9:08 pm
March 9

Bucks @ Nuggets

Who will WIN this matchup?

Milwaukee Bucks (53-11)

@ Denver Nuggets (42-21)

 

Current odds:

Milwaukee Bucks: (+185)

Denver Nuggets: (-220)

 

• The spread for the game is Denver by 5.5 points.

• Khris Middleton scored 39 points Sunday and is averaging 29 in the seven games Antetokounmpo has missed this season. Eric Bledsoe chipped in 28 points on 12-of-19 shooting after averaging nine points – more than six below his season mark – over his previous five games, but the quality offensive numbers meant little after such a dismal start. “Tough first quarter for us,” Budenholzer told the media of a first 12 minutes that led to a 47-28 deficit. “Phoenix’s aggressiveness just put them in a position where they could maintain a lead and take it home. … I like the competitiveness of the group in the second half the way we fought and gave ourselves some chances. Tough game.”

• All-Star center Nikola Jokic was held to single digits in scoring for the first time in 44 games when he finished with eight points in the loss at Cleveland. Will Barton scored 22 points to lead Denver, which shot 50.6 percent from the floor but had a season-worst 3-of-8 showing from the free-throw line. Guard Gary Harris scored 18 points and registered a season-high five steals, and the veteran guard is shooting 66.7 percent from the floor in March – 7-of-10 from 3-point range.

• Bucks SG Donte DiVincenzo is averaging 17.3 points on 55.9 percent shooting over his last three games to raise his season average to 9.4.

5/10
Confidence
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