MILWAUKEE — The Nuggets’ best chance of stealing one on the road wore a black jacket and dark pants and never stepped foot on the court for Wednesday’s game.
Nikola Jokic missed the second night of Denver’s back-to-back tending to a sore hamstring, and the Nuggets fell, 107-99, to the Milwaukee Bucks. Jokic warmed up prior to the contest, which suggested the decision to hold him out was more maintenance than injury related.
But regardless of the reasoning, the Nuggets were without their MVP, while Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo bludgeoned his way through Denver’s frontcourt for 33 points and 22 trips to the free-throw line. Now 34-15 overall with another contest Saturday at Philadelphia, Wednesday was the dictionary definition of a schedule loss.
