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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 23 | 27 | 35 | 18 | 103 |
 Timberwolves | 25 | 31 | 18 | 27 | 101 |
DENTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 42-8947.2% | 14-3540.0% | 5-683.3% | 40 | 29 | 13 |
| MIN | 35-7944.3% | 9-3228.1% | 22-2684.6% | 40 | 24 | 17 |
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Denver Nuggets103| 39 | 18 | 6-15 | 4-8 | 2-2 | +8 | −1.1 | ||||||||
| 37 | 7 | 3-13 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | +4 | −4.7 | |||||||
| 36 | 17 | 7-16 | 1-8 | 2-2 | 0 | −1 | −1.8 | |||||||
| 32 | 8 | 3-11 | 2-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −5.7 | |||||
| 28 | 25 | 11-13 | 2-2 | 0 | 1-2 | +6 | +12.8 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 9 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.8 | |||||
| 18 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +4 | +5.7 | ||||||||
| 14 | 11 | 4-5 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | +3.0 | |||
| 14 | 4 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −7.3 | ||||
| Team | 103 | 42-8947.2% | 14-3540.0% | 40 | 29 | 13 | 22 | 5-683.3% | 9 | 12 | 4 | |||
Bench 28 points on 12 for 21 shooting
Did not play: DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell, Torrey Craig, Tyler Lydon and Thomas Welsh (coach’s decision).
Minnesota Timberwolves101| 37 | 16 | 6-12 | 4-9 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −0.5 | |||||
| 30 | 13 | 6-15 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −7.0 | ||||||
| 29 | 7 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −0.8 | ||||||
| 28 | 22 | 7-14 | 1-5 | 7-9 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −3.1 | ||||||
| 19 | 7 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +0.9 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 20 | 6-11 | 2-6 | 0 | 6-6 | 0 | −4 | +7.5 | ||||||
| 28 | 12 | 4-9 | 1-4 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | −8 | +3.9 | ||||||
| 20 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +8 | −2.5 | ||||||||
| 19 | 4 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −5.8 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0.0 | |
| Team | 101 | 35-7944.3% | 9-3228.1% | 40 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 22-2684.6% | 8 | 8 | 3 | |||
Bench 36 points on 11 for 30 shooting
Did not play: Luol Deng, James Nunnally and Josh Okogie (coach’s decision).
Nuggets103Timberwolves101ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Paul Millsap had 25 points (14 in the paint) and 5 steals, and the Denver Nuggets held off the Minnesota Timberwolves 103-101.
The Timberwolves led 65-64 midway through the third quarter before the Nuggets went on a 16-2 run to lead 80-67 with 1:56 left in the third quarter. The Timberwolves got within 92-91 with 4:44 left.
The Timberwolves got within 92-91 on Derrick Rose’s pull-up 3-pointer with 4:44 to play, but Gary Harris answered with a driving layup.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Timberwolves 14-10. Harris scored 7 of the Nuggets’ 14 on 3 for 3 shooting.
For the Timberwolves, Karl-Anthony Towns scored 22 points (12 in the paint), and Rose added 20 points off the bench.
The Timberwolves turned it over 18 times, about 4 more than usual for this many possessions.
Denver NuggetsMinnesota TimberwolvesPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
98 points from the field on 89 shots: 4.0 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 20-29 | 69.0% | 63% |
| In the paint | 4-15 | 26.7% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 4-10 | 40.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-7 | 28.6% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-28 | 42.9% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 28 | 14 | 6-7 | +7 |
| Dario Saric | 8 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 5 | 7 | 3-3 | +6 |
| Robert Covington | 4 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 55 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Teague | 26 | 2 | 1-2 | −5 |
| Derrick Rose | 16 | 5 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Robert Covington | 12 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 8 | 2-8 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Covington | 26 | 2 | 1-4 | −5 |
| Derrick Rose | 17 | 0 | 0-2 | −5 |
| Jeff Teague | 13 | 0 | 0-0 | −4 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 4 | 0 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 12 | 5-6 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
MIN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
DEN
50/50
MIN
Highest Leverage Moments
Harris 2' Driving Layup (17 PTS) (Jokic 10 AST)
Q4 2:06
19.1%
34→15
Rose 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (20 PTS) (Towns 2 AST)
Q4 4:44
17.5%
29→47
Towns 26' 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Teague 7 AST)
Q3 6:07
15.9%
41→56
Jokic 24' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Harris 2 AST)
Q4 3:07
15.7%
29→14
Murray 24' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Plumlee 6 AST)
Q3 2:34
15.0%
29→14
