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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**MIL**|**26**|**30**|**19**|**32**|**107**|[](/MIL)|
**DEN**|**25**|**31**|**26**|**31**|**113**|[](/DEN)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/MIL)**MIL**|**36-84 (42.9)**|**16-39 (41.0)**|**19-25 (76.0)**|**7**|**40**|**24**|**12**|**3**|**7**|**22**|**107**|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**44-91 (48.4)**|**4-18 (22.2)**|**21-24 (87.5)**|**9**|**47**|**29**|**8**|**7**|**4**|**22**|**113**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|37:06|6-14 (42.9)|1-3 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|2|8|0|1|0|0|2|13|-1|
A. Gordon^^PF|25:21|2-6 (33.3)|1-2 (50.0)|3-4 (75.0)|2|6|2|2|0|1|6|8|-9|
N. Jokic^^C|39:22|10-25 (40.0)|1-6 (16.7)|4-5 (80.0)|1|16|12|3|3|2|1|25|+9|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|33:47|5-9 (55.6)|0-3 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|1|2|0|1|0|1|12|-3|
J. Murray^^PG|35:51|13-22 (59.1)|0-2 (0.0)|9-10 (90.0)|1|2|5|2|2|0|1|35|-3|
R. Jackson|20:21|3-7 (42.9)|1-2 (50.0)|2-2 (100.0)|1|2|5|0|0|0|4|9|+15|
C. Braun|16:34|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2|6|1|0|0|0|2|0|+10|
P. Watson|23:05|3-4 (75.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|4|2|0|1|0|3|6|+14|
D. Jordan|8:33|2-3 (66.7)|0-0 (0.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0|2|0|0|0|1|2|5|-2|
**Totals**||**44-91 (48.4)**|**4-18 (22.2)**|**21-24 (87.5)**|**9**|**47**|**29**|**8**|**7**|**4**|**22**|**113**||
**DNP:** ***Justin Holiday***, ***Jay Huff***, ***Zeke Nnaji***, ***Jalen Pickett***, ***Hunter Tyson***
**Inactive:** ***Vlatko Cancar***, ***Collin Gillespie***, ***Braxton Key***, ***Julian Strawther***
**[](/MIL)MIL**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
K. Middleton^^SF|29:55|6-10 (60.0)|2-6 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|0|8|3|4|0|1|5|14|+2|
G. Antetokounmpo^^PF|36:55|11-19 (57.9)|1-1 (100.0)|6-11 (54.5)|2|12|4|2|1|1|4|29|-3|
B. Lopez^^C|34:20|7-13 (53.8)|5-9 (55.6)|0-0 (0.0)|1|2|2|1|0|2|4|19|+5|
M. Beasley^^SG|31:12|2-9 (22.2)|1-6 (16.7)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|2|0|0|1|1|5|+6|
D. Lillard^^PG|35:22|5-13 (38.5)|2-4 (50.0)|6-6 (100.0)|2|3|5|4|0|1|2|18|+1|
B. Portis|24:45|2-13 (15.4)|2-6 (33.3)|3-4 (75.0)|2|12|2|0|0|0|3|9|-14|
C. Payne|12:35|1-2 (50.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|2|0|1|0|2|3|-7|
P. Connaughton|15:42|1-2 (50.0)|1-2 (50.0)|4-4 (100.0)|0|1|3|1|0|1|0|7|-11|
J. Crowder|19:14|1-3 (33.3)|1-3 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|1|0|1|0|1|3|-9|
**Totals**||**36-84 (42.9)**|**16-39 (41.0)**|**19-25 (76.0)**|**7**|**40**|**24**|**12**|**3**|**7**|**22**|**107**||
**DNP:** ***Thanasis Antetokounmpo***, ***MarJon Beauchamp***, ***AJ Green***, ***Andre Jackson Jr.***, ***Chris Livingston***, ***Robin Lopez***
**Inactive:** ***TyTy Washington Jr.***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**MIL**|26|12|10|13|22|13|9|[](/MIL)|
**DEN**|56|11|17|9|20|8|15|[](/DEN)|
**Lead Changes: 9** | **Times Tied: 12** | **Gametime: 2:20** | **Attendance: 19801**
*Officials: Tony Brothers, Dedric Taylor, Mousa Dagher*
by BigHoneyBot
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Would love to see them come out Wednesday night and treat it like a playoff game. We need this one so we have a chance at overcoming OKC for the tiebreaker. They need to wake up for this one
hop over to julian’s ig live! he’s streaming pickett’s rookie prank.
edit: aaaand it’s over
[link](https://twitter.com/DNVR_Nuggets/status/1752194339269214237?t=hKZ6mbr8V5rxvqLwIz4YHw&s=19) for those who missed it
At least Giannis played lol.
