There are a few bangers on this week’s schedule. The defending champions scale the mountain to duel with Nikola Jokić and the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday, while the teams with the best record in each conference face off Wednesday night. Here’s your viewer’s guide to the week ahead in professional basketball.

This might not be the Nuggets behemoth of recent seasons. But they are still a dangerous opponent the Celtics will need to bring their best against.