Milwaukee Bucks 125, Denver Nuggets 112 — Recap

February 8, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Milwaukee Bucks 125, Denver Nuggets 112. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIL 37-42 DEN; Q2 MIL 22-20 DEN; Q3 MIL 34-26 DEN; Q4 MIL 32-24 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 35 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 13-of-26 shooting; Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) 30 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-23 shooting; Khris Middleton (MIL) 29 points, 8 rebounds, 12 assists on 9-of-16 shooting; Will Barton (DEN) 24 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Bryn Forbes (MIL) 15 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

35 PTS, 12 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 13-26 FG

Scoring · MIL

Giannis Antetokounmpo

30 PTS, 9 REB, 0 AST, 2 3PM · 11-23 FG

Scoring · MIL

Khris Middleton

29 PTS, 8 REB, 12 AST · 9-16 FG

Season highs

Khris Middleton · Season-high 12 assists

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
MIL	37	22	34	32		125
DEN	42	20	26	24		112

🧮 How They Scored

MILDEN

40Points in the paint40

18Fast-break points5

8Second-chance points11

11Points off turnovers10

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.6%Effective FG%51.6%

9.2%Turnover %8.2%

26.8%Offensive rebound %17.0%

0.247Free-throw rate0.170

Box Score

Milwaukee Bucks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Khris Middleton F	36	29	8	12	3	0	3	9-16	0-5	11-11	+17
Giannis Antetokounmpo F	34	30	9	0	0	3	2	11-23	2-5	6-8	+7
Donte DiVincenzo G	31	13	7	2	3	2	1	5-12	3-6	0-0	+11
Brook Lopez C	28	13	7	1	0	0	1	5-10	2-4	1-1	+2
Bryn Forbes G	26	15	5	1	0	0	1	6-9	3-6	0-0	+7
Torrey Craig F	23	9	5	2	1	0	0	3-3	3-3	0-0	+5
D.J. Augustin G	21	5	1	5	0	0	2	2-6	1-5	0-0	+1
Pat Connaughton G	21	4	2	1	0	1	0	1-3	1-3	1-2	-1
Bobby Portis F	20	7	6	0	0	1	0	3-7	1-3	0-0	+16
Jaylen Adams G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	39	35	12	6	0	0	0	13-26	3-6	6-6	-2
Will Barton G	39	24	1	4	2	0	3	9-16	3-5	3-3	-19
Jamal Murray G	37	11	3	4	1	0	1	4-17	1-7	2-2	-3
Paul Millsap F	30	14	5	1	1	3	2	5-8	2-5	2-3	-12
Monte Morris G	30	12	0	3	0	0	0	4-8	2-3	2-2	-4
Michael Porter Jr. F	27	8	7	2	1	1	2	3-9	2-5	0-0	-3
JaMychal Green F	17	5	2	0	0	0	1	2-7	1-3	0-0	-9
R.J. Hampton G	17	3	7	2	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	-8
Vlatko Cancar F	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Giannis Antetokounmpo	Bench	34	30	56.6	36.7	+16.4	14.7
Khris Middleton	Bench	36	29	69.6	26.1	+24.2	22.4
Bryn Forbes	Bench	26	15	83.3	16.4	+8.5	10.5
Donte DiVincenzo	Bench	31	13	54.2	18.6	+19.4	10.7
Brook Lopez	Bench	28	13	62.3	15.7	-0.4	7.0
Torrey Craig	Bench	23	9	150.0	5.7	+10.2	14.3
Bobby Portis	Bench	20	7	50.0	14.3	+40.5	8.2
D.J. Augustin	Bench	21	5	41.7	17.4	-0.7	2.2
Pat Connaughton	Bench	21	4	51.5	8.2	-2.4	3.0
Jaylen Adams	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	39	35	61.1	31.1	-1.0	18.9
Will Barton	Bench	39	24	69.3	22.2	-24.7	10.4
Paul Millsap	Bench	30	14	75.1	15.7	-17.6	8.6
Monte Morris	Bench	30	12	67.6	13.0	-8.5	8.5
Jamal Murray	Bench	37	11	30.8	21.8	-4.1	1.5
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	27	8	44.4	18.0	-8.0	7.5
JaMychal Green	Bench	17	5	35.7	20.0	-28.9	-3.0
R.J. Hampton	Bench	17	3	75.0	5.3	-19.6	13.3
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	6	0	0.0	8.3	-41.7	0.0