DENVER — Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets' pursuit of winning the NBA title for a second straight year begins Saturday against the Los Angeles Lakers.
For fans unable to score tickets for the first-round series, here's the broadcast schedule for the first four games between the Western Conference rivals.
- Game 1: Altitude Sports will air Nuggets Live beginning at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. The pre-game will follow at 6 p.m. Saturday's game at Ball Arena tips off at 6:30 p.m. and will air on ABC. Altitude will have its post-game show beginning at 9 p.m.
- Game 2: Altitude will air Monday's game. Nuggets Live will begin at 7 p.m. with pre-game immediately following at 7:30 p.m. Tipoff is at 8 p.m.
- Game 3: Altitude will carry Game 3 from the Lakers' Crypto.com Arena, beginning their coverage at 7 p.m. Thursday. Tip-off for Game 3 is at 8 p.m.
- Game 4: ABC will carry Game 4 from Los Angeles. Altitude has its Nuggets pre-game coverage beginning at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. The Nuggets-Lakers game tips off at 6:30 p.m.
Broadcast details for Games 5-7 (if needed) are pending.
The Nuggets are the No. 2 seed in the West with a 57-25 record.
Denver is very familiar with meeting the Lakers in the playoffs. L.A. bested the Nuggets 4-1 in the Western Conference Finals in 2020. The Nuggets got their revenge last year in the Western Conference Finals, sweeping Lebron James and the Lakers en route to winning the NBA Championship against the Miami Heat.
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