#Minnesota Timberwolves at Denver Nuggets
Ball Arena- Denver, CO
[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401540755)
[TV/Radio](https://reddit.com/r/timberwolves/comments/12owtec/game_thread_minnesota_timberwolves_00_at_denver/jgk2h6n/)
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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|
||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|MIN |23|21|14|22|80|
|DEN |26|29|32|22|109|
###Player Stats
**Minnesota Timberwolves**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|N. Alexander-Walker|23:30|7|2-6|2-4|1-2|0|1|1|0|0|1|0|1|-6
|K. Towns|29:34|11|5-15|1-7|0-2|1|9|10|2|0|0|4|2|-11
|R. Gobert|25:43|8|3-5|0-0|2-4|2|11|13|0|0|2|1|3|-28
|A. Edwards|27:41|18|6-15|1-4|5-6|0|2|2|5|2|1|1|4|-12
|M. Conley|24:57|8|3-5|2-3|0-0|0|4|4|3|0|0|0|0|-18
|K. Anderson|25:57|11|5-11|1-3|0-0|0|1|1|3|2|1|0|1|-15
|T. Prince|21:17|0|0-4|0-3|0-0|0|0|0|2|0|0|0|1|-14
|J. McLaughlin|10:18|0|0-3|0-1|0-0|0|2|2|1|0|0|0|2|-8
|J. Nowell|21:54|12|4-10|3-6|1-2|1|0|1|2|0|0|1|1|-13
|A. Rivers|16:12|3|1-2|1-2|0-0|0|3|3|0|0|0|1|0|-12
|N. Knight|4:33|2|1-4|0-2|0-0|1|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|-5
|J. Minott|6:19|0|0-1|0-1|0-0|0|0|0|0|2|1|1|1|-4
|W. Moore Jr.|2:04|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|1
**Denver Nuggets**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|M. Porter Jr.|31:11|18|7-17|4-9|0-1|1|10|11|2|1|0|0|1|22
|A. Gordon|23:19|13|3-7|2-4|5-6|2|3|5|1|1|0|1|3|15
|N. Jokic|28:29|13|6-12|0-0|1-3|5|9|14|6|1|0|1|6|15
|K. Caldwell-Pope|31:23|15|6-11|3-6|0-0|1|3|4|1|0|0|1|0|21
|J. Murray|33:09|24|9-22|4-10|2-2|0|8|8|8|0|1|1|3|24
|B. Brown|25:20|14|5-8|2-4|2-3|0|3|3|1|0|1|1|1|11
|J. Green|22:41|0|0-4|0-3|0-0|0|2|2|1|1|1|1|3|11
|C. Braun|19:27|3|1-1|0-0|1-2|1|2|3|1|0|1|0|0|12
|D. Jordan|5:56|4|2-3|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|1|0|0|2|2|7
|R. Jackson|4:15|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|1|1|0|1|0|2
|P. Watson|4:15|0|0-1|0-1|0-0|1|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|2
|I. Smith|4:15|0|0-1|0-0|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|1|2
|Z. Nnaji|4:15|5|2-2|1-1|0-0|0|1|1|0|1|0|1|0|2
|V. Cancar|2:04|0|0-1|0-1|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|0|-1
###Team Stats
|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|MIN|30-81|11-36|9-16|18|16|6|11|6|5|33|48|
|DEN|41-90|16-39|11-17|24|20|6|10|4|11|43|65|
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KAT is going to get clowned and deservedly so but our entire team was ass tonight. Not a single player had a good game. Let’s hope it’s because Denver was the more rested team and we can regroup for next game.
Will be interesting to see the adjustments we make because Denver embarrassed us tonight.
Don’t give up fam, it’s just 1 game in a potentially 7 game series.
[reaction to game 1](https://thumbs.gfycat.com/InnocentDismalAphid-size_restricted.gif)
Oofda, glad that nightmare is over. On to game 2
I really can’t imagine that game going much worse. Guess that’s good news, the rest of the series won’t be so awful.
surprisingly missing Naz more than Jaden these past 3 games
We fucked around. We found out.
Maybe if we don’t fuck around next time. We won’t find out.
Tied the lowest score of the season… woof
The wolves just played their worst game of the season. Just in time for the playoffs
The least amount of points scored in a game this season congrats guys
Team with 5 years of playoff experience together beats team with no playoff experience together. Best of 7. Hit shots. Let’s win the next.
We need Jaden and Naz bad.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT THAT WAS BRUTAL
I may never eat a free beef n cheddar ever again
Enough bricks to build a Mario kingdom
Looking forward to hearing from Finch/KAT/Ant after this one. Seems like we need to reel in our biased expectations a bit.
Nobody beats the Wolves in the playoffs by 30
In the first play-in round, the lower seeded team won against the higher seeded team in every game, except ours against the Lakers.
Today, the lower seeded team won against the higher seeded team in every game, except ours against the Nuggets.
Just once I’d like to see an upset like everyone else gets to see.
see u all on wednesday🫡🫡
i’ll be avoiding this sub til then lol
Naz Reid
It says we shot 11-36 from 3 but it felt like 4-50….
Hopefully next game will be better. Just genuinely still stoked to have wolves playoff basketball
Game 2 Wishlist:
1) Don’t play McLaughlin another minute
2) Don’t play like dumbshits
3) Don’t miss wide open threes
4) Don’t give up wide open threes
5) Have Ant attack the rim
As I said in the game thread, feel free to be pissed at the team, KAT, Finch, etc.
But this just looked like a team that had no gas left in the tank. They were playing their 5th game in 8 days, with travel between every single one, at altitude, and at nearly 10 PM. Not excusing the play, but it does seem to align with what we all saw.
Did I expect us to win game 1? No
Did I expect us to look like my 9th grade B team? No
Should I have? Maybe
That’s uhhhhhhh worse than I could’ve ever expected
Although I’m not surprised we lost game 1 just from the standpoint of us having 3 games in 6 days being LA,OKC, and Denver. You know , you’re fighting for your postseason lives and maybe took the foot off the pedal a little once they clinched the 8 seed but I did not expect this kind of performance at all. I think Game 2 is really going to be telling if we have a shot in this series or not.
I’m tired boss
They say it’s a make or miss league.
72 million of Wolves cap space goes to 2 centers. They better get their moneys worth next game because that shit from KAT tonight was another line in his resume of embarrassing important games
Ant a shell of himself.
not having jaden hurts
Not as big of a deal as I think some are making it. Nuggets had a huge rest advantage and they’re already tough at home. The most important thing will be to take care of business in Minny