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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bucks | 24 | 30 | 17 | 24 | 95 |
 Nuggets | 39 | 23 | 14 | 33 | 109 |
MILTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIL | 34-9037.8% | 15-5030.0% | 12-1866.7% | 48 | 23 | 17 |
| DEN | 41-9443.6% | 16-4139.0% | 11-1291.7% | 48 | 28 | 12 |
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Denver Nuggets109| 39 | 21 | 9-17 | 3-6 | 0-0 | +15 | +2.1 | ||||||||
| 32 | 15 | 5-9 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +2.5 | ||||||
| 32 | 13 | 5-11 | 3-9 | 0-0 | +10 | +4.1 | ||||||||
| 30 | 10 | 4-13 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −2.0 | ||||||
| 21 | 20 | 8-15 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 0 | +5 | +6.7 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 19 | 6-13 | 3-7 | 0 | 4-4 | +7 | +7.5 | |||||||
| 24 | 7 | 2-9 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −1.4 | ||||
| 15 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +10 | +1.2 | |||||||
| 12 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −4.3 | |||
| 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −1.1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.9 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.9 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.7 | |||
| Team | 109 | 41-9443.6% | 16-4139.0% | 48 | 28 | 12 | 20 | 11-1291.7% | 6 | 11 | 8 | |||
Bench 30 points on 10 for 29 shooting
Milwaukee Bucks95| 36 | 16 | 6-16 | 3-8 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −7 | −1.5 | ||||||
| 32 | 9 | 2-11 | 1-5 | 4-5 | 0 | −10 | −4.6 | |||||||
| 32 | 11 | 4-11 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | −14 | −2.9 | |||||||
| 29 | 6 | 2-7 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −9.1 | ||||||
| 19 | 9 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 3-6 | −12 | +1.8 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 9 | 4-12 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0 | −16 | −5.0 | |||||||
| 24 | 23, Season high (his best before, 17) | 8-15 | 5-11 | 2-3 | 0 | +7.5 | ||||||||
| 21 | 10 | 4-10 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.1 | ||||||
| 16 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | −1.0 | |||||||
| Team | 95 | 34-9037.8% | 15-5030.0% | 48 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 12-1866.7% | 11 | 8 | 4 | |||
Bench 44 points on 17 for 39 shooting
Did not play: Brook Lopez, Khris Middleton, Marvin Williams and Donte DiVincenzo (coach’s decision).
Nuggets109Bucks95ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
The Denver Nuggets beat the Milwaukee Bucks 109-95.
The Nuggets took control with a 28-13 run in the first quarter and led by as many as 16.
The Bucks got within 76-74 on Kyle Korver’s pull-up 3-pointer with 11:47 to play, but Jamal Murray answered with a 14-foot fadeaway, and the Bucks got no closer than 82-79.
Murray had 21 points and 6 assists. Paul Millsap added 20 points (13 in the first quarter) and 10 rebounds, and Jerami Grant scored 19 points (11 in the first quarter) off the bench.
For the Bucks, Korver scored a season-high 23 points with 5 3-pointers off the bench.
The Nuggets shot 43.6% from the field and 39.0% from 3 to the Bucks’ 37.8% and 30.0%. The Bucks were outscored 16-5 in 4 minutes with Lopez, Matthews, Antetokounmpo, Mason and Brown on the floor together.
Denver NuggetsMilwaukee BucksPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
98 points from the field on 94 shots: 2.5 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 13-18 | 72.2% | 64% |
| In the paint | 4-20 | 20.0% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 8-15 | 53.3% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 6-11 | 54.5% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-30 | 33.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Connaughton | 23 | 7 | 3-6 | 0 |
| Frank Mason III | 16 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Wesley Matthews | 13 | 3 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Sterling Brown | 12 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 7 | 3-7 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 82 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.J. Wilson | 12 | 9 | 4-7 | +6 |
| Robin Lopez | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Wesley Matthews | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Sterling Brown | 5 | 0 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 12 points on 44 possessions. He usually scores about 11 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.J. Wilson | 13 | 4 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Sterling Brown | 12 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Thanasis Antetokounmpo | 12 | 2 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Ersan Ilyasova | 8 | 8 | 3-4 | +6 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 6 | 2-6 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 62 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
DEN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
MIL
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Highest Leverage Moments
Plumlee 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (4 PTS) (Murray 4 AST)
Q4 7:39
13.6%
68→82
Korver 24' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Connaughton 1 AST)
Q3 1:31
11.0%
82→71
Murray 17' Pullup Jump Shot (16 PTS)
Q4 10:53
10.9%
66→77
R. Lopez 24' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Antetokounmpo 3 AST)
Q4 9:19
10.9%
77→66
Jokic 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Grant 3 AST)
Q4 3:00
10.8%
85→96
