Julian Strawther nets 20 points to help shorthanded Nuggets get by Bucks

Julian Strawther scored 20 points to lead the Denver Nuggets, down many key players, to a 102-100 win on the road over the Bucks in Milwaukee.

Denver survives a valiant fourth-quarter rally from Milwaukee that brought them from down 23 to down just one. They also swept their road back-to-back.

Tim Hardaway Jr. added 17 points and Bruce Brown had 15. Zeke Nnaji added 11 with 12 rebounds.

The Nuggets were down Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Christian Braun, Peyton Watson and Tamar Bates.