These are the two teams I trust the least here in the first round - I'd pick OKC or Houston over both of them, but this is what we get. Denver underachieved in last year's playoffs, and the team is scrambling to find a second star with Jamal Murray clearly not that caliber of player. Michael Porter Jr. might be it one day, but in the meantime they have a really solid team built around a unique star in Nikola Jokic.
Denver hasn't been amazing in the bubble, but Utah has been straight up bad. Without Bojan Bogdanovic, the team is shorthanded, and unless they were trying to tank to finish 6th, are in bad form. Mitchell should be good for a big game and Gobert may contain Jokic somewhat, but give me the Nuggets in 6