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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 21 | 27 | 30 | 24 | 102 |
 Bucks | 21 | 21 | 21 | 37 | 100 |
DENTeam statsMIL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 35-8740.2% | 12-4129.3% | 20-2387.0% | 47 | 27 | 7 |
| MIL | 34-8540.0% | 12-3930.8% | 20-2774.1% | 51 | 24 | 10 |
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Denver Nuggets102| 38 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | +7 | −4.7 | |||||||
| 37 | 11 | 4-12 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | +1 | −4.9 | |||||||
| 34 | 13 | 5-14 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −3.3 | ||||||
| 27 | 20, Season high (his best before, 15) | 6-13 | 1-6 | 0 | 7-8 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +3.5 | |||||
| 16 | 13 | 4-9 | 1-2 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +3.6 | ||||||
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| 26 | 15 | 6-11 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | −20 | +1.5 | |||||||
| 26 | 17 | 5-14 | 3-9 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.6 | ||||
| 16 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −3.1 | |||
| 12 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −0.8 | ||||
| 9 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.6 | ||||
| Team | 102 | 35-8740.2% | 12-4129.3% | 47 | 27 | 7 | 19 | 20-2387.0% | 6 | 8 | 3 | |||
Bench 40 points on 14 for 33 shooting
Did not play: Jamal Murray (injury/illness).
Milwaukee Bucks100| 35 | 21 | 8-20 | 4-10 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +0.3 | |||||||
| 35 | 11 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 0 | 2-6 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −1.5 | |||||
| 32 | 22 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 14-16 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +5.9 | ||||||
| 29 | 17 | 7-12 | 1-4 | 2-2 | −3 | +6.3 | ||||||||
| 28 | 4 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0 | −9 | −5.0 | |||||||
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| 26 | 11 | 4-12 | 3-7 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −3.9 | |||
| 21 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −7.4 | |||
| 16 | 9 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | −12 | +1.9 | |||||||
| 12 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | +2 | −1.4 | ||||||
| 4 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −2.0 | ||
| Team | 100 | 34-8540.0% | 12-3930.8% | 51 | 24 | 10 | 19 | 20-2774.1% | 11 | 7 | 8 | |||
Bench 25 points on 10 for 30 shooting
Did not play: Jericho Sims and Thanasis Antetokounmpo (coach’s decision).
Nuggets102Bucks100ClickTap 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 held off the Milwaukee Bucks 102-100.
The Nuggets took control with a 24-8 run in the third quarter and led by as many as 23. The Nuggets led 86-63 with 10:33 left, and the Bucks got within 101-100 with 5.4 seconds left. Ryan Rollins’ pull-up 3-pointer made it 101-100 with 5.4 seconds left, and Jalen Pickett went 1 for 2 at the line with the Nuggets up 1 and 4.5 seconds left.
During clutch time, the Bucks outscored the Nuggets 6-4. Rollins (No. 7 in clutch wins added, 2025-26) scored all 6 of the Bucks’ points on 2 for 3 shooting.
Julian Strawther scored a season-high 20 points (16 in the third quarter), and Aaron Gordon added 13 points.
For the Bucks, Giannis Antetokounmpo had 22 points (8 during a 10-0 run in the fourth quarter), 13 rebounds and 7 assists, and Rollins added 21 points and 3 steals. Myles Turner had 17 points and a season-high 6 blocks. Rollins scored 15 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter.
The Bucks forced 8 turnovers, about 6 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Nuggets outscored the Bucks 21-8 on the fast break. The Bucks outscored the Nuggets 17-4 in 5 minutes with Antetokounmpo, Turner, Portis, Kuzma and Rollins on the floor together.
Denver NuggetsMilwaukee BucksPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
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.
82 points from the field on 87 shots: 15.2 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 20-29 | 69.0% | 67% |
| In the paint | 3-6 | 50.0% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 0-11 | 0.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-7 | 28.6% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-34 | 29.4% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Harris | 17 | 7 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Kyle Kuzma | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Amir Coffey | 5 | 5 | 0-0 | +4 |
| Ryan Rollins | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 8 | 4-10 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 48 possessions. He usually scores about 10 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Harris | 13 | 3 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Amir Coffey | 9 | 0 | 0-4 | −2 |
| Kyle Kuzma | 6 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Cole Anthony | 5 | 4 | 1-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 8 | 2-6 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 46 possessions. He usually scores about 11 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Anthony | 9 | 2 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Bobby Portis | 9 | 6 | 3-5 | +5 |
| Kyle Kuzma | 7 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Ryan Rollins | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 4 | 2-4 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 45 possessions. He usually scores about 7 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.
Score margin over time — positive = MIL leads, negative = DEN leads
MIL Largest Lead
5
Q2 8:52
DEN Largest Lead
23
Q4 10:33
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
DEN 10-0 run
Q2 5:13 – Q2 2:25
+5 → -5
DEN 8-0 run
Q2 1:05 – Q3 11:44
0 → -8
DEN 9-0 run
Q3 6:42 – Q3 4:28
-4 → -13
DEN 8-0 run
Q4 11:26 – Q4 10:33
-15 → -23
