The Utah Jazz will play the Denver Nuggets on Monday at Orlando in the first round of the 2019-20 Western Conference Playoffs.

The Jazz finished the regular season with a 44-28 record and ended in sixth place despite ending in a three-tie with the Houston Rockets and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Utah didn't look solid during the Orlando bubble, however, and they won just three of their eight games. Utah will try to make another deep playoff run this season -- names such as Donovan Mitchell (24.0 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.3 assists per game) and Rudy Gobert, a leading candidate for the Defensive Player of the Year Award who also scored 15.1 points per contest, will be pivotal for Utah -- especially since Mike Conley will miss at least the first few games of the series due to the birth of his baby.

Conley is not going to be the lone injury absentee for the Jazz, though. Ed Davis (knee) has been ruled out, while Emmanuel Mudiay (knee) and Nigel Williams-Goss (ankle) are questionable, so the Jazz could suffer from a lack of depth in the postseason.

The Nuggets ended the regular season with a 46-27 record and finished in third place of the Western Conference. Just like the Jazz, Denver also went 3-5 in the Orlando bubble and might have a fair share of question marks ahead of the postseason, most notably regarding the health of some of their top players. Nikola Jokic will be available, however, and the Serbian big man is undoubtedly the engine that keeps the Nuggets going on both ends of the court. The versatile center averaged 19.9 points, 9.7 rebounds, and 7.0 assists per game during the regular season.

Will Barton (knee), Gary Harris (hip) and Vlatko Cancar (foot) have all been ruled out for, at least, Game 1 of the series, and that could open the door for Michael Porter Jr. to remain in the starting lineup. Porter played 33.3 minutes per game in the seeding round and averaged 22.0 points, 8.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.0 steals and 0.9 blocks, while shooting 55.1 percent from the field, 42.2 percent from three, and 93.1 percent at the line.

These two teams met three times in the regular season, and the Nuggets came out on top each time.