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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|**21**|**22**|**28**|**27**|**98**|[](/DEN)|
**MIN**|**32**|**31**|**31**|**34**|**128**|[](/MIN)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**34-71 (47.9)**|**6-25 (24.0)**|**24-31 (77.4)**|**3**|**37**|**19**|**21**|**6**|**5**|**23**|**98**|
[](/MIN)**MIN**|**48-87 (55.2)**|**10-27 (37.0)**|**22-30 (73.3)**|**5**|**34**|**33**|**11**|**7**|**3**|**23**|**128**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|31:24|7-16 (43.8)|2-10 (20.0)|6-8 (75.0)|0|3|1|2|1|1|2|22|-7|
V. Cancar^^PF|29:26|2-5 (40.0)|0-1 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|5|3|0|0|0|1|6|-9|
D. Jordan^^C|24:45|3-5 (60.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|1|6|0|2|1|1|1|6|-11|
C. Braun^^SG|33:52|7-10 (70.0)|2-2 (100.0)|3-4 (75.0)|0|5|1|2|0|1|1|19|-13|
B. Brown^^PG|28:03|4-9 (44.4)|1-4 (25.0)|7-8 (87.5)|1|2|7|3|1|0|4|16|-16|
I. Smith|21:29|5-9 (55.6)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|7|5|4|0|0|3|10|-16|
Z. Nnaji|23:54|4-5 (80.0)|1-2 (50.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0|1|0|2|0|1|5|10|-21|
J. Green|17:55|1-7 (14.3)|0-5 (0.0)|3-4 (75.0)|0|3|0|1|1|1|2|5|-19|
D. Reed|19:30|0-4 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|2|1|4|2|0|4|2|-26|
P. Watson|9:42|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|3|1|1|0|0|0|2|-12|
**Totals**||**34-71 (47.9)**|**6-25 (24.0)**|**24-31 (77.4)**|**3**|**37**|**19**|**21**|**6**|**5**|**23**|**98**||
**DNP:** ***Bones Hyland***, ***Jack White***
**Inactive:** ***Kentavious Caldwell-Pope***, ***Collin Gillespie***, ***Aaron Gordon***, ***Nikola Jokic***, ***Jamal Murray***
**[](/MIN)MIN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
J. McDaniels^^SF|31:45|5-10 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|4-4 (100.0)|0|4|6|0|1|0|4|14|+10|
K. Anderson^^PF|13:03|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|3|1|1|1|0|0|4|+15|
R. Gobert^^C|17:50|7-8 (87.5)|0-0 (0.0)|2-4 (50.0)|1|8|1|2|0|1|4|16|+16|
A. Edwards^^SG|30:38|8-17 (47.1)|1-5 (20.0)|3-5 (60.0)|0|4|3|2|2|0|2|20|+13|
D. Russell^^PG|29:30|6-9 (66.7)|3-5 (60.0)|3-4 (75.0)|0|1|10|2|1|0|2|18|+11|
N. Reid|14:45|3-3 (100.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|2|0|0|0|1|4|7|+7|
T. Prince|26:07|4-12 (33.3)|1-5 (20.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|4|2|0|1|1|1|9|+23|
J. McLaughlin|11:31|1-2 (50.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|3|1|0|0|1|2|+16|
J. Nowell|27:11|6-10 (60.0)|2-5 (40.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|4|4|0|0|0|0|16|+35|
N. Knight|15:25|2-5 (40.0)|0-0 (0.0)|4-6 (66.7)|2|3|0|3|1|0|2|8|+7|
M. Ryan|13:43|3-6 (50.0)|2-5 (40.0)|2-3 (66.7)|0|0|1|0|0|0|3|10|-1|
W. Moore Jr.|4:16|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|2|-1|
J. Minott|4:16|1-3 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|2|-1|
**Totals**||**48-87 (55.2)**|**10-27 (37.0)**|**22-30 (73.3)**|**5**|**34**|**33**|**11**|**7**|**3**|**23**|**128**||
**DNP:** ***Bryn Forbes***, ***Austin Rivers***
**Inactive:** ***Luka Garza***, ***Karl-Anthony Towns***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|42|5|19|0|29|22|14|[](/DEN)|
**MIN**|72|14|24|34|56|11|32|[](/MIN)|
**Lead Changes: 0** | **Times Tied: 3** | **Gametime: 2:13** | **Attendance: 17136**
*Officials: Justin Van Duyne, Tyler Ford, John Butler*
by BigHoneyBot
46 Comments
CB was very cool, no fear driving to the cup.
Hopefully we can kick their asses at home cus I’m sure the rest disadvantage crap has annoyed everyone at least a little bit.
I’m going to base my entire perception of this season on this game, so I say it’s time to blow it up.
Tough loss, but it was fun to see some of the young guys get more run. Braun continues to exceed every expectation I ever had for him. Hope he keeps it up!
Hope we return the L to them on Tuesday! 😀
Also, I’ll miss Bones if/when he does go.
