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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Timberwolves | 21 | 29 | 29 | 16 | 95 |
 Nuggets | 22 | 29 | 22 | 26 | 99 |
MINTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 39-9142.9% | 13-3240.6% | 4-666.7% | 41 | 24 | 10 |
| DEN | 39-8744.8% | 10-3330.3% | 11-1764.7% | 53 | 23 | 12 |
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Denver Nuggets99| 39 | 14 | 5-11 | 0-3 | 4-5 | +6 | −5.4 | ||||||||
| 37 | 29 | 13-26 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 0 | +16 | +2.7 | |||||||
| 35 | 17 | 6-12 | 3-7 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | +16 | +4.3 | ||||||
| 33 | 10 | 4-10 | 1-4 | 1-2 | +9 | −0.5 | ||||||||
| 32 | 9 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +17 | −3.2 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | 7 | 3-8 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −1.1 | |||||
| 17 | 7 | 3-10 | 1-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −4.4 | ||
| 14 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −15 | +1.9 | |||||
| 13 | 4 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −10 | +0.3 | |||||
| Team | 99 | 39-8744.8% | 10-3330.3% | 53 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 11-1764.7% | 12 | 6 | 4 | |||
Bench 20 points on 8 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Jarred Vanderbilt, Isaiah Thomas, Trey Lyles and Juancho Hernangomez (coach’s decision).
Minnesota Timberwolves95| 36 | 25 | 11-20 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | −8 | +2.7 | ||||||
| 34 | 18 | 8-20 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | −19 | −3.2 | |||||||
| 34 | 8 | 4-12 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −19 | −5.1 | ||||
| 29 | 11 | 4-13 | 0-5 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −4.8 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −4.6 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 19 | 7-11 | 5-7, Career high (his best before, 4) | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +5.4 | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −4.0 | ||||||
| 19 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +6 | −0.3 | ||||||
| 18 | 6 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +0.6 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −2.2 | ||
| Team | 95 | 39-9142.9% | 13-3240.6% | 41 | 24 | 10 | 22 | 4-666.7% | 7 | 6 | 0 | |||
Bench 33 points on 12 for 23 shooting
Did not play: Taj Gibson (injury/illness); Mitchell Creek (coach’s decision).
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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.
Nikola Jokić had 29 points and 14 rebounds, and the Denver Nuggets closed the fourth quarter on a 15-0 run to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 99-95.
The Timberwolves led 95-84 with 4:01 left in the fourth quarter. Jamal Murray’s step-back 3-pointer put the Nuggets ahead for good with 31 seconds left.
The Timberwolves had the ball down 1 with 31 seconds left, but Jokić stole the ball from Andrew Wiggins. A basket would have put the Timberwolves ahead. They had the ball down 3, but Wiggins missed a pull-up 3-pointer with 9.3 seconds left that would have tied it.
Paul Millsap’s free throw with 4.2 seconds left made it 99-95 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Timberwolves 9-0. Millsap scored 4 of the Nuggets’ 9 on 1 for 2 shooting and 1 for 2 at the line.
Murray had 17 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. Murray assisted on 6 of Jokić’s 13 baskets, 2 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Timberwolves, Wiggins scored 25 points, and Cam Reynolds added 19 points (15 on 5 3-pointers) on 7 for 11 shooting off the bench.
The Timberwolves got 7 offensive rebounds, about 5 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Nuggets’ starters outscored the Timberwolves 63-49 in 27 minutes together.
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. The Nuggets’ chance bottomed out at 4.2% (4th quarter, 3:10 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
88 points from the field on 87 shots: 2.3 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 15-26 | 57.7% | 63% |
| In the paint | 7-16 | 43.8% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 7-12 | 58.3% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 3-4 | 75.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-29 | 24.1% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorgui Dieng | 43 | 19 | 9-14 | +5 |
| Dario Saric | 10 | 2 | 1-4 | −1 |
| Tyus Jones | 8 | 8 | 3-6 | +5 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 8 | 2 | 1-6 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 4 | 2-4 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 35 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyus Jones | 31 | 2 | 1-3 | −7 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 9 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Gorgui Dieng | 7 | 8 | 3-5 | +6 |
| Josh Okogie | 6 | 1 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 6 | 2-6 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Okogie | 25 | 2 | 1-3 | −4 |
| Cam Reynolds | 16 | 2 | 0-0 | −2 |
| C.J. Williams | 12 | 7 | 3-4 | +4 |
| Tyus Jones | 8 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 4 | 2-5 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 80 possessions. He usually scores about 18 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.
DEN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Murray 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (17 PTS)
Q4 0:32
46.5%
24→71
Millsap 24' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Barton 4 AST)
Q4 1:30
16.3%
13→29
Williams 27' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Saric 3 AST)
Q4 10:18
14.8%
29→15
Williams 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Saric 1 AST)
Q3 2:35
13.5%
54→40
Reynolds 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Tolliver 3 AST)
Q3 3:16
12.5%
53→40
