Denver Nuggets vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

Feb 1, 2022

FINAL

28-22DenverNuggets

115

26-25MinnesotaT-wolves

130

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	28	23	27	37	115
MIN	30	39	31	30	130

Game Recap

The Timberwolves defeated the Nuggets, 130-115. Karl-Anthony Towns recorded 24 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists for the Timberwolves, while Anthony Edwards added five points (1-6 3pt FG) in the victory. Nikola Jokic tallied 21 points, 16 rebounds and eight assists for the Nuggets in the losing effort. The Timberwolves improve to 26-25 on the season, while the Nuggets fall to 28-22.

Player Stats

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
50Aaron GordonSF	24	3-9	0-4	1-3	6	2	0	0	1	1	-5	7
32Jeff GreenPF	21	4-8	0-1	4-4	2	0	0	0	1	1	-11	12
15Nikola JokicC	30	6-12	1-4	8-9	16	8	1	0	5	3	-7	21
5Will BartonSG	26	4-11	3-7	2-2	3	3	1	0	1	0	-8	13
11Monte MorrisPG	26	5-7	1-2	2-2	2	3	2	0	1	2	-6	13
25Austin Rivers	14	1-3	1-2	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	1	-23	3
22Zeke Nnaji	16	3-4	3-3	0-0	4	1	1	1	1	1	-2	9
3Bones Hyland	14	2-8	1-5	0-0	2	1	0	2	1	2	-22	5
6Bryn Forbes	16	1-7	1-7	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	3	-19	3
JaMychal Green	17	4-10	0-3	4-4	4	2	0	0	0	3	-8	12
7Facundo Campazzo	11	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	4	0	1	1	0	+8	0
00Markus Howard	8	1-4	1-2	4-4	0	1	0	0	0	0	+14	7
9Davon Reed	8	4-5	2-3	0-0	4	1	0	0	0	0	+14	10
4DeMarcus Cousins	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	38-8942.7%	14-4431.8%	25-2889.3%	46	27	7	4	12	17	-	115

TIMBERWOLVES	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
3Jaden McDanielsSF	26	1-7	0-2	2-3	5	4	0	2	1	3	+2	4
8Jarred VanderbiltPF	18	8-12	0-0	2-4	9	2	2	0	1	2	0	18
32Karl-Anthony TownsC	27	8-12	1-3	7-8	10	7	2	1	1	4	+12	24
1Anthony EdwardsSG	25	2-8	1-6	0-0	0	2	0	1	0	1	+3	5
22Patrick BeverleyPG	15	3-6	3-5	2-2	2	5	0	1	1	5	+5	11
4Jaylen Nowell	24	2-6	2-4	4-4	2	3	0	0	2	1	+7	10
5Malik Beasley	24	4-10	4-9	0-0	5	1	0	0	0	1	+16	12
12Taurean Prince	24	8-12	6-9	1-2	9	2	2	1	2	0	+22	23
6Jordan McLaughlin	26	4-8	1-4	0-0	4	7	1	0	0	0	+18	9
11Naz Reid	20	5-7	1-1	1-2	5	2	1	2	2	2	+3	12
10Jake Layman	4	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-9	0
13Nathan Knight	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	-4	2


