Denver Nuggets vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

Jan 2, 2023

FINAL

24-13DenverNuggets

111

17-21MinnesotaT-wolves

124

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	23	30	32	26	111
MIN	23	36	31	34	124

Game Recap

The Timberwolves defeated the Nuggets, 124-111. Anthony Edwards led the way for the Timberwolves with 29 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, while Jaden McDaniels added 21 points, four rebounds and four assists in the victory. Nikola Jokic tallied 24 points, seven rebounds and nine assists for the Nuggets in the losing effort. The Timberwolves improve to 17-21, while the Nuggets fall to 24-13.

Player Stats

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	27	6-9	4-6	2-2	2	0	0	1	2	2	-4	18
50Aaron GordonPF	33	4-18	0-3	4-6	16	6	1	0	1	3	-10	12
15Nikola JokicC	33	10-20	1-3	3-4	7	9	2	0	5	4	-9	24
27Jamal MurraySG	35	6-12	1-3	1-1	3	4	1	0	2	0	-5	14
5Kentavious Caldwell-PopePG	32	3-7	1-2	3-3	4	2	0	0	1	4	-11	10
11Bruce Brown	22	3-6	0-2	2-2	4	3	1	0	0	1	-7	8
0Christian Braun	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+3	2
3Bones Hyland	22	7-12	4-7	0-0	6	2	2	0	1	2	-15	18
31Vlatko Cancar	16	1-3	0-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	3	-7	2
22Zeke Nnaji	12	1-3	0-1	1-2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	3
6DeAndre Jordan	— did not play —												— did not play —
9Davon Reed	— did not play —												— did not play —
14Ish Smith	— did not play —												— did not play —
10Jack White	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	42-9146.2%	11-2937.9%	16-2080.0%	45	27	8	1	14	21	-	111

TIMBERWOLVES	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
3Jaden McDanielsSF	24	9-10	2-2	1-2	4	4	1	1	2	4	+13	21
5Kyle AndersonPF	31	6-12	3-4	4-4	4	8	3	0	1	2	+6	19
27Rudy GobertC	27	3-3	0-0	2-4	4	3	0	2	1	5	-4	8
4Jaylen NowellSG	31	8-16	1-7	0-0	4	2	1	0	2	3	+3	17
1Anthony EdwardsPG	36	10-24	3-11	6-6	10	5	1	0	3	5	+13	29
25Austin Rivers	31	2-5	2-5	2-2	1	5	1	0	0	1	+6	8
55Luka Garza	14	3-8	0-2	3-3	6	0	0	1	1	1	+11	9
37Matt Ryan	21	2-5	1-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	+5	5
13Nathan Knight	21	2-4	1-1	3-6	8	2	0	0	0	1	+12	8
10Bryn Forbes	— did not play —												— did not play —
8Josh Minott	— did not play —												— did not play —
7Wendell Moore Jr.	— did not play —												— did not play —
11Naz Reid	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL	-	45-8751.7%	13-3636.1%	21-2777.8%	41	29	7	4	11	22	-	124

