Denver vs Phoenix: will Nuggets prove their worth?

Nuggets are not so convincing in the playoffs, but during the regular season club was performing great. Of course team is missing Jamal Murray, who was a key player for the team's offense, but now he is recovering after the injury.

Denver had some problems in the first series against Portland, Damian Lillard and his partners did some damage to Nuggets, recording two victories to their account. Despite that, Nikola Jokic put up a wonderful performance and did everything for his team to advance into the second round.

Michael Malone's lads got drawn to Phoenix and so far it is not looking good for them. Team lost two matches in a row and had no chances in there, to be honest. Maybe something will change in home matches.

Suns were close to a first-place finish in the Eastern conference, but Utah improved during the last part of the season, so Suns fell a little short. Despite that, club continued to perform well in the playoffs.

Phoenix went on a tear in the first series and beat the Lakers. Even LeBron James couldn't do anything about that. Monty Williams' lads got a confidence boost and started the series against Denver.

We saw two wonderful matches, in which Suns were unstoppable. In the first one Devin Booker and his partners beat Denver by a 122:105 score and the second game went by the same scenario - hosts left no chance to the opponent (123:98).