2/28/25 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Friday
28 February 2025 Sports
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 28 points, pulled down a season-high 19 rebounds and dished out seven assists as the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Denver Nuggets 121-112 on Thursday night.
The two-time MVP helped Milwaukee offset another brilliant performance from Nikola Jokic, who shot 13 of 16 and had 32 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists. Jokichas 27 triple-doubles in the 53 games the three-time MVP has played this season.
This was the first matchup of the season between these two multiple-MVP winners. The Bucks play at Denver on March 26.
Brook Lopez added 22 points, Damian Lillard 19, Kyle Kuzma 16 and Gary Trent Jr. 15 for the Bucks, who have won five of their last six.
Jamal Murray scored 20 points for the Nuggets.
Nuggets: Denver has followed a nine-game winning streak by dropping two of three. After trailing by 12 with four minutes left, the Nuggets got the margin down to five with two minutes remaining but couldn’t get any closer.
Milwaukee is continuing to monitor the workload of Antetokounmpo, who missed six straight games just before the All-Star break while dealing with a strained left calf. The Bucks won this one anyway in part because they outscored Denver in the first five minutes of the fourth quarter while Antetokounmpo was on the bench. A.J. Green made a couple of big 3-pointers during that stretch.
Antetokounmpo made just his eighth 3-point basket of the season to give Milwaukee a 67-66 lead with just over seven minutes left in the third quarter. He got a dunk off Taurean’s Prince steal 35 seconds later to cap a 12-4 run that put the Bucks ahead for good.
The Bucks capitalized on a big disparity at the foul line. Milwaukee was 23 of 28 and Denver 9 of 11.
The Bucks visit Dallas on Saturday.
In Cactus League baseball Thursday the Brewers won at Maryvale over the Royals 12-5. The Brewers are at the Giants today with the first pitch at 2:05.
The #11 Wisconsin Badgers play at #8 Michigan State Sunday with the tipoff at 12:30.
#21 Marquette plays at Gerogetown Saturday in Big East action with the tipoff at 7:00.
Both the UW-Oshkosh women and the St. Norbert women’s basketball teams advanced to their respective conference tournament title games with wins in the semifinals.
The 10th ranked Titans defeated UW-La Crosse 59-47 in the WIAC semis, thanks to five double-digit scorers.
Alex Rondorf, Kayce Vaile and Avery Poole each had 12 for the Titans, while Kate Huml and Sammi Beyer chipped in 10.
They will host UW-Whitewater on Saturday at 3 PM in the WIAC championship game.
n the NACC semis, a big second half buoyed the Green Knights to a 52-40 win over Benedictine.
Tied at 18 at half, SNC outscored the Eagles 15-4 in the 3rd quarter, including the first 10 points of the 2nd half.
Taylor Thiry led the way with 17 points.
Girls Regional Basketball (Fri.)
In girls basketball tonight, #9 Ripon play at #1 seed Winneconne in regional semifinal action. Tipoff ist 7:00 on The Wave.
Berlin at Xavier
Brookfield Academy at Kettle Moraine Lutheran
Kewaskum at Oostburg
Plymouth at West De Pere
Port Washington at Waupun
Winnebago Lutheran at Laconia
Markesan at Lomira
North Fond du Lac at East Troy]
Denmark at Omro
Brillion at Saint Mary’s Springs
Slinger at Beaver Dam
Menasha at Ashwaubenona
New London at Marinette
Wrightston at Seymour
Antigo at Shawano
Weyauwega-Fremont at Bonduel
Fall River at Wild Rose
Wisconsin Rapids at Hortonville
Kaukauna at Harford
Sheboygan North at Kimberly
Appleton North at Neenah
Oshkosh North at Eau Claire Memorial
Oshkosh West at Appleton East
Fox Valley Lutheran at Waupaca
Amherst at Freedom
Altoona at Mauston
Living Word Lutheran at Westfield
Black River Falls at Wisconsin Dells
Dodgeland at Poynette
Horicon at Pardeeville
Randolph at Lourdes Academy
Reedsville at Oakfield
Valley Christian at Sheboygan Lutheran]
Wayland Academy at Palmyra-Eagle
Boys Basketball (Thurs.)
Waupun 83 Kettle Moraine Lutheran 62
Plymouth 96 Winneconne 92
Berlin 75 Kewaskum 50
Oregon 74 Beaver Dam 65
Seymour 77 Green Bay East 34
West De Pere 65 Green Bay West 53
Xavier 78 New London 61
Menasha 63 Shawano 61
Laconia 66 Campbellsport 47
Saint Mary’s Springs 77 Winnebago Lutheran 73
Lomira 47 Omro 44
North Fond du Lac 40 Mayville 72
Kimberly 75 Appleton East 60
Kaukauna 82 Fond du Lac 61
Appleton North 56 Neenah 44
Hortonville 67 Oshkosh West 59
Oshkosh North 95 Appleton West 47
Denmark 86 Clintonville 48
Freedom 80 Wrightstown 41
Little Chute 61 Oconto Falls 24
Fox Valley Lutheran 73 Marinette 49
Waupaca 64 Luxemburg-Casco 48
Westfield 52 Adams-Friendship 42
Wisconsin Dells 80 Nekoosa 49
Mauston 83 Wautoma 56
Central Wisconsin Christian 68 Heritage Christian 64
Oakfield 62 Lourdes Academy 48
Horicon 65 Dodgeland 62
Hustisford 53 Valley Christian 50
Cambria-Friesland 68 Rio 55
Pardeeville 75 Princeton/Green Lake 20
Markesan 59 Fall River 52
Randolph 83 Montello 69
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