Timberwolves (114) vs Nuggets (112) · Oct 8, 2021 · NBA Scores

FINAL/OT

Oct 8, 2021

Game Recap

The Timberwolves defeated the Nuggets in overtime, 114-112. Karl-Anthony Towns recorded 12 points, five rebounds and two assists for the Timberwolves, while Nikola Jokic tallied 10 points, nine rebounds and 10 assists for the Nuggets in the losing effort. The Timberwolves improve to 2-0 in the preseason, while the Nuggets fall to 0-3.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
MIN	19	28	29	25	13	114
DEN	26	23	34	18	11	112

TIMBERWOLVES	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
3Jaden McDanielsSF	21	1-6	0-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	-16
8Jarred VanderbiltPF	24	3-8	0-1	0-2	8	1	2	0	1	2	6	-17
32Karl-Anthony TownsC	21	5-9	0-3	2-2	5	2	0	1	2	3	12	-12
1Anthony EdwardsSG	22	3-7	1-3	1-1	5	2	1	0	3	3	8	-15
0D'Angelo RussellPG	23	3-12	2-6	1-1	1	6	1	0	2	1	9	-14
5Malik Beasley	20	5-12	1-5	2-2	3	0	0	0	0	1	13	+5
22Patrick Beverley	10	1-2	0-0	2-2	3	1	1	0	0	1	4	+8
20Josh Okogie	16	3-4	0-1	5-6	3	1	2	1	0	2	11	+11
11Naz Reid	17	3-6	1-4	1-2	6	3	0	0	0	2	8	+13
12Taurean Prince	17	3-8	1-5	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	1	7	+9
6Jordan McLaughlin	16	4-6	2-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	10	+7
4Jaylen Nowell	12	5-12	1-3	1-1	3	2	2	1	0	2	12	+7
9Leandro Bolmaro	12	1-2	0-1	2-2	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	+7
10Jake Layman	12	3-4	1-2	1-2	2	0	1	0	0	1	8	+7
25McKinley Wright IV	7	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+8
13Nathan Knight	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	+2
10Brian Bowen II	— did not play —												— did not play —
Matt Lewis	— did not play —												— did not play —
Isaiah Miller	— did not play —												— did not play —
30Chris Silva	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	43-9943.4%	10-4025.0%	18-2378.3%	46	23	11	5	10	23	114	-

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	25	6-14	4-8	0-0	4	6	0	0	1	3	16	+24
50Aaron GordonPF	24	3-4	1-2	3-4	7	2	0	0	0	0	10	+25
15Nikola JokicC	26	3-10	1-6	3-4	9	10	0	2	2	2	10	+19
35PJ DozierSG	23	5-8	2-4	0-0	1	2	2	0	0	1	12	+19
11Monte MorrisPG	15	3-4	2-3	0-2	2	2	0	0	0	0	8	+13
7Facundo Campazzo	25	1-4	1-4	2-2	3	4	1	1	2	3	5	-13
JaMychal Green	15	1-6	0-4	2-2	6	0	0	0	1	4	4	-15
25Austin Rivers	16	1-4	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	-20
32Jeff Green	11	0-4	0-2	1-2	2	1	0	0	1	3	1	-19
3Bones Hyland	29	7-13	6-12	1-1	8	4	0	0	6	6	21	-9
10Bol Bol	17	1-7	0-3	2-3	6	1	0	4	1	0	4	-9
31Vlatko Cancar	15	5-7	2-4	1-1	1	1	0	1	0	0	13	-7
22Zeke Nnaji	11	2-5	1-2	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	1	5	-7
00Markus Howard	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	-5
9Davon Reed	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
5Will Barton	— did not play —												— did not play —
28Tarik Black	— did not play —												— did not play —
21Petr Cornelie	— did not play —												— did not play —
Matt Ryan	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL	-	38-9241.3%	21-5836.2%	15-2171.4%	51	35	3	8	18	24	112	-