Bro there can’t possibly be a Bucks fan in here telling me Giannis is loyal as hell a week after he got his coach fired halfway through his first season
Man Jok’s eye that got gouged looks rough at the press conference, it is so much darker than normal and his other eye. Looks like he is wearing blackout contacts.
TIL counting is highly contentious
https://preview.redd.it/c3ccprstdifc1.jpeg?width=689&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4372ae9259741c141fb294cbe0ef93e27c365b62
winning a game while shooting 4-18 from 3 as a team man that’s real hoops
I love that we won, but I love that the obnoxious bucks fans went home sad even more.
“Why’d you wanna come out so early to talk to us tonight?” “Because I had things to do.” Jokic 💀
Whose burner account is Mama Cow? Is that Bones Thailand burner account? From the endless unironic shitting on Jamal it sure would seem that way
I see this as a win for the Bucks. They found something with Malik Beasley: Jokic Stopper.
400th time Malone has been bailed out by Joki smh
The Bucks made 12 more 3PT shots, made only 2 fewer FTs, and still lost. Crazy.
Get this OKC game then it’s 2 Portland games, and Lakers on deadline day with maybe a small roster
What a great game when MVPs decide to play against each other. Great stuff
When I’m looking for class I always look to sports arenas filled with fans that have been drinking.
Look at Jok’s eyes holy fuck
https://preview.redd.it/0pmzdjf2gifc1.jpeg?width=2492&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0b1145c2f9e63cd0b89727a9791c66089bf36fcd
Nuggets W, Thunder L, Clippers L, Lakers L, Sixers L. What a great night.
I find the recent lack of “beefin’ it up” comments rather upsetting. Can we get back to standing on business in this sub please?
Tonight had to be a top 2-3 nuggets defensive performance so far this year outside of the 1Q they were absolutely locked in
https://preview.redd.it/55m2o7pggifc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dca5240c91c78b2339f00a1301c4f4c62dbc4e47
I cannot believe we gave up another moral victory
You guys, Sixers getting mundered by the Blazers.
Why so many soft ass mf’ers complaining about ppl counting? Ain’t nobody got time to watch that lame ass routine 20 times a game.
Jalen williams most likely out on Wednesday.
3rd game in 4 nights for OKC too.
Denver gotta smack em early.
Seeing all these mopey ass bucks fans take the L on the way out is heart warming. There was some obnoxious dickhead three rows down from me standing up and yelling at everyone whenever bucks would score. He was dejected by the end of the game lmao
Sloppy game from Jokic. Celtics game and this one proved we can defend when necessary
Scott Hastings made me laugh with the way he said “*big* chicken wing”, just thinking about that
That was a great game. Hopefully we get a few more against the bucks in the finals
Neato gang
Some folks in r/nba are furious with the Nuggets broadcast. It ruined their night, and now their kids won’t sleep at night after seeing Marlowe and co pull out a stop watch.
I think Bucks fans are just jealous we can count.
If anyone told me:” Jokic will go 10/25 and the Nuggets will overall shoot 4/18 for 3″ I’d have thought:”Oh man, must be a blowout win for the Bucks then”.
o_o
Nuggets vs Bucks finals pleaaasee
Scoop Henderson is Philadelphia January Sixers father
Clippers lost ✅️
OKC lost ✅️ (a better outcome for us due to potential tiebreak stuff)
Nuggets won ✅️
Perfect night
Edit: Lakers lost ✅️
Jamal proving again he is just a shameless big game merchant
Hey guys can we try and get a list of basketball chants on the desk of screw you guys to approve before Wednesdays game? Obviously let’s go nuggets clap clap clapclapclap is alright, but I really need to get refs you suck approved. Let’s try and get it done tomorrow please, thanks
Philly’s role players surely found something in barely losing to the Nugget’s starters by…*checks notes* losing to Portland by 26
That second seed is lookin mighty good on the nuggets
The next step in PWat’s growth is when he gets more reps with Jok and becomes a terror in the dunker spot like AG.
There were so many Bucks fans at the game holy shit