Denver Nuggets 128, Milwaukee Bucks 97 — Recap

March 2, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 128, Milwaukee Bucks 97. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 37-23 MIL; Q2 DEN 27-27 MIL; Q3 DEN 35-30 MIL; Q4 DEN 29-17 MIL.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 37 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 threes on 15-of-23 shooting; Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) 27 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists on 10-of-15 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 24 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Khris Middleton (MIL) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; PJ Dozier (DEN) 19 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

37 PTS, 10 REB, 11 AST, 2 3PM · 15-23 FG

Scoring · MIL

Giannis Antetokounmpo

27 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST · 10-15 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

24 PTS, 3 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 10-17 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	37	27	35	29		128
MIL	23	27	30	17		97

🧮 How They Scored

DENMIL

56Points in the paint32

14Fast-break points15

20Second-chance points7

22Points off turnovers10

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.6%Effective FG%47.5%

9.1%Turnover %12.3%

23.7%Offensive rebound %23.4%

0.126Free-throw rate0.392

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	38	24	3	6	2	0	1	10-17	1-5	3-3	+17
Nikola Jokic C	36	37	10	11	2	0	2	15-23	2-3	5-5	+18
Will Barton G	34	14	8	5	1	1	2	6-11	2-6	0-0	+13
Monte Morris G	30	10	2	3	1	1	2	5-10	0-2	0-0	+8
Michael Porter Jr. F	25	11	7	0	1	1	0	4-9	3-6	0-0	+8
PJ Dozier G-F	23	19	2	1	0	0	0	8-17	2-5	1-2	+28
Vlatko Cancar F	22	4	7	1	2	0	2	1-3	0-1	2-2	+22
Zeke Nnaji F-C	16	6	4	0	1	0	1	3-4	0-1	0-0	+8
Isaiah Hartenstein F-C	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+13
Bol Bol C	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+10
Greg Whittington F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+10

Milwaukee Bucks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Giannis Antetokounmpo F	33	27	8	3	1	2	3	10-15	0-3	7-10	-5
Khris Middleton F	29	20	4	6	1	0	1	6-12	3-6	5-8	-16
Pat Connaughton G	27	8	8	2	0	0	0	3-9	2-5	0-0	-13
D.J. Augustin G	27	7	1	3	0	0	0	2-5	2-5	1-1	-4
Brook Lopez C	25	12	5	0	0	0	2	4-8	0-2	4-4	-7
Donte DiVincenzo G	21	3	3	3	1	0	1	0-5	0-2	3-4	-12
Jrue Holiday G	18	4	1	3	1	0	3	2-6	0-4	0-2	-15
Bryn Forbes G	17	9	1	0	0	0	0	3-8	3-7	0-0	-20
Bobby Portis F	17	4	4	0	0	0	3	1-3	0-0	2-2	-12
Torrey Craig F	11	0	3	1	0	1	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	-21
D.J. Wilson F	5	3	1	0	0	1	0	1-4	1-3	0-0	-10
Sam Merrill G	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-10
Thanasis Antetokounmpo F	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-10

🔬 Advanced Stats

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	36	37	73.4	32.1	+25.8	26.9
Jamal Murray	Bench	38	24	65.5	21.6	+20.4	14.7
PJ Dozier	Bench	23	19	53.1	32.1	+59.6	9.6
Will Barton	Bench	34	14	63.6	16.9	+18.8	13.2
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	25	11	61.1	18.0	+21.8	9.1
Monte Morris	Bench	30	10	50.0	17.4	+15.0	5.8
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	16	6	75.0	13.5	+21.6	16.2
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	22	4	51.5	10.7	+46.8	7.5
Bol Bol	Bench	2	3	150.0	25.0	+250.0	34.8
Isaiah Hartenstein	Bench	12	0	0.0	0.0	+64.8	-6.0
Greg Whittington	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+250.0	0.0

Milwaukee BucksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Giannis Antetokounmpo	Bench	33	27	69.6	30.7	-3.9	17.7
Khris Middleton	Bench	29	20	64.4	25.0	-24.5	16.3
Brook Lopez	Bench	25	12	61.5	20.7	-16.7	7.1
Bryn Forbes	Bench	17	9	56.3	20.0	-62.1	4.8
Pat Connaughton	Bench	27	8	44.4	14.8	-24.5	9.9
D.J. Augustin	Bench	27	7	64.3	8.1	-12.0	6.2
Jrue Holiday	Bench	18	4	29.1	23.8	-37.2	-2.0
Bobby Portis	Bench	17	4	51.5	18.4	-33.3	-2.3
Donte DiVincenzo	Bench	21	3	22.2	15.7	-26.1	0.5
D.J. Wilson	Bench	5	3	37.5	33.3	-117.8	5.7
Thanasis Antetokounmpo	Bench	5	0	0.0	0.0	-117.8	0.0
Sam Merrill	Bench	5	0	0.0	8.3	-117.8	-1.9
Torrey Craig	Bench	11	0	0.0	11.1	-87.5	1.8