Nuggets 120-111 Timberwolves (Apr 21, 2023) Box Score

Denver Nuggets

53-29, 19-22 away

120

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	28	33	33	26	120
MIN	28	27	33	23	111

Minnesota Timberwolves

42-40, 22-19 home

111

Denver Nuggets

starters
Aaron GordonA. Gordon#50
Michael Porter Jr.M. Porter Jr.#1
Nikola JokicN. Jokic#15
Jamal MurrayJ. Murray#27
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeK. Caldwell-Pope#5
bench
Jeff GreenJ. Green#32
Bruce BrownB. Brown#11
DeAndre JordanD. Jordan#6
Christian BraunC. Braun#0
Zeke NnajiZ. Nnaji#22
Peyton WatsonP. Watson#8
Vlatko CancarV. Cancar#31
Thomas BryantT. Bryant#13
Ish SmithI. Smith#14
Reggie JacksonR. Jackson#7
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
31	4-7	1-2	5-5	0	7	7	0	1	0	2	4	+11	14
40	10-17	4-8	1-1	1	8	9	2	1	1	0	3	+9	25
38	9-13	2-3	0-0	2	9	11	12	1	0	4	4	+7	20
38	7-16	1-6	3-4	0	6	6	9	2	1	3	3	+3	18
29	5-10	3-6	1-2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	5	+3	14
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
27	3-8	1-4	1-1	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	+4	8
24	6-8	0-1	0-0	1	2	3	4	1	1	2	3	+11	12
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0
14	4-5	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	+1	9
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	48-84	13-32	11-13	5	35	40	32	8	4	14	26		120
	57.1%	40.6%	84.6%

Minnesota Timberwolves

starters
Rudy GobertR. Gobert#27
Karl-Anthony TownsK. Towns#32
Mike ConleyM. Conley#10
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerN. Alexander-Walker#9
Anthony EdwardsA. Edwards#1
bench
Taurean PrinceT. Prince#12
Kyle AndersonK. Anderson#5
Austin RiversA. Rivers#25
Jaylen NowellJ. Nowell#4
Nathan KnightN. Knight#13
Josh MinottJ. Minott#8
Jordan McLaughlinJ. McLaughlin#6
Wendell Moore Jr.W. Moore Jr.#7
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
32	7-10	0-0	4-8	5	5	10	3	0	0	1	6	-2	18
42	10-17	2-4	5-5	1	6	7	1	1	1	4	2	-10	27
39	3-8	2-4	4-4	0	2	2	5	1	0	2	4	-4	12
22	3-5	2-2	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	8
44	10-22	3-11	13-15	0	7	7	5	3	1	3	1	-7	36
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
15	2-3	1-2	3-3	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	-9	8
29	1-7	0-1	0-0	0	2	2	6	2	0	2	5	-10	2
6	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-3	0
12	0-6	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	36-79	10-27	29-35	6	26	32	24	8	2	13	21		111
	45.6%	37.0%	82.9%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Timberwolves
80
Nuggets
109

Game 1

4/16

Timberwolves
113
Nuggets
122

Game 2

4/19

Nuggets
120
Timberwolves
111

Game 3

4/21

Nuggets
108
Timberwolves
114

Game 4

4/23

Timberwolves
109
Nuggets
112

Game 5

4/25

Target Center

9:43 PM, April 21, 2023Coverage: ESPN

Minneapolis, MN

Line: DEN -1.5

Over/Under: 222.5

Attendance: 19,536

Referees:
James Williams
Zach Zarba
Eric Dalen
Dedric Taylor

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	12	4	.750	-	W1
Denver	9	6	.600	2.5	W1
Minnesota	8	8	.500	4	L2
Portland	7	10	.412	5.5	W1
Utah	4	12	.250	8	W1

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