Milwaukee, WI
Recap: Nuggets play 1 on 5, get blown out by Bucks
The Denver Nuggets came into Milwaukee coming off an embarrassing blowout. Unfortunately for the Nuggets, the Bucks served up a repeat and Denver once again was playing their deep bench by the end of the game. Giannis Antetokounmpo had a monstrous effort while Damian Lillard and Brook Lopez had their moments as well. The thrashing spoiled Nikola Jokic’s excellent night and two Nuggets starters exited the game early with nagging injuries. After a close first quarter it got ugly quick. By halftime Denver was down double digits and it only got worse from there. Gross game, gross result, Nuggets lose 112-95.
Lopez opened the scoring with a deep three and Giannis and Lillard followed it with back to back baskets which put the Nuggets in a quick 7-0 hole. Jokic finally got Denver on the board but the Nuggets continued to struggle to find any offense while Giannis scored at will. Milwaukee pushed the lead to eleven before the Nuggets finally started to get some shots to fall while Giannis got into early foul trouble. That sparked an 10-0 run for the Nuggets that included Lillard also getting into foul trouble. Jokic was dominating the Bucks with his scoring who were relying on their role players to carry the scoring load with their stars on the bench. That actually worked well for Milwaukee who regained the momentum at the close of the quarter and led 28-23 after the first.
Joker with the slam, thanks to the Reggie dime 🤝 pic.twitter.com/5i5VzBw3TJ
— Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) February 13, 2024
Giannis was back in to start the second quarter while Jokic was out and Giannis took advantage. He extended the run the Bucks closed the first with and just like that the lead was back up to double digits. It continued to grow in the non-Jokic minutes as the second quarter was quickly becoming a disaster. Joker checked back in with Denver trailing by fifteen but Michael Malone was quickly calling timeout after a thunderous Bobby Portis jam. It went from bad to worse for the Nuggets as Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was still bothered by his hamstring and went back to the locker room instead of checking back into the game. Milwaukee kept growing the lead while Denver missed easy shots and soon the Nuggets found themselves trailing by more than twenty. They were able to stop the bleeding there but Giannis wasn’t going to let the Nuggets close the gap. Denver finally got a little momentum right at the end of the half, they went on a mini-run and trailed 60-44 after the second quarter.
BOBBY. BOBBY. BOBBY. https://t.co/otWaANLbiV pic.twitter.com/HRDzXx72C4
— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) February 13, 2024
The Nuggets got more bad news to start the second half, Reggie Jackson started in place of Jamal Murray who was dealing with his lingering shin injury. Despite being shorthanded (KCP also was not with the starters) Denver had better energy, particularly Aaron Gordon, but Giannis continued to be the problem for them. The Nuggets defense wasn’t putting up much resistance to Milwaukee and that let the Bucks go on a run and push the lead back up to twenty. Denver’s offense wasn’t much better. Colin Gillespie was in and whether it was cause or coincidence everything looked bog down on that end (Colin had two travelling violations within a few minutes). Lillard started to find his rhythm which kept the lead right around twenty-four as the quarter was winding down. Denver’s offense continued to stall and the Bucks lead continued to grow. By the end of the third quarter Denver was down 91-63.
DAME 4-POINT PLAY. pic.twitter.com/g6ccpnzxEO
— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) February 13, 2024
Michael Porter Jr. got the Nuggets on a mini-run to open the quarter to get them in the range of a respectable blowout instead of an outright butt kicking. They got it all the way down to twenty before Malone signaled Denver was conceding by putting Zeke Nnaji in where Jokic would normally have returned to the game. The Bucks started to look pretty disinterested in the game as well and they stalled out on offense but the Nuggets offense at that point was entirely reliant on MPJ who wasn’t able to convert consistently. It wasn’t long before the full reserve units were in with the likes of Gillespie, Julian Strawther and Braxton Key in the game. Let’s just say it wasn’t beautiful basketball. Meanwhile, Pat Connaughton got his shots off and the lead was right back in the twenties. As the game came to a close Milwaukee suddenly went cold but it was way too late to matter. The Nuggets reserves scored some glamour points to not make the game look quite as atrocious as it was but by the final buzzer it was a 112-95 loss.
Most. Valuable. Player.
36 PTS | 18 REB | 5 AST | 3 STL | 2 BLK pic.twitter.com/eXQvN4milu
— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) February 13, 2024
Best matchup: Nikola Jokic vs Giannis Antetokounmpo
Feb 12, 2024; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) is pressured by Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (15) and forward Aaron Gordon (50) in the third quarter at Fiserv Forum. Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports
The only player on Denver’s roster who can’t be blamed for the gross performance was Nikola. If this had been a close game then he almost guaranteed ends the night with a thirty plus point triple double. He ended the night with twenty-nine points, twelve rebounds and eight assists. He was the only thing to combat the continuous onslaught from Giannis who was every bit of his MVP self tonight. It didn’t matter if it was AG, Peyton Watson or Nikola himself, Giannis blew threw every defender the Nuggets threw at him. He finished with a monster double-double, tallying thirty-six points and eighteen rebounds. Jokic’s performance was able to cancel out Giannis to some extent, but Antetokounmpo was also able to cancel out Jokic and he got way more help from his teammates which proved to be the difference.
