Utah Jazz’s Jordan Clarkson (00) tries to shoot at the end of the third quarter as Denver Nuggets’ Mason Plumlee (7) and PJ Dozier (35) look on during an NBA basketball game Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. | AP

By Ryan McDonald

SALT LAKE CITY — Not all of the NBA playoff bracket has been finalized yet, but on Thursday evening the league announced the schedule for the first-round series between the Utah Jazz and Denver Nuggets, a matchup that was finalized on Wednesday.

Game 1 between the Jazz and Nuggets will be the first playoff game overall, and it will tip off on Aug. 17 at 11:30 a.m. MDT on ESPN. Games will be played every other day, with Game 2 set to start at 2 p.m MDT on Aug. 19 (TNT), Game 3 on Aug. 21 at 2 p.m. MDT (TNT) and Game 4 on Aug. 23 at 7 p.m. MDT (TNT).

Given that it’s a best-of-seven series, Games 5-7 have dates every other day after Game 4, but tip times are to be determined as necessary.

Denver will be the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference and Utah the No. 6 seed.

The winner of the Jazz-Nuggets series will go on to play the winner of the LA Clippers-Dallas Mavericks series. The Clippers will be the No. 2 seed in the West and the Mavericks the No. 7 seed.