It's finally here. The NBA playoffs.
The Denver Nuggets face off with the Los Angeles Lakers for the third time in five seasons. A year ago, the Nuggets bounced the Lakers from the Western Conferences in a four-game sweep. They've won eight consecutive games against Los Angeles.
There's a lot to watch for in Saturday's Game 1, but first, here's a look at the injury report.
INJURY REPORT
Denver:
Vlatko Čančar — OUT (Left Knee Surgery)
Los Angeles:
Anthony Davis — PROBABLE (Low Back Soreness)
Jalen Hood-Schifino — OUT (Lumbar Disc Surgery)
LeBron James — PROBABLE (Left Ankle Peroneal Tendinopathy)
Cam Reddish — OUT (Right Ankle Sprain)
Jarred Vanderbilt — OUT (Right Midfoot Sprain)
Christian Wood — OUT (Left Knee Surgery)
The Nuggets enter Game 1 with a clean injury report. Only Vlatko Čančar is listed as out, who missed the entire regular season with an ACL tear. Denver went 57-25 in the regular season, which tied the franchise's single-season winning record
Los Angeles finished the year 47-35. They defeated the New Orleans Pelicans in the Play-In Tournament to secure a seventh-place finish for the second consecutive season. The Lakers are 3-0 in the Play-In Tournament since its conception.
A matchup to watch is the head-to-head between two all-timers, Nikola Jokić and LeBron James. Jokić finished the season with averages of 26.4 points, 12.4 rebounds, and 9 assists on 58.3 percent shooting from the field. James, meanwhile, put up 25.7 points, 7.3 rebounds, 8.3 assists on 54 percent shooting and a career-high 41 percent from three... as a 39-year-old.
There's a lot more to keep an eye on in Saturday's Game 1 outside of just Jokić versus James, and you can learn about that HERE in our series preview.
TUNE-IN: Saturday 6:30 p.m. MT, ABC, and Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM