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|[](/DEN) **115 – 107** [](/MIN)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/DEN-vs-MIN-0042300234/box-score) – [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
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|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Target Center (19583), **Clock:** Final|
|**Officials:** Scott Foster, Karl Lane, and Kevin Scott|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:—|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|Denver Nuggets|29|35|26|25|115|
|Minnesota Timberwolves|24|25|30|28|107|
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|**TEAM STATS**|
|**Team**|**PTS**|**FG**|**FG%**|**3P**|**3P%**|**FT**|**FT%**|**OREB**|**TREB**|**AST**|**PF**|**STL**|**TO**|**BLK**|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|Denver Nuggets|115|45-79|57.0%|13-29|44.8%|12-15|80.0%|5|36|29|20|7|12|6|
|Minnesota Timberwolves|107|39-82|47.6%|11-28|39.3%|18-27|66.7%|12|53|21|21|5|11|3|
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|**PLAYER STATS**|
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**[](/DEN) Denver Nuggets**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**±**|
|Michael Porter Jr.^SF|35:27|4|2-4|0-2|0-0|0|3|3|1|0|1|1|3|5|
|Aaron Gordon^PF|41:08|27|11-12|2-2|3-3|2|5|7|6|1|2|2|4|9|
|Nikola Jokic^C|39:04|35|15-26|1-5|4-6|2|5|7|7|3|1|4|4|3|
|Kentavious Caldwell-Pope^SG|31:55|3|1-6|1-4|0-0|0|1|1|3|1|2|0|2|-1|
|Jamal Murray^PG|38:38|19|8-17|3-7|0-0|1|4|5|8|2|0|3|3|0|
|Reggie Jackson|09:22|6|2-4|2-3|0-0|0|2|2|3|0|0|1|0|8|
|Justin Holiday|19:09|10|3-6|3-5|1-2|0|3|3|0|0|0|1|1|11|
|Christian Braun|25:16|11|3-4|1-1|4-4|0|3|3|1|0|0|0|3|5|
|DeAndre Jordan|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Zeke Nnaji|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Jalen Pickett|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Julian Strawther|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Hunter Tyson|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Peyton Watson|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|
**[](/MIN) Minnesota Timberwolves**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**±**|
|Jaden McDaniels^SF|37:38|11|4-8|1-3|2-4|2|0|2|0|1|1|1|2|-4|
|Karl-Anthony Towns^PF|37:56|13|5-18|1-4|2-4|5|7|12|3|1|0|1|3|4|
|Rudy Gobert^C|35:29|11|3-5|0-0|5-9|5|9|14|1|0|1|5|5|9|
|Anthony Edwards^SG|45:20|44|16-25|5-8|7-8|0|5|5|5|2|1|3|2|5|
|Mike Conley^PG|34:09|15|5-12|3-7|2-2|0|2|2|9|1|0|0|4|-7|
|Nickeil Alexander-Walker|24:23|2|1-7|0-4|0-0|0|3|3|3|0|0|1|1|-20|
|Naz Reid|18:51|11|5-6|1-2|0-0|0|4|4|0|0|0|0|3|-9|
|Kyle Anderson|06:11|0|0-1|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|-18|
|Luka Garza|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Jordan McLaughlin|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Leonard Miller|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Josh Minott|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Wendell Moore Jr.|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Monte Morris|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|T.J. Warren|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
by ItsN0tTheB0at
40 Comments
Minnesota should have taken notes from Zombieland and double tapped the Nuggets.
ESPN: “Are the Timberwolves better without Gobert?”
Home-court disadvantage, series doesn’t start until the home team wins a game lmao
Brother I have 35
Wolves lost by 8. The same 8 points that they gave up at the end of the first half
T Wolves going 66% from the charity stripe on 27 attempts is absolute yikes
The “Wolves greatest defense ever, Jokic fraud MVP, Nuggets fake champs” takes from a few days ago will be magnificent to look back on if Denver wins this series
CHAMPIONSHIP DNA. Out executed the Wolves to death lol 6 pts was the closest they got. That game 2 embarrassment was the wake up call the Nuggets needed. AG was special tonight. Big game merchant Jamal came through when Joker sat out most of the 3rd. Light 35 points for Joker lol
Now feels like the Nuggets got thrown off by Rudy not playing in Game 2 🤣
Denver Nuggets 🤝 Minnesota Timberwolves
“FUCK HOME COURT”
Rumors of the Nuggets demise has been greatly exaggerated. They’re the Champs for a reason.
KAT and Gobert disasterclass this game wow
I know this ain’t anything new, but people switch up so fucking fast
A waste of a 44 pt night from Ant and Naz should’ve def played more.
Home court wins are lava
-18 for Kyle Anderson in 6 minutes 💀
At least we maintained road court advantage
The end of the half will haunt the Wolves like game 2 with the Lakers
The Nuggets have tied the series at 2-2.
*Pendulum starts its downward trajectory*
“Journalists” will now shit on the Wolves and Gobert’s defense until the next game is played as if the series is automatically over and decided.
Nikola Jokic: 16 points in the fourth quarter.
He is the closer now
Gordon missed a shot. Bum-ass
Jesus, can’t wait to get back home in Denver.
Wolves really picked up their play after halftime but those last 20 seconds of the first half ended up being the difference, Nuggets just could not fucking miss in the second half. what a horribly inopportune moment for KAT to turn in his first real stinker of the playoffs man
now, a best of 3 series. this is going to be fun
Shaq punching the air rn
Nuggets heard everyone talking shit
Ask Ant to handle the ball, score 30+, lockdown on defense, he’ll do it no problem. Ask KAT not to be a complete spaz for a single quarter, 50/50 at best.
Jokic pulling the chair out on Gobert 💀
Jokic whenever he saw Gobert in the paint tonight: ” Chicken! It’s fried chicken!”…
Also lol at Gobert putting up the money sign after the most clear offensive foul in basketball history for shoving Murray from behind. Buckle up boys… The rest of this series is going to be box office🍿
Purify Towns in the waters of Lake Minnetonka
Aaron Gordon doing some king shit this series
Jokic pulling the chair on Gobert was so fucking funny
Wolves D getting stomped out there. How many Denver ball movement plays led to open 3s? Like a thousand?
Wolves offense has been MIA since Phoenix
It’s insane how good Denver is at holding leads. Give them an 8 point lead and they make it look like 20 and never lose it.
This is one of the most entertaining games with a constant double digit lead I’ve ever seen lol but they just don’t let up.
kyle anderson was a -18 in 6 fucking minutes
Joker with 16 in the fourth 🔥
Things I learned:
Denver is still spooky
Anthony edwards is indeed that man
KAT and Rudy have some film to watch
Series tied 0-0 first to 2
Nikola Jokic is now 2-0 since Shaq disrespected him on national TV
The series doesn’t start until a home team wins a game.
Aaron Gordon doesn’t get enough credit. Jokic and Murray are always talked about but Aaron is playing great defense, usually on the other team’s best player, while being super efficient on offense.
They wrote off Jokic & Denver after two games lmao. They’re winning it all.
Jokic is absurd. I really wish he hit on that absurd fake though. Would’ve been a hell of a highlight.
His aggressiveness has really set the tone. He still has the ability to pass at the last second on his postups but his float game is what really sets him apart. His touch inside on those float/push shots is seriously GOAT level stuff imo. Haven’t seen anything like it and I watched TD and Dirk, 2 of the most skilled bigs ever, for basically their whole careers. Maybe McHale but I don’t go that far back.
Kareem had his sky hook, Dirk had his one legged shot, MJ had the fade away, and Jokic has his floater. Absurd.