Injuries are way more concerning than the loss
The Nuggets worst decision tonight happened before the game even began when they decided that KCP was good to go. He didn’t look near 100% from the opening tip and exited the game in the first quarter never to return. Not sure what they were thinking on that one. Jamal also came up hobbled with the shin injury that has continued to bother him these past couple weeks. What’s concerning about both injuries is they come after Denver hasn’t played a game since Friday. One would assume both KCP and Murray were getting extensive treatment in those couple of days while they hung out in a hotel in Milwaukee (I mean, it’s Milwaukee, what else are you going to do?) and Denver would have a very solid grasp on where both players were at physically. With just one game before the now incredibly needed All-Star break, I’d be shocked if either player suits up against the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday.
AG cashes the Thing to Bet with a huge block
We needed just one swat from Gordon to make good on our Thing to Bet tonight and he got it for us right before the end of the first half on a beautiful block of a Giannis finger roll layup attempt. It was one of the few bright moments in an otherwise woeful second quarter and if you took our advice and laid some money on it pregame then at least your leaving this game with silver lining.
A Milwaukee Common Council committee, this week, supported legislative action aimed at addressing the city’s food desert crisis on the city’s north side.At the April 8 Steering and Rules Committee meeting, leaders discussed at length the growing frustration with sudden closures of grocery stores and the minimal notice they said residents received before the businesses shut down.District 1 Alderwoman Andrea Pratt referenced the sudden January closure by owners of the Aldi near North Sherman Boulevard and West Custer Avenue.”They left me a voicemail on January 9 to tell me they were closing on January 11, which means that all those people in that neighborhood were left without a grocery store in two days. They found out on the news,” she said.The committee approved adopting a city ordinance to require licensed food establishments to provide the city written notice of their intent to close a business at least 60 days before the planned closure.The measure will go up for a vote by the full council.”They are there, not only to conduct business, but are very much a part of our neighborhoods and very much a part of our community; they have a responsibility, and they have to be accountable,” Pratt said of food businesses.The planned opening of a grocery store to replace the now-departed Sentry Foods at 64th and Silver Spring Drive in Ald. Mark Chambers Jr.’s district hit a snag.”The Sentry is going to be re-imaged and repurposed into a grocery called One City Supermarket that will be opening up soon, this month,” he said, “There are still some kinks that are coming out as far as accepting SNAP and things for the federal government, so that’s what’s holding up the grand opening on that one.A sign posted on the door said the grand opening was scheduled for April 26. It is unclear if the issue Chambers revealed would push the date.Chambers supported the 60-day notice ordinance along with the resolution to declare food apartheid a public health emergency in the city. A 2023 article published by Jo Walker for the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability cited Karen Washington, a food justice advocate, for coining the term as drawing attention. Karen Washington, food justice advocate, organizer, and author, first coined the term food apartheid to draw attention to the “root causes of inequity in our food system based on race, class, and geography.” The article went on to say Washington emphasized “healthy, fresh food is accessible in wealthy neighborhoods while unhealthy food abounds in poor neighborhoods.””This is necessary because we, as alders on the Northside are severely impacted compared to our counterparts on the south side,” Chambers, who represents District 1 said.”You shouldn’t wake up in a food desert,” Ald. Pratt added.
A Milwaukee Common Council committee, this week, supported legislative action aimed at addressing the city’s food desert crisis on the city’s north side.
At the April 8 Steering and Rules Committee meeting, leaders discussed at length the growing frustration with sudden closures of grocery stores and the minimal notice they said residents received before the businesses shut down.
District 1 Alderwoman Andrea Pratt referenced the sudden January closure by owners of the Aldi near North Sherman Boulevard and West Custer Avenue.
“They left me a voicemail on January 9 to tell me they were closing on January 11, which means that all those people in that neighborhood were left without a grocery store in two days. They found out on the news,” she said.
The committee approved adopting a city ordinance to require licensed food establishments to provide the city written notice of their intent to close a business at least 60 days before the planned closure.
The measure will go up for a vote by the full council.
“They are there, not only to conduct business, but are very much a part of our neighborhoods and very much a part of our community; they have a responsibility, and they have to be accountable,” Pratt said of food businesses.
The planned opening of a grocery store to replace the now-departed Sentry Foods at 64th and Silver Spring Drive in Ald. Mark Chambers Jr.’s district hit a snag.
“The Sentry is going to be re-imaged and repurposed into a grocery called One City Supermarket that will be opening up soon, this month,” he said, “There are still some kinks that are coming out as far as accepting SNAP and things for the federal government, so that’s what’s holding up the grand opening on that one.
A sign posted on the door said the grand opening was scheduled for April 26. It is unclear if the issue Chambers revealed would push the date.
Chambers supported the 60-day notice ordinance along with the resolution to declare food apartheid a public health emergency in the city.
A 2023 article published by Jo Walker for the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability cited Karen Washington, a food justice advocate, for coining the term as drawing attention.
