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Milwaukee Bucks vs. Denver Nuggets

January 23, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Bucks 102-100 on 2026-01-23 on the road against the Bucks. The Bucks started Giannis Antetokounmpo, Gary Harris, Myles Turner, Kyle Kuzma, and Ryan Rollins. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Jalen Pickett, Zeke Nnaji, Julian Strawther, and Spencer Jones. Aaron Gordon (Nuggets) scored 11 points (4/8) in his matchups, with Giannis Antetokounmpo as his primary defender. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Bucks) scored 4 points (2/6) in his matchups, with Spencer Jones as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

MIL

Milwaukee Bucks 100

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ryan Rollins GS	35:12	21	4	1	3	0	1	1	8-20	4-10	1-1	0
Kyle Kuzma GS	35:04	11	10	6	0	0	1	0	4-10	1-3	2-6	+5
Giannis Antetokounmpo GS	32:10	22	13	7	0	0	4	1	4-8	0-0	14-16	+6
Myles Turner GS	29:09	17	7	2	1	6	1	4	7-12	1-4	2-2	-3
Gary Harris GS	27:58	4	3	2	1	0	1	3	1-5	1-4	1-2	-9
Bobby Portis	26:24	11	9	0	0	0	0	3	4-12	3-7	0-0	+7
Amir Coffey	21:24	5	1	0	0	0	0	4	2-7	1-5	0-0	-8
Cole Anthony	16:23	9	2	5	1	1	1	3	4-8	1-3	0-0	-12
Pete Nance	12:15	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2
Andre Jackson Jr.	4:01	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+2
Totals		100	51	24	7	8	10	19	34-85	12-39	20-27

Did not play: Thanasis Antetokounmpo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jericho Sims (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 102

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Spencer Jones GS	38:16	5	5	2	2	1	0	4	2-6	1-4	0-0	+7
Zeke Nnaji GS	36:58	11	12	2	0	2	2	5	4-12	1-4	2-2	+1
Jalen Pickett GS	33:57	13	3	7	1	0	1	2	5-14	2-7	1-2	-1
Julian Strawther GS	26:40	20	5	3	1	0	0	1	6-13	1-6	7-8	+12
Aaron Gordon GS	16:06	13	6	3	2	0	1	2	4-9	1-2	4-5	+12
Bruce Brown	25:56	15	3	3	2	0	2	1	6-11	1-2	2-2	-20
Tim Hardaway Jr.	25:46	17	4	2	0	0	1	0	5-14	3-9	4-4	0
DaRon Holmes II	15:45	3	4	0	0	0	0	2	1-3	1-3	0-0	+7
Hunter Tyson	11:43	0	4	3	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-8
Curtis Jones	8:53	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	2-4	1-3	0-0	0
Totals		102	47	27	8	3	7	19	35-87	12-41	20-23

Did not play: Jamal Murray (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

MIL

Milwaukee Bucks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Giannis Antetokounmpo · Gary Harris · Myles Turner · Kyle Kuzma · Ryan Rollins Starter 13.4 min
Bobby Portis Jr. · Kyle Kuzma · Amir Coffey · Cole Anthony · Pete Nance 12.3 min
Giannis Antetokounmpo · Gary Harris · Myles Turner · Amir Coffey · Ryan Rollins 6.8 min
Giannis Antetokounmpo · Myles Turner · Bobby Portis Jr. · Kyle Kuzma · Ryan Rollins 5.0 min
Giannis Antetokounmpo · Gary Harris · Bobby Portis Jr. · Ryan Rollins · Andre Jackson Jr. 3.0 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Aaron Gordon · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Julian Strawther · Spencer Jones Starter 8.7 min
Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Julian Strawther · DaRon Holmes II · Spencer Jones 6.1 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Spencer Jones 5.6 min
Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Julian Strawther · Spencer Jones 4.3 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Spencer Jones 3.5 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Bucks defense

Aaron Gordon 11 pts (4/8) in 34 possessions

Guarded by: Giannis Antetokounmpo (60 %, 6 pts) · Myles Turner (12 %, 5 pts) · Gary Harris (8 %, 0 pts)
Julian Strawther 3 pts (1/6) in 52 possessions

Guarded by: Gary Harris (34 %, 3 pts) · Ryan Rollins (15 %, 0 pts) · Kyle Kuzma (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kyle Kuzma	Spencer Jones: 16 poss., 1 pts (0/4) · Jalen Pickett: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ryan Rollins	Jalen Pickett: 29 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Spencer Jones: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/6)
Giannis Antetokounmpo	Zeke Nnaji: 23 poss., 6 pts (0/1) · Aaron Gordon: 20 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Myles Turner	Zeke Nnaji: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jalen Pickett: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Gary Harris	Julian Strawther: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Bobby Portis Jr.	Bruce Brown: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Spencer Jones: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Amir Coffey	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Spencer Jones: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Cole Anthony	Bruce Brown: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Pete Nance	Bruce Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Spencer Jones: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Andre Jackson Jr.	Hunter Tyson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · DaRon Holmes II: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

Giannis Antetokounmpo 4 pts (2/6) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Spencer Jones (31 %, 0 pts) · Zeke Nnaji (23 %, 2 pts) · Aaron Gordon (11 %, 0 pts)
Cole Anthony 6 pts (1/3) in 28 possessions

Guarded by: Bruce Brown (33 %, 2 pts) · Tim Hardaway Jr. (18 %, 4 pts) · Curtis Jones (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Zeke Nnaji	Myles Turner: 27 poss., 3 pts (1/7) · Giannis Antetokounmpo: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Spencer Jones	Giannis Antetokounmpo: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kyle Kuzma: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jalen Pickett	Ryan Rollins: 33 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Myles Turner: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Julian Strawther	Gary Harris: 17 poss., 7 pts (2/2) · Kyle Kuzma: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Gary Harris: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Amir Coffey: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Bruce Brown	Cole Anthony: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 9 poss., 6 pts (3/5)
Aaron Gordon	Kyle Kuzma: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Giannis Antetokounmpo: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DaRon Holmes II	Bobby Portis Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kyle Kuzma: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Hunter Tyson	Kyle Kuzma: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pete Nance: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Curtis Jones	Cole Anthony: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Amir Coffey: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)