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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|**28**|**33**|**33**|**26**|**120**|[](/DEN)|
**MIN**|**28**|**27**|**33**|**23**|**111**|[](/MIN)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**48-84 (57.1)**|**13-32 (40.6)**|**11-13 (84.6)**|**5**|**40**|**32**|**14**|**8**|**4**|**26**|**120**|
[](/MIN)**MIN**|**36-79 (45.6)**|**10-26 (38.5)**|**29-35 (82.9)**|**6**|**32**|**24**|**13**|**8**|**2**|**21**|**111**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|39:34|10-17 (58.8)|4-8 (50.0)|1-1 (100.0)|1|9|2|0|1|1|3|25|+9|
A. Gordon^^PF|30:43|4-7 (57.1)|1-2 (50.0)|5-5 (100.0)|0|7|0|2|1|0|4|14|+11|
N. Jokic^^C|38:02|9-13 (69.2)|2-3 (66.7)|0-0 (0.0)|2|11|12|4|1|0|4|20|+7|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|28:30|5-10 (50.0)|3-6 (50.0)|1-2 (50.0)|1|2|1|2|2|1|5|14|+3|
J. Murray^^PG|38:12|7-16 (43.8)|1-6 (16.7)|3-4 (75.0)|0|6|9|3|1|1|3|18|+3|
B. Brown|23:46|6-8 (75.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|3|4|2|1|1|3|12|+11|
J. Green|26:46|3-8 (37.5)|1-4 (25.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0|2|2|0|1|0|2|8|+4|
C. Braun|13:57|4-5 (80.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|2|1|0|0|2|9|+1|
D. Jordan|0:28|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-4|
**Totals**||**48-84 (57.1)**|**13-32 (40.6)**|**11-13 (84.6)**|**5**|**40**|**32**|**14**|**8**|**4**|**26**|**120**||
**DNP:** ***Thomas Bryant***, ***Vlatko Cancar***, ***Reggie Jackson***, ***Zeke Nnaji***, ***Ish Smith***, ***Peyton Watson***
**Inactive:**
**[](/MIN)MIN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
N. Alexander-Walker^^SF|21:33|3-5 (60.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|1|0|0|0|2|8|0|
K. Towns^^PF|41:32|10-17 (58.8)|2-4 (50.0)|5-5 (100.0)|1|7|1|4|1|1|2|27|-10|
R. Gobert^^C|32:21|7-10 (70.0)|0-0 (0.0)|4-8 (50.0)|5|10|3|1|0|0|6|18|-2|
A. Edwards^^SG|43:56|10-22 (45.5)|3-11 (27.3)|13-15 (86.7)|0|7|5|3|3|1|1|36|-7|
M. Conley^^PG|39:03|3-8 (37.5)|2-3 (66.7)|4-4 (100.0)|0|2|5|2|1|0|4|12|-4|
K. Anderson|28:42|1-7 (14.3)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|6|2|2|0|5|2|-10|
T. Prince|14:52|2-3 (66.7)|1-2 (50.0)|3-3 (100.0)|0|1|1|1|1|0|1|8|-9|
J. Nowell|12:25|0-6 (0.0)|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|
A. Rivers|5:34|0-1 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|-3|
**Totals**||**36-79 (45.6)**|**10-26 (38.5)**|**29-35 (82.9)**|**6**|**32**|**24**|**13**|**8**|**2**|**21**|**111**||
**DNP:** ***Nathan Knight***, ***Jordan McLaughlin***, ***Josh Minott***, ***Wendell Moore Jr.***
**Inactive:** ***Jaden McDaniels***, ***Naz Reid***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|60|7|13|13|29|15|13|[](/DEN)|
**MIN**|52|10|15|7|10|13|16|[](/MIN)|
**Lead Changes: 2** | **Times Tied: 3** | **Gametime: 2:26** | **Attendance: 19536**
*Officials: Zach Zarba, Eric Dalen, James Williams, Dedric Taylor*
by BigHoneyBot
28 Comments
He shot half of our free throws , we aint winning this without him beeing this locked in
Nuggets come in waves. Nikola, Jamal, and MPJ are deadly offensive weapons. Then you get Bruce and Christian both with runs that kept the Wolves from gaining ground, and it’s just too much for the 8 seed.
Nice Minutes by CB Tinight was able to grow our lead back to 10 with the shots he hit love that for therookie
Didn’t feel like MPJ took that many shots- but most on the team. He needs to take it to the rim even more next game to start.
This is all I wanted for my birthday.
35 Tree Corgi free throws to Jokic 0 lol. I don’t ever want to hear about Ant or the wolves not getting calls or a whistle ever again.
Any nuggets fans in the chat?
Malone praising his long leash on rookies so they can learn. Love the decision but not his m.o. hahaha
Have to say both Jamal and MPJ have been stepping up on defense. Hope it holds up against the Suns, its going to be a much harder task guarding them
Jokic 9-13 with KAT and Gooby hanging all over him. Maybe his wrist is okay.
So who’s guarding KD next series?
This team is cooking. Not even full throttle on the gas. Well done Moach. Your vision is finally on full show.
Big props to Christian Braun tonight, he was a sparkplug and he was giving Conley and the other guards major issues on D. He made a couple rookie mistakes but MORE than made up for it. Also ups to Gordon who is out there pounding on KAT all night long and keeping him contained.
Didn’t even play our best game and it felt like we were always in control
I know we said it in G3 too (bc it was true) but give MPJ his flowers he’s starting to rly progress with becoming a legit 3-level scorer in this league had some clutch defensive plays as well and his rebounding continues to be a big plus you can just see the work he’s put in and the team-first attitude that he’s shown all year start to rly show and it’s genuinely rly great to see
I drank 1 voodoo ranger fruit force during the game. That shit is dangerous
Definitely brought it in.
MPJ is legit, watching his development over the past few years is awesome. AG50 is also insane, dialed in his free throws lately, makes a couple big shots, and locks down whoever he goes against. Also props to Malone, game management and rotations have been on point.
We need the Clips to take one more game. I don’t really care who comes out of their series, but I want it to go to 6 or 7 so Nuggets get an opportunity for rest. Coming out with a punch in the mouth because they’ve practiced a game plan and have fresh legs would be perfect for our momentum
WOOOOOOOOOOOO
Just a rock solid game from everyone, in a game that minny absolutely had to have. Jok with his usual triple double, MPJ hitting big shots and getting in the paint, Murray doing Murray things and creating shots for himself, Gordon hitting free throws, KCP hitting his open shots, Braun getting on breaks and cutting to the right spots, uncle jeff attempting to posterize gobert. And no one had even close to a subpar game. Love it
Great showing and professionalism. This teams gonna have a long playoff run.
God I can’t wait for an MPJ 40 point postseason game…
someone wrote on aaron’s nametag Lil’ AG. 😆
https://preview.redd.it/iugn1jrsseva1.jpeg?width=3468&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=358af5f852afd1e301c22b52b9b3585ea0d3d558
I would just like to say that this team means business. I’ve haven’t seen a team so focused ever. I’m jacked to the tits! 13 more
This game is a textbook example on how dissect drop coverage and zone defense. Unreal offense from Denver.
broncosquatch making /r/nba dope!
The reporter that kept asking “you guys didn’t need to win being up 2-0” 🤦🏻♂️. Everyone kept responding like dumbfounded
🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