TOTAL	-	46-9349.5%	19-4542.2%	19-2576.0%	52	35	8	9	10	21	-	130

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterDENMIN

(11:56) Jump Ball Towns vs. Jokic: Tip to Je. Green
(11:37) Jokic Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(11:37) Towns STEAL (1 STL)
(11:26) MISS Vanderbilt 6' Floating Jump Shot
(11:23) Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:05) MISS Gordon 3PT Jump Shot
(11:02) Vanderbilt REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:53) MISS Towns 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:50) Je. Green REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:31) MISS Barton 3PT Jump Shot
(10:30) TIMBERWOLVES Rebound
+2 (10:19) Vanderbilt 1' Layup (2 PTS) (McDaniels 1 AST)
02
(10:00) Barton Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(10:00) Towns STEAL (2 STL)
(9:54) McDaniels Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(9:54) Barton STEAL (1 STL)
(9:53) Beverley Personal Take Foul (P1.T1) (B.Forte)
+2 (9:51) Gordon 3' Layup (2 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
22
(9:51) McDaniels S.FOUL (P1.T2) (D.Scott)
(9:51) MISS Gordon Free Throw 1 of 1
(9:49) Towns REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:35) Towns 1' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Edwards 1 AST)
24
+2 (9:23) Morris 17' Turnaround Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
44
+2 (9:11) Vanderbilt 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (4 PTS) (Beverley 1 AST)
46
+2 (8:58) Je. Green 2' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Jokic 3 AST)
66
(8:58) Beverley S.FOUL (P2.T3) (J.DeRosa)
+1 (8:58) Je. Green Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
76
+2 (8:46) Vanderbilt 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (6 PTS) (Towns 1 AST)
78
+2 (8:32) Jokic 2' Cutting Finger Roll Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Morris 1 AST)
98
(8:15) MISS Edwards 24' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(8:13) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:11) Jokic Lost Ball Turnover (P2.T3)
(8:11) Vanderbilt STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (8:08) Vanderbilt 1' Driving Layup (8 PTS)
910
+3 (7:43) Barton 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jokic 4 AST)
1210
(7:31) Beverley Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T2)
+2 (7:11) Jokic 5' Turnaround Jump Shot (4 PTS)
1410
(7:01) MISS Beverley 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(6:58) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (6:46) Barton 26' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Gordon 1 AST)
1710
+3 (6:27) Beverley 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Vanderbilt 1 AST)
1713
(6:15) MISS Barton 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:11) Vanderbilt REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:08) MISS Beverley 3PT Jump Shot
(6:05) Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:00) Gordon Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T4)
(6:00) TIMBERWOLVES Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(5:42) MISS Vanderbilt 2' Cutting Layup Shot
(5:40) Morris REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:34) MISS Je. Green 4' Layup
(5:34) Beverley BLOCK (1 BLK)
(5:31) McDaniels REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:29) MISS McDaniels 23' Pullup Jump Shot
(5:24) Je. Green REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(5:24) Je. Green Step Out of Bounds Turnover (P1.T5)
(5:17) MISS Vanderbilt 6' Turnaround Hook Shot
(5:15) Barton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:58) Beverley P.FOUL (P3.T4) (D.Scott)
(4:58) TIMBERWOLVES Violation: Delay of game Violation
+2 (4:51) Gordon Cutting Dunk Shot (4 PTS) (Jokic 5 AST)
1913
+2 (4:40) Towns 6' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (4 PTS)
1915
+3 (4:27) Morris 26' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Barton 1 AST)
2215
+3 (4:15) Nowell 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Towns 2 AST)
2218
(3:56) MISS Gordon 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(3:52) Nowell REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:44) MISS Towns 9' Driving Layup
(3:42) Vanderbilt REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(3:42) Morris S.FOUL (P1.T1) (D.Scott)
+1 (3:42) Vanderbilt Free Throw 1 of 2 (9 PTS)
2219
+1 (3:42) Vanderbilt Free Throw 2 of 2 (10 PTS)
2220
+3 (3:27) Rivers 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jokic 6 AST)
2520
+2 (3:14) Edwards 21' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Towns 3 AST)
2522
(3:05) Jokic Bad Pass Turnover (P3.T6)
(3:05) Vanderbilt STEAL (2 STL)
(2:56) MISS Edwards 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(2:52) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(2:44) Jokic Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P4.T7)
(2:44) Nuggets Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(2:34) Hyland S.FOUL (P1.T2) (B.Forte)
+1 (2:34) Towns Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)
2523
+1 (2:34) Towns Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)
2524
+2 (2:14) Jokic 12' Turnaround Fadeaway (6 PTS)
2724
(2:00) MISS Beasley 3PT Jump Shot
(1:58) Nnaji REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:39) Nnaji Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T8)
(1:39) Prince STEAL (1 STL)
(1:33) Prince Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T3)
(1:33) Rivers STEAL (1 STL)
(1:25) MISS Hyland 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:22) McLaughlin REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (1:17) McLaughlin 1' Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS)
2726
(1:06) Towns S.FOUL (P1.PN) (B.Forte)
+1 (1:06) Jokic Free Throw 1 of 2 (7 PTS)
2826
(1:06) MISS Jokic Free Throw 2 of 2
(1:04) Reid REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:03) Forbes Personal Take Foul (P1.T3) (D.Scott)
(0:50) MISS Nowell 1' Driving Layup
(0:47) Reid REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(0:47) MISS Reid Putback Layup
(0:47) Nnaji BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:46) Reid REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
(0:46) Hyland S.FOUL (P2.PN) (B.Forte)
+1 (0:46) Reid Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2827
(0:46) MISS Reid Free Throw 2 of 2
(0:45) Nnaji REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(0:35) Hyland Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T9)
+3 (0:18) Beasley 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Prince 1 AST)
2830
(0:02) MISS Ja. Green 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:02) Prince REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

DEN

MIN

115Points130

38-89(42.7%)Field Goal(%)46-93(49.5%)

14-44(31.8%)3-Point(%)19-45(42.2%)

25-28(89.3%)Free Throw(%)19-25(76.0%)

46(10)Rebounds(Offensive)52(13)

27Assists35

7Steals8

4Blocks9

12Turnovers10

17Fouls21

42Pts In The Paint46

11Fast Break Pts11

13Pts Off Turnovers13

49Bench Pts68

7Largest Lead30

Game Details

Tuesday, February 1, 2022 · 8:00 PM

Target Center · Minneapolis, MN

attendance: 15,839 (81.8%)