Utah Jazz vs Denver Nuggets: Preview, injury report, how to watch

The Utah Jazz’s tanking effort gets a gift on Monday night, when Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets travel to Salt Lake City to take on the Jazz.

The Nuggets are in the midst of the chaos that is the Western Conference’s Nos. 3-7-seed range, with only 3.5 games separating the No. 3 Rockets from the No. 7 Suns. Denver sits right in the middle at No. 5, and just lost a crucial game against No. 4 Minnesota on Sunday. The Nuggets’ game against Utah will be on the second night of a back-to-back.

The Jazz are coming off back-to back home losses against the lowly New Orleans Pelicans, which did wonders for Utah’s lottery chances. The Jazz now have the fifth worst record in the league, and are a near-lock (99.4%) to keep this year’s first-round pick.

Injury Report

Utah Jazz:

Lauri Markkanen — OUT (right hip impingement)

Kevin Love — Out (rest)

Jusuf Nurkic — OUT

Vince Williams Jr. — OUT

Jaren Jackson Jr. — OUT

Walker Kessler — OUT

Denver Nuggets

Aaron Gordon — OUT (right hamstring strain)

Cam Johnson — OUT (right ankle inflammation)

Peyton Watson — OUT (right hamstring strain)

Spencer Jones — OUT (right shoulder strain)

Tamar Bates — OUT (left foot surgery)

How to watch

Where: Delta Center, Salt Lake City, UT

When: 7 p.m. MT

Channel: KJZZ, SEG+

Radio: 97.5 FM 1280 AM