Karen Washington, food justice advocate, organizer, and author, first coined the term food apartheid to draw attention to the “root causes of inequity in our food system based on race, class, and geography.” The article went on to say Washington emphasized “healthy, fresh food is accessible in wealthy neighborhoods while unhealthy food abounds in poor neighborhoods.”
“This [resolution] is necessary because we, as alders on the Northside [of Milwaukee] are severely impacted compared to our counterparts on the south side,” Chambers, who represents District 1 said.
“You shouldn’t wake up in a food desert,” Ald. Pratt added.
Have you ever been to the 4th Base Bar and Grill in Milwaukee, Wisconsin? I just learned about this place today, and it’s definitely a place I need to experience this summer!
Milwaukee’s Mullet Bar
As a lifelong Illinois girl who comes from a family of Chicago Cubs fans, I feel legally obligated to side-eye anything related to Milwaukee and baseball. However, for 4th Base Bar and Grill, I am willing to make an exception.
Google Street View
From the outside, the 4th Base Bar and Grill may look like your average sports/dive bar, but a truly unique dining experience awaits you inside.
4th Base Bar and Grill is often referred to as Milwaukee’s mullet bar, because it’s the best way to describe it: Sports bar in the front, fancy steakhouse in the back.
Please allow me to explain.
What Makes 4th Base Bar and Grill Unique
At 4th Base Bar and Grill, there is no menu.
Instead, there is a full deli case in the back where you walk up and choose what you want to eat, and then the chef whips up a fabulous meal with it.
We’re talking filet mignon, king crab, scallops… the kind of dinner you’d expect somewhere with white tablecloths and waiters wearing bowties… not next to a guy in a Brewers jersey yelling at the TV.
Fun Fact About 4th Base Bar and Grill
Another thing that makes 4th Base stand out is this:
Not only has it been around since the late 1970s, but the bar also had a cameo in the baseball movie Major League released in 1989!
Does this look familiar?
The next time you venture north to Milwaukee, be sure to give 4th Base a try… and maybe leave your Cubs jersey at home.
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A two-alarm fire ripped through a U-Haul storage facility in Milwaukee’s South Side on Monday night, just months after a previous five-alarm fire caused significant damage to the same complex. The latest incident damaged 25 storage units on the first floor, while many others may have suffered water, smoke, or soot damage. Renters are now in a state of limbo, waiting to hear from U-Haul about the status of their belongings as the company works to restore power and allow access to the building.
Why it matters
This is the second major fire to hit the U-Haul storage facility in just three months, raising concerns about the safety and security of the complex. The repeated incidents have left many renters anxious about the fate of their personal belongings, which in some cases represent significant financial and sentimental value. The fires also highlight the challenges faced by the storage industry in maintaining reliable facilities and protecting customer property.
The details
The latest fire broke out on Monday night at the U-Haul storage facility located at the intersection of 1st Street and Lapham Avenue. Milwaukee firefighters responded to the two-alarm blaze, which caused damage to 25 storage units on the first floor. According to U-Haul, other units on the first floor as well as some on the upper floors may have also suffered water, smoke, or soot damage. This comes just 75 days after a previous five-alarm fire tore through a different part of the same storage complex, damaging around 400 of the 1,200 total units. The cause of the January fire was determined to be electrical, while the cause of the latest incident is still under investigation.
- The previous five-alarm fire at the U-Haul storage facility occurred on January 21, 2026.
- The latest two-alarm fire broke out on the evening of April 7, 2026.
- A demolition crew is scheduled to begin demolishing the part of the building damaged in the January fire next week.
The players
U-Haul
A major provider of moving and storage services, operating a large storage facility in Milwaukee that has been impacted by two fires in the past three months.
Debra Bennett
A renter at the U-Haul storage facility who has thousands of dollars’ worth of collectibles stored in her unit, which was spared in the first fire but is now in limbo as she waits to hear if it was damaged in the latest incident.
Aaron Lipski
The Milwaukee Fire Chief who responded to the scene of the latest two-alarm fire at the U-Haul storage facility.
Jeff Lockridge
The U-Haul manager of media and public relations who provided details about the damage caused by the latest fire and the company’s plans to assist affected customers.
Milwaukee Department of Neighborhood Services
The city agency that has ordered the demolition of the part of the U-Haul storage facility damaged in the January fire, and is overseeing the safety of the building following the latest incident.
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What they’re saying
“I never thought I should move my stuff. I thought, well, one detrimental fire and that’s it.”
— Debra Bennett, U-Haul storage renter
“You weren’t expecting a second one.”
— James Stratton, Investigative reporter
“No. Who was?”
— Debra Bennett, U-Haul storage renter
What’s next
Once power is restored to the U-Haul storage facility, the company says it will begin contacting affected customers on Thursday to schedule inspections of their belongings and coordinate any necessary cleaning, drying, or re-boxing services.
The takeaway
The repeated fires at the U-Haul storage facility in Milwaukee have left many renters on edge and questioning the safety and security of their personal belongings. This incident highlights the challenges faced by the storage industry in maintaining reliable facilities and protecting customer property, especially in the face of unexpected disasters.
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