Nuggets 110, Bucks 100: Wilson Chandler scored 24 points on 11-of-19 shooting to lead six players in double figures as host Denver held on to beat Milwaukee.

Randy Foye registered 20 points, six assists and a career-high four blocks, J.J. Hickson added 19 points and 10 rebounds and Ty Lawson racked up 18 points and a game-high 13 assists for the Nuggets, who won their second straight game. Kenneth Faried contributed 10 points and nine rebounds and Quincy Miller added 10 points off the bench for Denver.

Larry Sanders posted a new career high with 25 points to go with a game-high 15 rebounds for the Bucks, who lost their 10th consecutive road game. Khris Middleton also notched 25 points and Brandon Knight collected 16 while dishing out eight assists for Milwaukee, which has lost seven of eight overall.

The Bucks scored the game's first seven points and led 9-2 early but the Nuggets closed the opening frame on a 15-5 run, featuring 3-pointers from Foye, Lawson and Evan Fournier to take a 30-24 lead. Milwaukee would answer in the second, getting a spark from a 10-0 spurt at the midway point of the period to push its lead to 52-51 by halftime as Sanders compiled 15 points at the break.

Middleton opened the second half with a 3-pointer to push Milwaukee's lead to four before a 21-7 run for the Nuggets, highlighted by six points from Hickson and five from Lawson, gave Denver a 72-62 lead with 5:22 left in the third quarter. The Nuggets carried an 84-72 edge into the final stanza and pushed it to as much as 18 points before their lead was cut to 99-96 on a jumper from Giannis Antetokounmpo with 2:13 remaining, but Chandler scored on three consecutive possessions to help put the game away.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Denver has beaten Milwaukee in seven consecutive meetings and in eight of the last 11. ... The Bucks started the game without G O.J. Mayo (illness), F Caron Butler (ankle), F Carlos Delfino (foot) and F Ekpe Udoh (ankle) and lost G Luke Ridnour (back) late in the first quarter. ... The Nuggets converted 22-of-26 from the free throw line.