Denver Nuggets vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

Jan 6, 2016

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	21	21	24	12	78
MIN	25	19	21	9	74

Game Recap

Danilo Gallinari scores 20 with seven rebounds, Jusuf Nurkic adds 15 with 10 boards as Denver wins it 78-74.

Player Stats

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
8Danilo GallinariSF	35	6-15	2-2	6-7	7	4	0	0	2	1	0	20
35Kenneth FariedPF	18	1-8	0-0	1-2	7	0	2	0	0	2	-11	3
15Nikola JokicC	25	2-5	0-1	0-0	5	3	0	0	2	1	-7	4
14Gary HarrisSG	24	3-6	2-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-12	8
1Jameer NelsonPG	20	2-8	2-4	0-0	0	3	0	0	2	1	-10	6
00Darrell Arthur	29	3-8	1-4	0-0	6	5	1	2	0	3	+13	7
23Jusuf Nurkic	22	6-14	0-0	3-6	10	2	0	5	1	5	+9	15
5Will Barton	25	2-6	1-2	2-2	6	1	0	0	3	3	+15	7
4Randy Foye	27	2-7	0-2	0-0	3	3	0	0	0	2	+16	4
16Kostas Papanikolaou	10	2-4	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	0	+5	4
3Mike Miller	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2	0
7JJ Hickson	— did not play —												— did not play —
77Joffrey Lauvergne	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	29-8135.8%	8-2040.0%	12-1770.6%	46	21	3	7	11	19	-	78

TIMBERWOLVES	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
12Tayshaun PrinceSF	32	3-5	0-0	0-0	3	2	1	1	0	2	+3	6
21Kevin GarnettPF	20	2-4	0-0	0-0	4	4	1	1	2	3	+11	4
32Karl-Anthony TownsC	32	6-14	0-1	2-2	14	2	0	2	0	2	+1	14
22Andrew WigginsSG	31	4-14	0-1	3-6	3	1	0	0	4	0	-2	11
9Ricky RubioPG	31	3-8	2-4	1-2	4	7	1	0	0	2	+5	9
5Gorgui Dieng	27	0-4	0-0	0-0	8	2	1	1	0	2	-13	0
14Nikola Pekovic	15	3-4	0-0	6-6	2	0	0	0	2	3	-5	12
15Shabazz Muhammad	15	3-6	0-1	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	-5	7
23Kevin Martin	16	3-9	1-3	2-2	2	1	0	0	0	2	-6	9
8Zach LaVine	16	1-5	0-1	0-0	0	4	1	0	1	2	-9	2
88Nemanja Bjelica	— did not play —												— did not play —
24Andre Miller	— did not play —												— did not play —
33Adreian Payne	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	28-7338.4%	3-1127.3%	15-2075.0%	40	23	5	5	9	19	-	74

