Milwaukee Bucks vs Denver Nuggets Prediction, 3/26/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Milwaukee Bucks vs Denver Nuggets

Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Location: Ball Arena in Denver, CO

TV: Altitude

The Milwaukee Bucks (40-31) are headed to Ball Arena on Wednesday where they will take on the Denver Nuggets (45-28).

The Bucks played the Suns and went home with a loss by a final score of 108-106 in their last contest. In regard to personal fouls, the Bucks walked away with 16 and the Suns recorded 21 personal fouls. They made 14 out of their 36 attempts from beyond the arc. Phoenix ended up shooting 88.9% at the charity stripe by making 16 of their 18 attempts. On top of that, Phoenix snagged 52 rebounds (14 offensive, 38 defensive), but couldn't earn a rejection. Phoenix dished out 25 assists and had 2 steals in this matchup. With respect to defending, Milwaukee allowed the other team to go 47.6% from the field on 39 out of 82 shooting. They also recorded 24 dimes for the game while forcing the opposition into 16 turnovers and getting 12 steals. In regard to getting rebounds, they collected 36 with 9 of them being of the offensive variety. At the charity stripe, the Bucks made 20 of their 29 shots for a rate of 69.0%. Milwaukee walked away from the contest with a 44.6% field goal percentage (37 out of 83) and converted 12 out of their 39 three-point shots.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is a guy who came through for this contest. Antetokounmpo went 63.2% from the field and also earned 5 assists. He saw the court for 37 mins and also totaled 10 rebounds. He racked up 31 points on 12 of 19 shooting.

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Milwaukee enters this one with a win-loss mark of 40-31 on the season. They are turning it over 13.5 times per game and as a group they are committing 18.1 fouls per contest. As a team, Milwaukee is snagging 43.9 boards per game and has accumulated 1,779 dimes for the season, which has them ranked 24th in the NBA in terms of passing the rock. The Bucks are connecting on 38.1% on shots from downtown (998 of 2,618) and 75.2% from the free throw line. They have an average of 114.4 points per game (15th in the league) while connecting on 48.0% from the floor.

When they are on defense, the Bucks are able to force 13.0 turnovers per contest while drawing 19.0 fouls. They are conceding 35.1% on 3-point attempts and they are 12th in basketball in opponents PPG (112.1). The Bucks defense is allowing a shooting percentage of 45.4% (2,918 of 6,433) and they concede 45.4 boards per game as a squad. They currently rank 10th in the NBA in allowing assists with 1,837 relinquished so far this season.

When they last stepped on the court, the Nuggets took a loss by a score of 129-119 against the Bulls. The Nuggets were able to collect 35 defensive rebounds and 17 offensive boards totaling 52 in this contest. They also turned the ball over 12 times, while getting 5 steals in the game. The Bulls earned 17 fouls for this contest which got the Nuggets to the free throw line for a total of 24 attempts. They were able to make 16 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 66.7%. Regarding shooting from distance, Denver converted 11 of 36 attempts (30.6%). Overall, the Nuggets finished the game shooting 46 for 97 from the floor which had them shooting 47.4%. The Nuggets allowed the Bulls to make 45 out of their 91 attempts from the floor which had them shooting 49.5% in the game. They finished 43.6% from three-point range by going 17 out of 39 and ended up going 22 of 26 at the free throw line (84.6%). When talking about how they cleaned up the glass, Denver allowed Chicago to get 43 overall (12 on the offensive glass).

Jamal Murray ended up having an impact for the Nuggets in this game. He made 11 out of 22 for this game for a rate of 50.0%, and had 5 rebounds. Murray totaled 28 points in his 32 mins of playing time and had 7 assists for this game.

Denver has a record of 45-28 on the year. On the offensive side of the court, the Nuggets are hitting on 50.5% from the field, which is 1st in the league. Denver has accounted for 8,810 pts for the season (120.7 per game) and they pull in 45.6 rebounds per contest. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 31.0 times per contest (1st in the league) and they cough up possession 14.3 times per contest. The Nuggets are responsible for committing 17.8 personal fouls every game while shooting 77.2% from the free throw line.

The Nuggets defensively are ranked 25th in basketball in PPG given up with 117.0. They are forcing 13.1 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 46.7% from the floor (15th in basketball). The Denver defense surrenders 36.5% on shots from 3-point land (1,024 of 2,802) and their opponents are converting on 77.8% of their shots from the free throw line. They have surrendered 29.1 dimes and 42.4 rebounds per game, which is ranked 30th and 6th in basketball.

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Milwaukee

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