On February 13, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Bucks played the defending champion Nuggets at home. In this game, the Bucks came up with a hot momentum, and the Nuggets briefly caught up, and then they fell into passivity in an all-round way, and the point difference was constantly stretched, and they were already behind by 28 points after the third quarter, and the game lost suspense early. In the end, the Bucks defeated the Nuggets 112-95 and successfully completed revenge.
In the first quarter of the game, the two teams did not feel very good, the Bucks Da Lopez three points to break the deadlock, and then Lillard and Brother Alphabet scored consecutive points to only make a 9-0 start. The Nuggets played 3 minutes, relying on Jokic's jumper to break the drought, and Brother Alphabet scored consecutive points, and the difference was stretched to 11 points. Porter Jr. and Jokic hit three-point shots to stop the bleeding, Big Lopez scored three points, Reggie responded, Jokic dunked, the Nuggets successfully approached the score, Lillard complained and ate a technical foul, Jokic scored points to take the lead 18-16, and then the two teams fell into a tug-of-war, Beasley hit a three-point shot, Portis and Connaughton could also score points, and the Bucks led 28-23 after the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, Brother Alphabet came up to score consecutive points, Portis counterattacked and scored, directly hitting a wave of 7-0 offensive, and the score came to 35-23. Jordan Jr. made two free throws and one to stop the bleeding, but Green hit a three-point shot, the Bucks still took the initiative, and Portis countered with a dunk to stop the Nuggets again. Jokic came up to score to stop the bleeding, but Brother Alphabet dunked again, Jokic hit a three-point shot, but Portis and Brother Alphabet continued to score points, and Beasley broke through to score, and the score came to 54-33. Watson played 2+1, Murray hit a three-point shot and finally scored a goal, but Brother Alphabet couldn't stop it at all, Holiday grasped the three-point shot, and the Nuggets fell behind 44-60 at halftime.
Yibian fought again, the Nuggets launched a counterattack, Gordon scored 5 points in a row with an inside and outside shot, but Lillard scored 2+1, Gordon continued to score points, but the Bucks' momentum was still good, and they were always able to respond, Beasley hit a three-point shot, and the score came to 75-57. The Nuggets' hand has declined, Lillard directly scored 3+1, the point difference was further widened, Jokic scored under the basket, Gordon received a dunk in the air, Lillard scored three points again, Da Lopez could also hit, the Nuggets were also powerless to block, the point difference was further widened, Portis broke through the two-handed dunk, and the Bucks led 91-63 after the third quarter of the game.
In the final quarter of the game, Porter Jr. came up and scored 5 points in a row, but after that, the Nuggets did not continue the momentum, and the Bucks could respond, and the game lost suspense early. In the end, the Bucks defeated the Nuggets 112-95.
In this game, Jokic was isolated, with 29 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists, but unfortunately the opponent's state was very sluggish. Brother Alphabet was full of firepower this time, scoring 36 points, 18 rebounds and 5 assists; Lillard scored 18 points and hit 16 three-pointers as a team to get revenge on the defending champions.