Nuggets Host Streaking Bucks
The Denver Nuggets play host to the Milwaukee Bucks at Ball Arena on Saturday evening.

The Nuggets (49-24) have won three of their last four games and hope to add to their, 30-6, home record as they return home to kick off a three-game stand. Nikola Jokic leads the team, averaging 24.8 points, 11.9 rebounds, 9.9 assists and 1.3 steals per game. Jamal Murray averages 20.1 points, 4.0 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 1.0 steals, while Michael Porter is averaging 17.3 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. The Nuggets average 116.7 points per game, while shooting a league-best 50.9 percent from the field, and they hold opponents to an average of 112.8 points per game.

Meanwhile, this marks the second game of a back-to-back for the Bucks (53-20), after an impressive, 144-116, win in Utah on Friday evening. They jumped out to a great start in the game with a, 40-25, lead after one quarter and carried a 16-point lead into the break. The hosts had no answers in the third, as the Bucks doubled their advantage, to make it a 32-point deficit heading into the final frame. The Bucks had no trouble in the fourth, as they closed out their third straight win. Grayson Allen led the way with 25 points, four rebounds and two steals, while Giannis Antetokounmpo followed up with 24 points, six rebounds, 11 assists and two steals, and Pat Connaughton added 22 points, five rebounds, three assists and two blocks. The Bucks will look to keep the momentum going on the second game of a four-game road trip, where they have the chance to add to their, 23-13, road record. Khris Middleton (knee) did not play on Friday and remains questionable for action.
Posted on: 3/24/2023 4:02 PM