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterDENMIN

(12:00) Jump Ball Towns vs. Jokic: Tip to Garnett
+2 (11:40) Rubio 21' Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Towns 1 AST)
02
+2 (11:14) Faried Dunk (2 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
22
+3 (10:50) Rubio 25' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Garnett 1 AST)
25
+3 (10:36) Gallinari 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
55
+2 (10:13) Garnett 9' Turnaround Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Rubio 1 AST)
57
(9:50) Garnett S.FOUL (P1.T1) (G.Petraitis)
(9:50) MISS Faried Free Throw 1 of 2
(9:50) Nuggets Rebound
+1 (9:50) Faried Free Throw 2 of 2 (3 PTS)
67
(9:37) MISS Wiggins 1' Layup
(9:36) Faried REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:30) Harris 23' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Nelson 1 AST)
87
+2 (9:14) Garnett 20' Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Rubio 2 AST)
89
(8:51) MISS Faried 8' Jump Shot
(8:50) Garnett REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:39) MISS Wiggins 17' Jump Shot
(8:38) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:36) Rubio P.FOUL (P1.T2) (G.Zielinski)
+3 (8:25) Harris 25' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Nelson 2 AST)
119
+3 (8:04) Rubio 24' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Prince 1 AST)
1112
(7:48) MISS Harris 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:47) TIMBERWOLVES Rebound
(7:36) MISS Wiggins 3' Layup
(7:35) Faried REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(7:29) Garnett Violation:Kicked Ball (Z.Zarba)
(7:25) Garnett S.FOUL (P2.T3) (G.Petraitis)
+1 (7:25) Gallinari Free Throw 1 of 2 (4 PTS)
1212
(7:25) MISS Gallinari Free Throw 2 of 2
(7:25) Towns REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (7:10) Wiggins 1' Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) (Rubio 3 AST)
1214
(6:48) Gallinari Traveling Turnover (P1.T1)
+2 (6:34) Towns 3' Layup (2 PTS) (Garnett 2 AST)
1216
(6:31) Nuggets Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(6:14) MISS Gallinari 1' Layup
(6:13) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(6:08) MISS Faried 2' Layup
(6:08) Prince BLOCK (1 BLK)
(6:06) Towns REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(5:50) MISS Wiggins 5' Turnaround Jump Shot
(5:49) Faried REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(5:45) Towns P.FOUL (P1.T4) (G.Zielinski)
+3 (5:35) Nelson 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Gallinari 1 AST)
1516
(5:19) MISS Rubio 20' Jump Shot
(5:17) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(5:03) MISS Nelson 2' Driving Layup
(5:01) TIMBERWOLVES Rebound
(4:37) MISS Towns 6' Jump Shot
(4:36) TIMBERWOLVES Rebound
(4:36) TIMBERWOLVES Turnover: Shot Clock (T#1)
(4:25) Gallinari OFF.Foul (P1) (G.Petraitis)
(4:25) Gallinari Foul Turnover (P2.T2)
+2 (4:03) Pekovic 3' Layup (2 PTS) (Dieng 1 AST)
1518
+2 (3:54) Jokic 2' Layup (2 PTS) (Nelson 3 AST)
1718
(3:35) MISS Pekovic 8' Turnaround Jump Shot
(3:34) Gallinari REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:25) Gallinari 2' Driving Layup (6 PTS)
(3:07) Wiggins Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T2)
(2:47) MISS Nelson 18' Fadeaway Jumper
(2:46) Dieng REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:36) Nelson S.FOUL (P1.T1) (G.Zielinski)
(2:36) TIMBERWOLVES Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
+1 (2:36) Pekovic Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
1919
+1 (2:36) Pekovic Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
1920
(2:27) MISS Nelson 1' Layup
(2:26) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(2:26) MISS Nurkic 1' Layup
(2:25) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
(2:25) MISS Nurkic 2' Layup
(2:24) Rubio REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:17) Barton S.FOUL (P1.T2) (G.Petraitis)
(2:17) MISS Muhammad Free Throw 1 of 2
(2:17) TIMBERWOLVES Rebound
+1 (2:17) Muhammad Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
1921
(2:04) Dieng Personal Block Foul (P1.PN) (Z.Zarba)
+1 (2:04) Nurkic Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2021
+1 (2:04) Nurkic Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
2121
(1:54) Arthur S.FOUL (P1.T3) (Z.Zarba)
+1 (1:54) Martin Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2122
+1 (1:54) Martin Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
2123
(1:38) MISS Gallinari 4' Jump Shot
(1:37) Dieng REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(1:27) MISS Martin 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:26) Gallinari REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(1:07) MISS Nurkic 8' Jump Shot
(1:05) Pekovic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (0:56) Pekovic 3' Layup (6 PTS) (LaVine 1 AST)
2125
(0:43) MISS Nurkic 4' Running Jump Shot
(0:42) Dieng REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(0:33) MISS Martin 8' Turnaround Jump Shot
(0:32) Dieng REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(0:24) Pekovic OFF.Foul (P1) (Z.Zarba)
(0:24) Pekovic Foul Turnover (P1.T3)
(0:00) MISS Arthur 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:00) Nuggets Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

DEN

MIN

78Points74

29-81(35.8%)Field Goal(%)28-73(38.4%)

8-20(40.0%)3-Point(%)3-11(27.3%)

12-17(70.6%)Free Throw(%)15-20(75.0%)

46(13)Rebounds(Offensive)40(8)

21Assists23

3Steals5

7Blocks5

11Turnovers9

19Fouls19

30Pts In The Paint26

8Fast Break Pts6

4Pts Off Turnovers12

37Bench Pts30

5Largest Lead10

Game Details

Wednesday, January 6, 2016 · 8:00 PM

Target Center · Minneapolis, MN

attendance: 12,059 (62.3%)