Christian Braun’s career high is now 1 less than Matisse Thybulle’s.
https://twitter.com/bleacherreport/status/1622415271746215936?s=46&t=trWZ50yv10cNBILBfpDRFA
> Nets owner Joe Tsai’s objective was to not send Kyrie to the Lakers, per @TheSteinLine
I find this hilarious
Did Denver win?
MPJ and Watson were nice, didn’t think we’d see the latter.
Everyone else was kinda blehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Again, nice to be at the top, you can breathe, you get some great watches, and then some slightly interesting and sometimes painless/painful, odd games on the side.
On the positive side Braun showed he deserves to play more and Brown that can pass the ball in the second unit, when Jokic and Murray are in the bench. MPJ wasn’t that bad but this game could be an opportunity to show something more in his game, other players could pass him more the ball but he was a little passive as well. Some role players played ok, and other role players should not play often.
Minimal bright side is Grizzlies lost too, nothing changes in the standings
Wait we played today?
If 4 starters don’t play a game in Minnesota did it ever really happen?
Thought this was a fun game tbh think it’s good for MPJ to have these games! Thought he did well, a couple of 3s that rimmed out and good to see him attack a bit more. Obviously idk but I could imagine that it is part of the mental aspect of recovering from that kind of injury to slowly figure out what feels comfortable to do and trust your body without overdoing (besides still also recovering and regaining his athleticism back) kinda like what you hear about an ACL recovery.
Fun to see Watson out there – he seems taller to me compared to summer league lol also had a smooth pass to Zeke at the end that I really liked. CB also continues to impress with his defense.
Wonder if Bones is making the flight back
I called this game the charge of the bench brigade and the result was about the same as its historical counterpart
Just gonna say it, Watson deserved more minutes
Tonight’s game made me sad, but then I remind myself of the time the Inside the NBA guys were clowning on the the wolves when they got real hyped about winning that play in game last season. [this](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r2GZmuFC3NY)makes me happy.
Let’s win by 31 on Tuesday.
No fire Malone, homies? Not tonight… Let’s trade MPJ!! NONE from you either… enough about the decisions, let’s support these prospectors until they strike!!!
Not mad since our starters were out, but the bench gotta be better for when the playoffs come
Wrong thread to ask this in, but is Jeff Green cooked? Looked a bit worse this whole season, but since the injury, he’s been awful. Wonder if he’s got it in him to ramp up for one final run.
I mean, this was 100% a scheduled loss and the fact that all 3 games vs Minnesota have come on the 2nd night of a b2b is just absurd.
That being said, Minnesota is ass lol. If the Nuggets get lucky enough to play them in the playoffs, it will be a 4 game series.
I mean considering we were Jokicless, it was expected
Hey! The number 2 seed Grizzlies lost to the floundering Raptors, and the 3 Kings lost to the struggling Pelicans. All is well in Nugglyfe as far as I’m concerned.
I don’t know if this is a troll but mildly infuriating
https://twitter.com/itsfrnotkd/status/1622413812258201601
Where Bones go?
I’m definitely more into the idea of trading Bones for Monte. The move make perfect sense for both sides. We need Monte now, Bones is the future for DC
It’s sucky that we can’t really get anything going on the road because of injury, but it’s good to know there won’t be any more B2Bs for the last few games before the break. All of them have a day between each game I believe.
Hoping we’ll be okay by then.
Christian Braun career high.
I hope before the Playoffs start we can get our Road Game going and not sit everybody every time we go on the road. B2B is understandable but we got to be able to play on the road with a full roster as well in the playoffs.
I’d love to have Delon Wright but aren’t the Wizards trying to contend
Fire Malone!!! Total fraud!
Someone check Malones fan duel
22 hours in between games with a concurrent 5 hour flight should be illegal but the NBA NEEEEEDS the extra 1million off revenue to be able to afford their mini yacht inside their medium sized yacht so I understand . Ill just go back to watching my cousin not able to afford insulin
Not skipping past opponents, but an Orlando road win would be a good win. Orlando is talented and has good coaching. Obviously this is a game that you flush away, but there needs to be some quality road wins coming in now.
https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/1622421181100867584?t=K-SoEVigBmF2A7wNgb3lrA&s=19
I know Love is hurt but for a backup C? Only if they bought him out we can’t afford that salary.
Where can I get some soft, lucious booty?
*edited for clarity
Would make this subreddit entertaining lmao
https://mobile.twitter.com/nuggetscountry_/status/1622307403160031233/photo/1
DJ Khaled is absurd. Remember last year when ‘they’ told him he’d never play at the NBA All Star game? Now here he is, ad lib-ing over John Legend at the Grammys
Bones, CB, Cancar, Nnaji, Bol Bol bench lineup is gonna dominate next season
Malone still didn’t play Bones?!?! It’s getting a little ridiculous at this point.
I’ve accepted Bone isn’t getting traded until Thursday when there’s 3 minutes left for the trade deadline 😕
‘Humbled’ without their 3 best players
At least the Sixers and Grizzlies lost
I can confidently say the bench lost us this game (literally)
Bring back Harris
What, we gave a free win to the Wolves and Tim Connelly?