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[Post Game Thread] The Denver Nuggets (56-24) defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves (55-25), 116-107 behind Nikola Jokic’s 41/11/7/3 in a battle of the west’s top two teams



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|[](/MIN) **107 – 116** [](/DEN)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/MIN-vs-DEN-0022301164/box-score) – [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|

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|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Ball Arena (19845), **Clock:** Q4 :00.0|
|**Officials:** Tony Brothers, CJ Washington, and Ashley Moyer-Gleich|

|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:—|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|Minnesota Timberwolves|28|24|28|27|107|
|Denver Nuggets|26|23|34|33|116|

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|**TEAM STATS**|

|**Team**|**PTS**|**FG**|**FG%**|**3P**|**3P%**|**FT**|**FT%**|**OREB**|**TREB**|**AST**|**PF**|**STL**|**TO**|**BLK**|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|Minnesota Timberwolves|107|41-82|50.0%|13-30|43.3%|12-21|57.1%|9|43|23|21|9|9|5|
|Denver Nuggets|116|46-83|55.4%|11-25|44.0%|13-23|56.5%|11|54|31|21|7|13|8|

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|**PLAYER STATS**|

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**[](/MIN) Minnesota Timberwolves**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**±**|
|Jaden McDaniels^SF|33:30|9|4-8|1-4|0-0|0|2|2|3|1|0|0|2|-17|
|Naz Reid^PF|30:21|13|6-19|0-4|1-5|1|5|6|2|2|1|0|4|3|
|Rudy Gobert^C|38:46|13|6-7|0-0|1-3|5|10|15|3|2|1|2|5|-17|
|Anthony Edwards^SG|34:52|25|9-18|2-6|5-7|0|2|2|4|0|0|1|1|-16|
|Mike Conley^PG|30:14|19|7-12|5-9|0-0|1|3|4|2|1|0|3|0|-10|
|Kyle Anderson|15:13|4|1-5|0-1|2-2|0|1|1|2|0|2|0|4|-11|
|Monte Morris|14:46|6|2-4|2-2|0-0|0|1|1|1|0|1|0|1|-4|
|Nickeil Alexander-Walker|18:14|5|2-4|1-1|0-0|1|0|1|2|1|0|2|1|-8|
|Jordan McLaughlin|10:24|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|
|Wendell Moore Jr.|02:36|0|0-1|0-1|0-0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|7|
|Josh Minott|02:36|5|2-2|1-1|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|7|
|Daishen Nix|02:36|5|1-1|1-1|2-2|1|0|1|1|0|0|1|1|7|
|Leonard Miller|02:36|3|1-1|0-0|1-2|0|2|2|1|0|0|0|1|7|
|Luka Garza|02:36|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|1|7|
|T.J. Warren|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Jaylen Clark|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Karl-Anthony Towns|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
**[](/DEN) Denver Nuggets**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**±**|
|Michael Porter Jr.^SF|37:22|18|7-14|2-4|2-2|3|5|8|2|0|0|1|2|7|
|Aaron Gordon^PF|27:58|5|2-7|0-2|1-2|1|4|5|9|1|0|2|0|9|
|Nikola Jokic^C|38:25|41|16-20|2-2|7-12|2|9|11|7|3|0|2|5|6|
|Kentavious Caldwell-Pope^SG|26:18|9|4-9|1-5|0-0|1|2|3|1|0|1|0|4|-2|
|Jamal Murray^PG|27:23|20|8-13|4-6|0-0|2|2|4|6|0|0|4|1|7|
|Christian Braun|27:16|8|4-7|0-1|0-1|1|4|5|1|1|1|1|1|9|
|Reggie Jackson|20:19|9|3-9|1-3|2-2|0|2|2|1|0|0|3|4|3|
|Peyton Watson|23:01|3|1-2|0-0|1-2|1|3|4|4|0|6|0|2|4|
|Justin Holiday|08:17|3|1-1|1-1|0-0|0|1|1|0|1|0|0|1|9|
|Zeke Nnaji|01:32|0|0-1|0-1|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|0|-3|
|Julian Strawther|00:25|0|0-0|0-0|0-2|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-1|
|Hunter Tyson|00:25|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|-1|
|Jay Huff|00:25|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|-1|
|Jalen Pickett|00:09|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-1|
|DeAndre Jordan|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Vlatko Cancar|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Collin Gillespie|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Braxton Key|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

