, who lead the Oklahoma City Thunder, 3-2, to close out Monday night.
Leading up to the Jazz-Nuggets series, one of the most anticipated individual matchups in the first round was Rudy Gobert vs.