Milwaukee Bucks at Denver Nuggets

· National Basketball Association

Milwaukee Bucks

17-21, 8-12 Away

Denver Nuggets

25-13, 10-6 Home

Watson and Denver take on the Bucks in non-conference play

Milwaukee Bucks (16-21, 11th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Denver Nuggets (25-13, third in the Western Conference)

Denver; Sunday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: The Milwaukee Bucks visit the Denver Nuggets in non-conference play.

The Nuggets are 10-6 on their home court. Denver has the league's highest scoring offense averaging 123.1 points while shooting 50.5% from the field.

The Bucks have gone 8-12 away from home. Milwaukee is 3-5 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

The Nuggets make 50.5% of their shots from the field this season, which is 3.9 percentage points higher than the Bucks have allowed to their opponents (46.6%). The Bucks are shooting 48.6% from the field, 1.4% higher than the 47.2% the Nuggets' opponents have shot this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Peyton Watson is scoring 13.0 points per game with 4.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists for the Nuggets. Tim Hardaway Jr. is averaging 15.2 points and 2.6 rebounds while shooting 44.6% over the last 10 games.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is scoring 29.5 points per game and averaging 10.0 rebounds for the Bucks. Ryan Rollins is averaging 2.7 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Nuggets: 4-6, averaging 117.6 points, 39.7 rebounds, 27.3 assists, 6.0 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 48.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 123.0 points per game.

Bucks: 5-4, averaging 111.8 points, 43.7 rebounds, 24.6 assists, 7.0 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 47.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 109.2 points.

: Nuggets: Cameron Johnson: out (knee), Tamar Bates: out (foot), Nikola Jokic: out (knee), Spencer Jones: out (foot), Jonas Valanciunas: out (calf), Jamal Murray: out (ankle).

Bucks: Taurean Prince: out (neck).

Regular Season Series

Series starts 1/11

Matchup Prediction

Nuggets: 44.7%

Bucks: 55.3%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Statistics

MIL		DEN
W1	Streak	L1
115.3	Points Against	117.8
6-4	Last Ten Games	4-6
113.1	Points Per Game	123.1
49	Field Goal %	50
39	Three Point %	40
40.5	Rebounds Per Game	43.2
26.2	Assists Per Game	28.9
4.1	Blocks Per Game	4.0
7.8	Steals Per Game	6.9
0.7	Team Turnovers Per Game	0.8
14.8	Total Turnovers Per Game	13.3

Denver Nuggets Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Spencer Jones, F	Day-To-Day	Jan 10
Jamal Murray, G	Day-To-Day	Jan 10
Aaron Gordon, F	Day-To-Day	Jan 10
Christian Braun, G	Day-To-Day	Jan 10
Jonas Valanciunas, C	Out	Jan 1