Bucks 92, Nuggets 74
MILWAUKEE -- Jabari Parker scored 16 points as the Milwaukee Bucks snapped a three-game losing streak with a 92-74 victory over the Denver Nuggets Monday night at the Bradley Center.
Out of the starting lineup for a second consecutive game, Parker came off the bench to score 10 points in the first quarter, hitting all four of his shots from the field and a pair of free throw attempts.
He cooled off in the second, as did the rest of the Bucks -- who made just eight of 21 shots -- but still went into halftime up a pair, 46-44 then clamped down on defense in the second half to go up by as many as 22.
Point guard Michael Carter-Williams also came off the bench and responded by scoring 12 points on five-of-9 shooting with six rebounds, nine assists and three blocks in 30 minutes of work.
Center Greg Monroe led the Bucks with 18 points.
Milwaukee went 6-for-18 from long distance and shot 45.5 percent for the game and only turned the ball over 13 times while the Nuggets, who shot 37.3 percent from the field and six of 19 from beyond the arc, gave the ball up 24 times for 35 Bucks points.
Forward Danillo Gallinari led Denver with 13 points while forward Kenneth Faried had 11 and forward Will Burton added 10 off the bench.
Denver has lost seven in a row.
NOTES: Bucks G Greivis Vasquez missed his second consecutive game due to a sore right ankle. In 16 games off the bench this season, Vasquez is averaging 7.1 points on 34.8 percent shooting and is 14-for-54 (25.9 percent) on 3-point attempts. ... Denver SG Gary Harris sat out a second game in a row. Harris sustained a concussion Friday in the Nuggets' loss to San Antonio. ... Milwaukee coach Jason Kidd used the same lineup for a second consecutive game, which kept F Jabari Parker and PG Michael Carter-Williams on the bench with Gs O.J. Mayo and Jerryd Bayless getting starts. ... Nuggets F Kenneth Faried started and scored 14 points Saturday in his first game back after missing three with an ankle injury. However, he came off the bench Monday night in Milwaukee as coach Mike Malone tries to gradually increase Faried's minutes and workload.