Denver Nuggets 102, Milwaukee Bucks 100 — Recap

January 23, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 102, Milwaukee Bucks 100. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 21-21 MIL; Q2 DEN 27-21 MIL; Q3 DEN 30-21 MIL; Q4 DEN 24-37 MIL.

Top performers (box score): Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) 22 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists on 4-of-8 shooting; Ryan Rollins (MIL) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-20 shooting; Julian Strawther (DEN) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Myles Turner (MIL) 17 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Tim Hardaway Jr. (DEN) 17 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIL

Giannis Antetokounmpo

22 PTS, 13 REB, 7 AST · 4-8 FG

Scoring · MIL

Ryan Rollins

21 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 4 3PM · 8-20 FG

Scoring · DEN

Julian Strawther

20 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 6-13 FG

Season highs

Julian Strawther · Season-high 20 pointsZeke Nnaji · Season-high 12 rebounds

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

📊 Game Flow

DEN 23 largest lead Q4 10:33 (DEN 86, MIL 63) · 10-0 run, Q3 0:00–Q4 10:33

MIL 5 largest lead Q2 8:52 (DEN 25, MIL 30) · 10-0 run, Q4 5:18–Q4 2:37

Swings 3 lead changes Tied 5 times

Ahead for good: Aaron Gordon makes layup (Jalen Pickett assists) (Q2 1:05, DEN 44, MIL 42).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	21	27	30	24		102
MIL	21	21	21	37		100

🧮 How They Scored

DENMIL

46Points in the paint36

21Fast-break points8

6Second-chance points9

16Points off turnovers11

40Bench points25

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

47.1%Effective FG%47.1%

6.7%Turnover %9.4%

13.0%Offensive rebound %21.2%

0.264Free-throw rate0.318

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Spencer Jones F	38	5	5	2	2	1	0	2-6	1-4	0-0	+7
Zeke Nnaji F-C	37	11	12	2	0	2	2	4-12	1-4	2-2	+1
Jalen Pickett G	34	13	3	7	1	0	1	5-14	2-7	1-2	-1
Julian Strawther G	26	20	5	3	1	0	0	6-13	1-6	7-8	+12
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	26	17	4	2	0	0	1	5-14	3-9	4-4	0
Bruce Brown G	26	15	3	3	2	0	2	6-11	1-2	2-2	-20
Aaron Gordon F	16	13	6	3	2	0	1	4-9	1-2	4-5	+12
DaRon Holmes II F	16	3	4	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	+7
Hunter Tyson F	12	0	4	3	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-8
Curtis Jones G	9	5	1	2	0	0	0	2-4	1-3	0-0	0

Milwaukee Bucks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ryan Rollins G	35	21	4	1	3	0	1	8-20	4-10	1-1	0
Kyle Kuzma F	35	11	10	6	0	0	1	4-10	1-3	2-6	+5
Giannis Antetokounmpo F	32	22	13	7	0	0	4	4-8	0-0	14-16	+6
Myles Turner C-F	29	17	7	2	1	6	1	7-12	1-4	2-2	-3
Gary Harris G	28	4	3	2	1	0	1	1-5	1-4	1-2	-9
Bobby Portis F	27	11	9	0	0	0	0	4-12	3-7	0-0	+7
Amir Coffey G	22	5	1	0	0	0	0	2-7	1-5	0-0	-8
Cole Anthony G	16	9	2	5	1	1	1	4-8	1-3	0-0	-12
Pete Nance F	12	0	2	0	1	1	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2
Andre Jackson Jr. G	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Julian Strawther	Starter	26	20	60.5	27.1	+17.2	20.0
Aaron Gordon	Starter	16	13	58.0	30.6	+37.5	26.5
Jalen Pickett	Starter	34	13	43.7	21.3	-1.5	8.1
Zeke Nnaji	Starter	37	11	42.7	18.3	-0.1	6.3
Spencer Jones	Starter	38	5	41.7	6.8	+6.5	4.0
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	26	17	53.9	26.6	-5.8	12.1
Bruce Brown	Bench	26	15	63.1	24.1	-34.0	13.1
Curtis Jones	Bench	09	5	62.5	23.5	+6.9	12.7
DaRon Holmes II	Bench	16	3	50.0	7.9	+11.6	4.3
Jamal Murray	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hunter Tyson	Bench	12	0	0.0	4.0	-33.3	9.5

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Giannis Antetokounmpo	Starter	32	22	73.1	27.4	+7.9	25.5
Ryan Rollins	Starter	35	21	51.4	25.6	-1.5	9.7
Myles Turner	Starter	29	17	66.0	19.1	-5.1	16.3
Kyle Kuzma	Starter	35	11	43.5	17.3	+10.0	10.5
Gary Harris	Starter	28	4	34.0	10.6	-16.1	-0.4
Bobby Portis	Bench	27	11	45.8	19.4	+13.0	7.9
Cole Anthony	Bench	16	9	56.3	23.7	-35.3	13.3
Amir Coffey	Bench	22	5	35.7	14.6	-14.9	-4.2
Thanasis Antetokounmpo	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jericho Sims	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Andre Jackson Jr.	Bench	04	0	0.0	16.7	+8.9	-4.4
Pete Nance	Bench	12	0	0.0	6.9	+4.3	1.2