by Guardax

34 Comments

  1. Braun and Watson are such a good pair. Both of them are relentless.

    The way this team can just go on runs is so fun to watch

  2. landlion35

    Christian Braun is the best white player in the NBA

  3. SwishBender

    Well that 4th quarter didn’t go the way I want but it’s fun to think that tomorrow is the 6th year anniversary of the game that caused the play in tournament and tonight we played for the 1st seed. Hope we see you in the playoffs Nuggets fans.

  4. Palifaith

    I know it’s Joker but still didn’t expect the DPOY front runner to get cooked like that.

  5. dosnetlive

    We lost to the best team in the league with the best player in the league without our second best player

    we’re first round exits confirmed

  6. jonsnowKITN

    Completely took over at the end with those dunks.

  7. ItsMeJaredBednar

    Avs eliminate the Wild from playoff contention last night, Nuggets yoink the 1 seed from the Wolves tonight

    State of Colorado is Minnesota father

  8. Propuhganduh

    Do not want to see the Wolves with KAT in the conference finals

  9. itsnotyellowfever

    Presenting to you the sequel to Nikola Jokic’s critically acclaimed “Brother I have 47”, “Brother I have 41 on 4 missed shots”

  10. jeric13xd

    Malone just figured out who to trust in the playoffs lol

    PWat and CB. Reggie is still meh

  11. mikostands

    40-point games against Wemby and Gobert?

    Jokic hates French centers confirmed.

  12. DjLionOrder

    Jokic 3rd MVP is going to be so deserved. Him doing this vs Gobert is insane

  13. welcometomyhouse123

    Those dunks by Braun were demoralizing

  14. GovernmentDoingStuff

    THE WEST RUNS THROUGH DENVER ONCE AGAIN

  15. SakeOfPete

    I love nuggets basketball and I love the wolves. Not sure why our fan bases have decided to hate eachother but tonight was a great game. Excited to possibly see a healthy rematch in the playoffs. Best of luck y’all.

  16. Mooming22

    Just couldn’t hang at the end. This game was over with ~6 min left. There was absolutely zero energy left from us and we were just giving them the ball and free buckets which ended up in them pulling away.

  17. Best player on Earth letting everyone know, just in case they forgot

  18. “I got him I got him”

    “brotha I have 41 11 7”

  19. Petition to get Bob Meyers to never call a game again.

  20. VexoftheVex

    What a game

    That stretch of dunks in the fourth quarter was so amazing

  21. VexoftheVex

    That Nnaji corner three in garbage time was the only three Denver attempted all fourth quarter 😂

  22. I love that Peyton Watson approaches every opportunity to dunk the ball as if the rim has personally insulted the integrity of everyone in the Watson family tree.

  23. CLUTCH NET RATING (Under 5:00, within 5) IN 2023-24

    Denver: +25.5

    Minnesota: -14.0

    Hydrogen bomb vs. coughing baby

  24. 41 points on 80% shooting against a really good defense is God like

  25. EazyParise

    This feels more like revenge for the 2017 Game 82 than last year’s playoffs did. And honestly, fair. Would have been nice to win, but if we’re going to lose to anybody, Nuggets are a good option. Nice season dudes, hope we meet again in the playoffs!

  26. Just smashed my 8K, curve TV in front of over 30 guests at my soirée because of the Timberwolves performance tonight.

    My wife just took our crying kids and said they’re all spending the night at a hotel. This team has ruined my life and my party.

    I can’t do this any longer. Goodbye.

  27. Bigchonky3

    Welp I made a promise to myself that I’d say something nice about the nuggets because of all the mean things I yelled about them at my TV during the game and I’ll go with just how is Jokic real. That was so fucking frustrating. I still think Rudy played well on defense and Jokic still just scores and then yawns and rumbles back on defense with those scratches on his arms.

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