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterminden

(11:57) Jump Ball Jokic vs. Towns: Tip to Dozier
(11:32) MISS Dozier 3PT Jump Shot
(11:32) NUGGETS Rebound
(11:32) NUGGETS Turnover: Shot Clock (T#1)
(11:16) MISS McDaniels 3PT Jump Shot
(11:14) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:08) MISS Gordon 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(11:04) Vanderbilt REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:56) MISS Russell 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:53) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (10:48) Morris 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Gordon 1 AST)
03
(10:33) Edwards Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T1)
+3 (10:18) Porter Jr. 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
06
(10:04) Towns OFF.Foul (P1) (E.Malloy)
(10:04) Towns Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T2)
(9:51) MISS Porter Jr. 21' Step Back Jump Shot
(9:49) Timberwolves Rebound
+2 (9:41) McDaniels 4' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Towns 1 AST)
26
(9:41) Porter Jr. Violation:Defensive Goaltending (E.Malloy)
(9:28) Russell S.FOUL (P1.T1) (R.Hussey)
(9:28) MISS Morris Free Throw 1 of 2
(9:28) NUGGETS Rebound
(9:28) MISS Morris Free Throw 2 of 2
(9:25) Towns REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:19) MISS McDaniels 15' Pullup Jump Shot
(9:17) Timberwolves Rebound
(9:17) Porter Jr. L.B.FOUL (P1.T1) (R.Hussey)
(9:14) McDaniels Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T3)
+2 (9:11) Gordon 1' Running Dunk (2 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
28
(9:09) Timberwolves Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(8:47) MISS Vanderbilt 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:45) Edwards REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(8:45) Timberwolves Turnover: Shot Clock (T#4)
(8:35) MISS Porter Jr. 3' Layup
(8:33) Vanderbilt REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (8:27) Russell 19' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
48
(8:10) Vanderbilt P.FOUL (P1.T2) (R.Hussey)
+3 (8:05) Dozier 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jokic 3 AST)
411
(7:49) MISS McDaniels 3PT Jump Shot
(7:46) Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:40) MISS Jokic 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:36) Vanderbilt REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(7:28) McDaniels Step Out of Bounds Turnover (P2.T5)
+2 (7:10) Gordon 9' Turnaround Fadeaway (4 PTS)
413
(6:51) Edwards Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T6)
(6:51) Dozier STEAL (1 STL)
(6:46) MISS Morris 3PT Jump Shot
(6:43) Timberwolves Rebound
(6:32) MISS Towns 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:29) Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:12) Jokic OFF.Foul (P1) (E.Malloy)
(6:12) Jokic Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T2)
(6:03) MISS Russell 18' Pullup Jump Shot
(6:00) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+3 (5:56) Morris 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Jokic 4 AST)
416
(5:41) Russell Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T7)
(5:41) Dozier STEAL (2 STL)
(5:38) MISS Porter Jr. 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(5:33) Vanderbilt REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
+2 (5:26) Beasley 5' Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) (McDaniels 1 AST)
616
+2 (5:09) Jokic 5' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Morris 1 AST)
618
(4:58) MISS Beasley 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:55) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
+3 (4:47) Jokic 26' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Morris 2 AST)
621
(4:33) Dozier S.FOUL (P1.T2) (R.Hussey)
+1 (4:33) Towns Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
721
+1 (4:33) Towns Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
821
(4:20) MISS Jokic 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:16) Beasley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:13) Campazzo P.FOUL (P1.T3) (R.Hussey)
+2 (3:54) Reid 3' Hook Shot (2 PTS) (Beverley 1 AST)
1021
(3:46) Okogie P.FOUL (P1.T3) (E.Malloy)
(3:42) Reid P.FOUL (P1.T4) (B.Barnaky)
+3 (3:39) Campazzo 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Porter Jr. 1 AST)
1024
(3:28) Campazzo S.FOUL (P2.T4) (B.Barnaky)
+1 (3:28) Beverley Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
1124
+1 (3:28) Beverley Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
1224
(3:06) MISS Rivers 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:02) Okogie REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:55) MISS Okogie 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:53) Green REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:41) MISS Green 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:41) Okogie BLOCK (1 BLK)
(2:37) Beverley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:34) Green S.FOUL (P1.PN) (R.Hussey)
(2:34) NUGGETS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
+1 (2:34) Okogie Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
1324
+1 (2:34) Okogie Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
1424
(2:16) MISS Hyland 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:15) NUGGETS Rebound
(2:15) Beasley L.B.FOUL (P1.PN) (R.Hussey)
+1 (2:15) Green Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
1425
+1 (2:15) Green Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
1426
(2:04) MISS Beasley 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:00) Hyland REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:46) MISS Green 14' Turnaround Jump Shot
(1:46) Green REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(1:39) MISS Green Putback Layup
(1:39) Reid REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:33) MISS Beverley 5' Jump Shot
(1:33) Green REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(1:25) MISS Green 3' Driving Layup
(1:20) Beasley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (1:19) Okogie 2' Running Layup (4 PTS)
1626
(1:05) MISS Green 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:02) Beasley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(0:50) MISS Prince 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:47) Green REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(0:30) MISS Campazzo 3PT Jump Shot
(0:27) Reid REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (0:08) Prince 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS)
1926
(0:00) MISS Green 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:00) NUGGETS Rebound

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Overtime

Team Stats

MIN

DEN

114Points112

43-99(43.4%)Field Goal(%)38-92(41.3%)

10-40(25.0%)3-Point(%)21-58(36.2%)

18-23(78.3%)Free Throw(%)15-21(71.4%)

46(6)Rebounds(Offensive)51(6)

23Assists35

11Steals3

5Blocks8

10Turnovers18

23Fouls24

58Pts In The Paint30

13Fast Break Pts20

36Pts Off Turnovers10

77Bench Pts56

8Largest Lead15

Game Details

Friday, October 8, 2021 · 9:00 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 11,927 (62.4%)