{"id":478174,"date":"2024-02-13T04:01:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T08:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=478174"},"modified":"2024-02-13T03:42:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T07:42:07","slug":"antetokounmpos-masterclass-leads-bucks-to-112-95-win-over-nuggets","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/antetokounmpos-masterclass-leads-bucks-to-112-95-win-over-nuggets\/","title":{"rendered":"Antetokounmpo&#8217;s masterclass leads Bucks to 112-95 win over Nuggets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/giannis-antetokounmpo\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/giannis-antetokounmpo\/\">Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a><\/a> displayed an outstanding performance with 36 points, 18 rebounds, and five assists, leading the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/milwaukee-bucks\/\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> to a commanding 112-95 victory over the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\">Denver Nuggets<\/a><\/a> on Monday night. The Bucks showcased their enhanced defensive prowess, marking the first time this season that they have held opponents to fewer than 100 points in consecutive games.<\/p>\n<p>Under Coach Rivers, the Bucks have undergone a significant turnaround, losing only one of their last six games, including a recent 113-107 defeat against Denver in Rivers&#8217; debut with Milwaukee. The team has now secured two consecutive wins with an impressive combined margin of 53 points.<\/p>\n<p>This dominant victory over the reigning NBA champions followed the Bucks&#8217; most one-sided triumph of the season, a 120-84 rout of the Charlotte Hornets. Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/nikola-jokic\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/nikola-jokic\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/nikola-jokic\/\">Nikola Jokic<\/a><\/a><\/a>&#8216;s stellar performance with 29 points, 12 rebounds, and eight assists for the Nuggets, he lacked sufficient support from teammates on a night marred by injuries. Aaron Gordon contributed 14 points, and Michael Porter Jr. added 11.<\/p>\n<p>Denver faced setbacks with Jamal Murray scoring only three points in 18 minutes before sitting out the second half due to shin splints. Additionally, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope played just nine minutes, leaving the game with tightness in his right hamstring, the same issue that had caused him to miss the Nuggets&#8217; previous two games.<\/p>\n<p>Lillard made a notable contribution with 18 points for the Bucks, while Bobby Portis added 13 before being ejected with 4:54 remaining in the game. Antetokounmpo&#8217;s 18 rebounds matched his season high.<\/p>\n<p>This loss marked the Nuggets&#8217; second consecutive defeat, coming off a 135-106 setback against Sacramento three nights earlier, which ended a three-game winning streak for Denver.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dh96AcCuBGk?si=7xF8Mq-_AtfbFBGt\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giannis Antetokounmpo displayed an outstanding performance with 36 points, 18 rebounds, and five assists, leading the Milwaukee Bucks to a commanding 112-95 victory [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":478175,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16736,16728,16726],"news_category":[16706,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[17859,17843,17841],"acf":{"announce":"Milwaukee concede less than 100 points in second straight game","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/478174"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/478174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":478177,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/478174\/revisions\/478177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478174"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=478174"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=478174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}