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Denver Nuggets vs. Milwaukee Bucks

January 11, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Bucks 108-104 on 2026-01-11 at home. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Jalen Pickett, Peyton Watson, Hunter Tyson, and Spencer Jones. The Bucks started Giannis Antetokounmpo, Myles Turner, Kevin Porter Jr., Ryan Rollins, and AJ Green. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Bucks) scored 9 points (3/7) in his matchups, with Aaron Gordon as his primary defender. Aaron Gordon (Nuggets) scored 27 points (11/18) in his matchups, with Giannis Antetokounmpo as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DEN

Denver Nuggets 108

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Peyton Watson GS	39:14	19	8	6	0	2	3	2	7-19	4-6	1-2	+2
Jalen Pickett GS	36:50	13	8	4	0	0	1	1	5-13	2-5	1-1	-9
Aaron Gordon GS	31:42	23	6	4	0	0	0	1	7-16	2-4	7-9	-11
Spencer Jones GS	24:42	5	2	0	1	0	0	5	2-9	1-7	0-0	-17
Hunter Tyson GS	12:30	2	3	2	0	0	1	1	0-1	0-1	2-3	-12
Tim Hardaway Jr.	35:10	25	2	0	2	0	1	2	8-12	5-9	4-5	+27
Zeke Nnaji	27:43	14	10	3	2	2	1	2	5-9	0-2	4-5	+22
Bruce Brown	24:21	7	6	4	0	1	0	1	1-7	0-1	5-6	+15
Julian Strawther	7:50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+3
Totals		108	45	23	5	5	7	15	35-87	14-35	24-31

Did not play: Christian Braun (DND - Injury/Illness), DaRon Holmes II (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIL

Milwaukee Bucks 104

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Porter Jr. GS	38:05	10	9	7	2	1	4	0	4-17	1-6	1-1	-3
AJ Green GS	36:49	14	5	4	0	0	1	4	5-8	4-7	0-0	+11
Ryan Rollins GS	35:02	2	6	4	1	2	2	1	1-9	0-5	0-0	+9
Giannis Antetokounmpo GS	33:00	31	8	11	1	2	2	3	10-17	1-3	10-14	+16
Myles Turner GS	24:15	16	5	0	0	0	0	4	5-8	3-4	3-4	-5
Kyle Kuzma	26:29	11	6	0	0	0	0	1	5-13	1-3	0-1	-14
Bobby Portis	16:40	14	2	0	0	1	0	3	6-9	2-2	0-0	-3
Gary Harris	14:59	6	3	1	1	0	0	1	2-2	2-2	0-0	-10
Gary Trent Jr.	14:41	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0-2	0-2	0-0	-21
Totals		104	44	29	5	6	9	19	38-85	14-34	14-20

Did not play: Thanasis Antetokounmpo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cole Anthony (DNP - Coach's Decision), Amir Coffey (DNP - Coach's Decision), Andre Jackson Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jericho Sims (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Aaron Gordon · Jalen Pickett · Peyton Watson · Hunter Tyson · Spencer Jones Starter 7.1 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Peyton Watson 10.3 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Jalen Pickett · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 5.9 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Peyton Watson 4.6 min
Aaron Gordon · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 4.0 min

MIL

Milwaukee Bucks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Giannis Antetokounmpo · Myles Turner · Kevin Porter Jr. · Ryan Rollins · AJ Green Starter 11.2 min
Giannis Antetokounmpo · Kyle Kuzma · Kevin Porter Jr. · Ryan Rollins · AJ Green 6.6 min
Gary Harris · Bobby Portis Jr. · Kyle Kuzma · Gary Trent Jr. · Kevin Porter Jr. 6.1 min
Giannis Antetokounmpo · Bobby Portis Jr. · Kevin Porter Jr. · Ryan Rollins · AJ Green 5.8 min
Giannis Antetokounmpo · Myles Turner · Kyle Kuzma · Ryan Rollins · AJ Green 4.5 min

Who guarded whom

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

Nuggets defense

Giannis Antetokounmpo 9 pts (3/7) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Aaron Gordon (55 %, 9 pts) · Spencer Jones (10 %, 0 pts) · Zeke Nnaji (10 %, 0 pts)
Kevin Porter Jr. 19 pts (7/12) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Peyton Watson (39 %, 6 pts) · Jalen Pickett (12 %, 2 pts) · Tim Hardaway Jr. (10 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Pickett	Ryan Rollins: 36 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Kevin Porter Jr.: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Peyton Watson	Kevin Porter Jr.: 27 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · AJ Green: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	AJ Green: 20 poss., 11 pts (3/4) · Kyle Kuzma: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Aaron Gordon	Giannis Antetokounmpo: 34 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Kyle Kuzma: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Zeke Nnaji	Myles Turner: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Bruce Brown	AJ Green: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kevin Porter Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Spencer Jones	Myles Turner: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hunter Tyson	AJ Green: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Porter Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Julian Strawther	Gary Trent Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kyle Kuzma: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bucks defense

Aaron Gordon 27 pts (11/18) in 54 possessions

Guarded by: Giannis Antetokounmpo (63 %, 15 pts) · Ryan Rollins (9 %, 0 pts) · AJ Green (8 %, 6 pts)
Peyton Watson 24 pts (10/18) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Kevin Porter Jr. (31 %, 3 pts) · Kyle Kuzma (17 %, 9 pts) · Ryan Rollins (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kevin Porter Jr.	Peyton Watson: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jalen Pickett: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
AJ Green	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 24 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Bruce Brown: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Giannis Antetokounmpo	Aaron Gordon: 34 poss., 15 pts (6/10) · Spencer Jones: 6 poss., 7 pts (1/2)
Ryan Rollins	Jalen Pickett: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Peyton Watson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Kyle Kuzma	Peyton Watson: 12 poss., 9 pts (4/6) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Myles Turner	Zeke Nnaji: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Spencer Jones: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gary Trent Jr.	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Julian Strawther: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bobby Portis Jr.	Zeke Nnaji: 7 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Peyton Watson: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Gary Harris	Bruce Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)