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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 35 | 28 | 29 | 22 | 114 |
 Timberwolves | 26 | 26 | 37 | 14 | 103 |
DENTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 46-9647.9% | 12-3633.3% | 10-1190.9% | 53 | 30 | 12 |
| MIN | 34-8042.5% | 16-4139.0% | 19-3259.4% | 43 | 20 | 15 |
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Denver Nuggets114| 33 | 6 | 2-8 | 0-3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −5.0 | |||||
| 32 | 31 | 14-21 | 0-3 | 3-3 | +8 | +13.3 | ||||||||
| 31 | 12 | 4-10 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +12 | −7.3 | |||||
| 30 | 15 | 6-10 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | +8 | +2.4 | |||||||
| 24 | 12 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2.3 | |||||
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| 20 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −6.0 | |||||
| 19 | 5 | 2-9 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0 | +8 | −0.4 | |||||||
| 18 | 14 | 5-7 | 3-4 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +4.9 | ||||
| 17 | 15 | 5-10 | 4-8, Career high (his best before, 2) | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +0.2 | |||||
| 15 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −3.9 | ||||
| Team | 114 | 46-9647.9% | 12-3633.3% | 53 | 30 | 12 | 25 | 10-1190.9% | 14 | 6 | 3 | |||
Bench 38 points on 14 for 35 shooting
Did not play: Zeke Nnaji and Bol Bol (coach’s decision).
Minnesota Timberwolves103| 39 | 29 | 8-16 | 4-9 | 9-12 | 0 | −6 | +7.0 | |||||||
| 39 | 20 | 6-18 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −4.8 | ||||||
| 36 | 17 | 6-12 | 3-7 | 2-6 | 0 | −9 | −3.0 | |||||||
| 28 | 6 | 2-9 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | −2.4 | |||||||
| 18 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −0.7 | |||||||
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| 31 | 10 | 4-9 | 0-4 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | −10 | −6.2 | ||||||
| 17 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −2.8 | |||
| 15 | 4 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −3.9 | ||||
| 14 | 6 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +1.5 | ||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −0.7 | |
| Team | 103 | 34-8042.5% | 16-4139.0% | 43 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 19-3259.4% | 11 | 3 | 5 | |||
Bench 25 points on 9 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Ed Davis, Jaylen Nowell and Jake Layman (coach’s decision).
Nuggets114Timberwolves103ClickTap 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 31 points (22 in the paint) and 14 rebounds, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 114-103.
The Nuggets took control with a 23-11 run in the first quarter and led by as many as 13.
Early in the fourth quarter, Paul Millsap had 2 of his 3 steals, 1 of them during an 8-0 Nuggets run, and the Nuggets scored 6 points off them.
For the Timberwolves, Anthony Edwards scored 29 points (18 in the third quarter), and Karl-Anthony Towns added 20 points and 11 rebounds but shot 6 for 18.
The Nuggets grabbed 14 offensive rebounds to the Timberwolves’ 11 and outscored them 60-30 in the paint.
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).
104 points from the field on 96 shots: 1.9 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 21-35 | 60.0% | 64% |
| In the paint | 9-18 | 50.0% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 4-7 | 57.1% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-10 | 30.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-26 | 34.6% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 20 | 5 | 2-4 | −3 |
| Naz Reid | 17 | 8 | 4-5 | +1 |
| Jarred Vanderbilt | 16 | 10 | 5-8 | +4 |
| Anthony Edwards | 6 | 6 | 3-4 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 6 | 3-3 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 35 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Edwards | 32 | 6 | 2-3 | −2 |
| Jaden McDaniels | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 6 | 5 | 2-2 | +4 |
| D'Angelo Russell | 5 | 2 | 1-4 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 61 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan McLaughlin | 16 | 6 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Ricky Rubio | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Anthony Edwards | 3 | 5 | 2-4 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 3 | 1-5 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 35 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.
MIN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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50/50
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Highest Leverage Moments
Edwards 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (23 PTS)
Q3 1:22
12.5%
14→27
Howard 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Cancar 2 AST)
Q4 6:40
12.1%
21→8
Rivers 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Jokic 4 AST)
Q3 4:27
11.0%
32→21
Rubio 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Edwards 2 AST)
Q3 7:18
10.6%
24→35
Edwards 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (17 PTS)
Q3 5:15
10.2%
29→40