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterDENMIN

(11:55) Jump Ball N. Jokic vs. R. Gobert: Tip to A. Gordon
(11:44) MISS J. Murray 25' 3PT
(11:41) J. McDaniels REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:28) J. McDaniels bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(11:28) N. Jokic STEAL (1 STL)
(11:24) A. Edwards shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Gordon 2 FT)
+1 (11:24) A. Gordon Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
10
+1 (11:24) A. Gordon Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
20
+2 (11:02) R. Gobert driving Layup (2 PTS) (J. McDaniels 1 AST)
22
+2 (10:51) N. Jokic driving floating Jump Shot (2 PTS)
42
+2 (10:40) J. Nowell driving finger roll Layup (2 PTS) (R. Gobert 1 AST)
44
(10:33) MISS A. Gordon 24' pullup 3PT
(10:30) A. Edwards REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:20) K. Anderson driving finger roll Layup (2 PTS) (A. Edwards 1 AST)
46
(9:55) DEN shot clock Team TURNOVER
(9:34) MISS J. Nowell 13' pullup Shot
(9:31) J. Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (9:28) M. Porter Jr. 25' 3PT (3 PTS) (J. Murray 1 AST)
76
(9:11) M. Porter Jr. shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Anderson 2 FT)
+1 (9:11) K. Anderson Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
77
+1 (9:11) K. Anderson Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
78
(8:58) N. Jokic bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(8:58) K. Anderson STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (8:53) J. Nowell running finger roll Layup (4 PTS) (K. Anderson 1 AST)
710
(8:40) K. Anderson shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Gordon 2 FT)
+1 (8:40) A. Gordon Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
810
+1 (8:40) A. Gordon Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
910
+2 (8:19) J. McDaniels cutting Layup (2 PTS)
912
(8:10) MISS A. Gordon Layup - blocked
(8:10) R. Gobert BLOCK (1 BLK)
(8:07) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(8:05) MISS A. Gordon putback Layup - blocked
(8:05) J. McDaniels BLOCK (1 BLK)
(8:02) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
(7:58) MISS A. Gordon step back 3PT
(7:58) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(7:58) M. Porter Jr. loose ball personal FOUL (2 PF)
+2 (7:46) R. Gobert DUNK (4 PTS) (J. McDaniels 2 AST)
914
+2 (7:31) N. Jokic turnaround Hook (4 PTS) (K. Caldwell-Pope 1 AST)
1114
+2 (7:13) K. Anderson driving Layup (6 PTS) (J. McDaniels 3 AST)
1116
(7:05) N. Jokic lost ball TURNOVER (2 TO)
(7:05) K. Anderson STEAL (2 STL)
(6:59) MISS J. Nowell 3PT
(6:54) A. Edwards REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(6:52) MISS J. Nowell 3PT
(6:52) J. McDaniels REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (6:52) J. McDaniels putback DUNK (4 PTS)
1118
(6:52) DEN Timeout
(6:32) MISS B. Brown 3PT
(6:30) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(6:16) MISS A. Edwards 24' 3PT
(6:13) B. Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:01) MISS N. Jokic cutting Layup
(5:58) J. McDaniels REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(5:55) R. Gobert offensive FOUL (1 PF)
(5:55) R. Gobert offensive foul TURNOVER (1 TO)
(5:41) A. Gordon step out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
(5:18) MISS A. Edwards step back 3PT
(5:15) K. Caldwell-Pope REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (5:10) N. Jokic 8' floating Jump Shot (6 PTS) (K. Caldwell-Pope 2 AST)
1318
(4:57) MISS J. McDaniels 16' pullup Shot
(4:54) B. Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (4:49) C. Braun driving DUNK (2 PTS) (B. Brown 1 AST)
1518
(4:28) J. McDaniels lost ball TURNOVER (2 TO)
(4:28) B. Brown STEAL (1 STL)
(4:28) J. McDaniels personal FOUL (1 PF)
(4:16) K. Anderson personal FOUL (2 PF)
(4:08) B. Hyland bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(4:08) J. McDaniels STEAL (1 STL)
(4:01) MISS K. Anderson 7' floating Shot
(4:00) TEAM offensive REBOUND
(3:51) L. Garza offensive FOUL (1 PF)
(3:51) L. Garza offensive foul TURNOVER (1 TO)
(3:36) N. Jokic bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (3 TO)
(3:30) MISS L. Garza 25' 3PT
(3:26) B. Hyland REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:15) MISS N. Jokic Layup
(3:11) A. Edwards REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+3 (3:06) A. Rivers 3PT (3 PTS) (A. Edwards 2 AST)
1521
(2:53) J. McDaniels personal FOUL (2 PF) (Jokic 2 FT)
(2:53) MIN Timeout
+1 (2:53) N. Jokic Free Throw 1 of 2 (7 PTS)
1621
+1 (2:53) N. Jokic Free Throw 2 of 2 (8 PTS)
1721
(2:38) MISS M. Ryan 3PT
(2:36) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(2:20) MISS B. Brown 3PT
(2:16) A. Edwards REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(2:11) A. Edwards lost ball TURNOVER (1 TO)
(2:11) Z. Nnaji STEAL (1 STL)
(2:08) A. Rivers shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Brown 2 FT)
+1 (2:08) B. Brown Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
1821
+1 (2:08) B. Brown Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
1921
(1:56) J. Nowell bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(1:56) B. Hyland STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (1:51) B. Hyland running Layup (2 PTS)
2121
+2 (1:34) L. Garza DUNK (2 PTS) (N. Knight 1 AST)
2123
(1:20) MISS B. Hyland 26' step back 3PT
(1:17) Z. Nnaji REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(1:14) Z. Nnaji lost ball TURNOVER (1 TO)
(1:14) J. Nowell STEAL (1 STL)
(0:54) MISS L. Garza 8' turnaround Hook
(0:52) J. Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(0:47) MISS V. Cancar 3PT
(0:43) A. Rivers REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:31) MISS A. Rivers 25' step back 3PT
(0:30) N. Knight REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(0:30) V. Cancar shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Knight 2 FT)
(0:30) MISS N. Knight Free Throw 1 of 2
(0:30) TEAM offensive REBOUND
(0:30) MISS N. Knight Free Throw 2 of 2
(0:29) B. Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (0:15) B. Brown 9' pullup Jump Shot (4 PTS) (B. Hyland 1 AST)
2323
(0:01) MISS L. Garza cutting Layup
(0:00) V. Cancar REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

DEN

MIN

111Points124

42-91(46.2%)Field Goal(%)45-87(51.7%)

11-29(37.9%)3-Point(%)13-36(36.1%)

16-20(80.0%)Free Throw(%)21-27(77.8%)

45(18)Rebounds(Offensive)41(11)

27Assists29

8Steals7

1Blocks4

14Turnovers11

21Fouls22

54Pts In The Paint58

29Fast Break Pts15

11Pts Off Turnovers14

33Bench Pts30

3Largest Lead13

Game Details

Monday, January 2, 2023 · 8:00 PM

Target Center · Minneapolis, MN

attendance: 15,962 (82.5%)