The last two NBA champions have come from the Western Conference, and those two teams will square off today. The Golden State Warriors, 2022 NBA champs, and the Denver Nuggets, 2023 NBA champs, will do work today in Chase Center.
Currently the Warriors are scratching and clawing their way out of a deep hole towards the bottom of the Western Conference standings, currently residing in the 10th seed. Meanwhile the defending champion Nuggets are two games out of first place, holding the fourth seed in the West.