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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Timberwolves | 22 | 43 | 31 | 20 | 116 |
 Nuggets | 34 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 123 |
MINTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 42-9146.2% | 11-3432.4% | 21-2777.8% | 42 | 24 | 14 |
| DEN | 41-7951.9% | 8-2532.0% | 33-4573.3% | 42 | 22 | 14 |
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Denver Nuggets123| 37 | 35 | 12-20 | 1-1 | 10-12 | +13 | +13.5 | ||||||||
| 36 | 20 | 7-14 | 2-7 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +0.5 | ||||||
| 33 | 10 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | +6 | −2.5 | |||||||
| 32 | 13 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −4.1 | |||||
| 16 | 10 | 5-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −2.5 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 11 | 3-7 | 0-3 | 0 | 5-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −3.6 | ||||
| 25 | 4 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 1-4 | 0 | +4 | −0.1 | |||||
| 20 | 17 | 5-8 | 3-3 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +3.7 | ||||||
| 16 | 3 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −4.9 | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0.0 | |
| Team | 123 | 41-7951.9% | 8-2532.0% | 42 | 22 | 14 | 27 | 33-4573.3% | 10 | 9 | 2 | |||
Bench 35 points on 10 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Isaiah Hartenstein, Bol Bol, Markus Howard, Zeke Nnaji and Vlatko Čančar (coach’s decision).
Minnesota Timberwolves116| 38 | 15 | 5-16 | 0-6 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −4.8 | ||||||
| 37 | 33 | 10-21 | 4-9 | 9-10 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +9.2 | ||||||
| 34 | 25 | 10-14 | 5-8 | 0 | 0-1 | +3 | +12.1 | |||||||
| 22 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −5.5 | ||||||
| 14 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −0.5 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 15 | 6-19 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −9.2 | ||||||
| 23 | 11 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-7 | +9 | +5.4 | |||||||
| 21 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −18 | −8.1 | ||||||
| 14 | 7 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −0.2 | ||||||
| 10 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −6.3 | |||
| Team | 116 | 42-9146.2% | 11-3432.4% | 42 | 24 | 14 | 31 | 21-2777.8% | 10 | 8 | 4 | |||
Bench 35 points on 13 for 32 shooting
Did not play: Jaylen Nowell and Jaden McDaniels (coach’s decision).
Nuggets123Timberwolves116ClickTap 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.
Nikola Jokić had 35 points (22 in the paint) and 15 rebounds, and the Denver Nuggets went on a 15-0 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 123-116.
The Timberwolves went on an 11-3 run to lead 100-93 with 11:24 left in the fourth quarter. Jokić’s putback put the Nuggets ahead for good with 8:21 left. He scored 6 points during the run, and they led 108-100 with 7:04 left.
In the fourth quarter, Monte Morris had 3 steals, 1 of them during a 15-0 Nuggets run, and the Nuggets scored 3 points off them.
Will Barton scored 20 points (10 in the paint), and JaMychal Green added 17 points on 5 for 8 shooting off the bench. The Nuggets had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Timberwolves, D'Angelo Russell had 33 points and 11 assists, and Anthony Edwards went 1 for 7 from 3. Juancho Hernangomez had 25 points and 8 rebounds on 10 for 14 shooting.
The Nuggets shot 51.9% from the field to the Timberwolves’ 46.2%. The Timberwolves outscored the Nuggets 31-15 in 8 minutes with Russell, Beasley, Hernangomez, Vanderbilt and Culver on the floor 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. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
90 points from the field on 79 shots: 1.7 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 27-35 | 77.1% | 64% |
| In the paint | 4-15 | 26.7% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 2-4 | 50.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 0-3 | 0.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-22 | 36.4% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarred Vanderbilt | 24 | 8 | 3-7 | 0 |
| Ed Davis | 16 | 6 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Naz Reid | 12 | 12 | 5-6 | +8 |
| Malik Beasley | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 23 | 8 | 2-6 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 36 points on 82 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malik Beasley | 23 | 5 | 2-4 | +1 |
| D'Angelo Russell | 17 | 2 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Juancho Hernangomez | 12 | 5 | 2-5 | +3 |
| Jarrett Culver | 10 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 1 | 0-1 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juancho Hernangomez | 12 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Jarred Vanderbilt | 10 | 6 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Jake Layman | 4 | 3 | 1-3 | +2 |
| Jarrett Culver | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 6 | 2-4 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 43 possessions. He usually scores about 7 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
Morris 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (4 PTS)
Q4 10:08
15.5%
37→53
Barton 1' Running Reverse Layup (18 PTS) (Harris 3 AST)
Q4 3:53
12.9%
79→92
Edwards 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (9 PTS)
Q3 4:55
12.2%
46→34
Russell 4' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (25 PTS)
Q3 2:19
10.6%
54→43
Hernangomez 24' 3PT Jump Shot (19 PTS) (Russell 6 AST)
Q2 3:32
10.4%
73→62
