Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Denver Nuggets

Apr 16, 2023

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	23	21	14	22	80
DEN	26	29	32	22	109

Game Recap

Led by Jamal Murray's 24 points, eight rebounds, and eight assists, the No. 1 seed Nuggets defeated the No. 8 seed Timberwolves in Game 1, 109-80. Nikola Jokic added 13 points, 14 rebounds, and six assists for the Nuggets in the victory, while Anthony Edwards tallied 18 points and five assists for the Timberwolves. The Nuggets lead this best-of-seven series, 1-0, with Game 2 taking place on Wednesday, April 19 (10:00 p.m. ET, TNT).

Player Stats

TIMBERWOLVES	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
9Nickeil Alexander-WalkerSF	23	2-6	2-4	1-2	1	0	0	1	0	1	-6	7
32Karl-Anthony TownsPF	29	5-15	1-7	0-2	10	2	0	0	4	2	-11	11
27Rudy GobertC	25	3-5	0-0	2-4	13	0	0	2	1	3	-28	8
1Anthony EdwardsSG	27	6-15	1-4	5-6	2	5	2	1	1	4	-12	18
10Mike ConleyPG	24	3-5	2-3	0-0	4	3	0	0	0	0	-18	8
5Kyle Anderson	25	5-11	1-3	0-0	1	3	2	1	0	1	-15	11
12Taurean Prince	21	0-4	0-3	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	1	-14	0
6Jordan McLaughlin	10	0-3	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	2	-8	0
4Jaylen Nowell	21	4-10	3-6	1-2	1	2	0	0	1	1	-13	12
25Austin Rivers	16	1-2	1-2	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	0	-12	3
13Nathan Knight	4	1-4	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0	-5	2
8Josh Minott	6	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	2	1	1	1	-4	0
7Wendell Moore Jr.	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	+1	0


TOTAL	-	30-8137.0%	11-3630.6%	9-1656.3%	38	18	6	6	11	16	-	80

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	31	7-17	4-9	0-1	11	2	1	0	0	1	+22	18
50Aaron GordonPF	23	3-7	2-4	5-6	5	1	1	0	1	3	+15	13
15Nikola JokicC	28	6-12	0-0	1-3	14	6	1	0	1	6	+15	13
5Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSG	31	6-11	3-6	0-0	4	1	0	0	1	0	+21	15
27Jamal MurrayPG	33	9-22	4-10	2-2	8	8	0	1	1	3	+24	24
11Bruce Brown	25	5-8	2-4	2-3	3	1	0	1	1	1	+11	14
32Jeff Green	22	0-4	0-3	0-0	2	1	1	1	1	3	+11	0
0Christian Braun	19	1-1	0-0	1-2	3	1	0	1	0	0	+12	3
6DeAndre Jordan	5	2-3	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	2	2	+7	4
8Peyton Watson	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	+2	0
14Ish Smith	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	+2	0
22Zeke Nnaji	4	2-2	1-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	0	+2	5
7Reggie Jackson	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	+2	0
31Vlatko Cancar	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0
13Thomas Bryant	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	41-9045.6%	16-3941.0%	11-1764.7%	54	24	6	4	10	20	-	109

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterMINDEN

(11:56) Jump Ball N. Jokic vs. R. Gobert: Tip to K. Caldwell-Pope
(11:50) N. Alexander-Walker personal FOUL (1 PF)
(11:41) MISS J. Murray 25' pullup 3PT
(11:38) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(11:36) MISS M. Porter Jr. 27' 3PT
(11:33) M. Conley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:20) MISS K. Towns 16' turnaround fadeaway Shot
(11:17) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (11:00) M. Porter Jr. 3PT (3 PTS) (N. Jokic 1 AST)
03
(10:38) MISS N. Alexander-Walker 14' Jump Shot
(10:35) J. Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:30) MISS M. Porter Jr. 25' 3PT
(10:28) K. Caldwell-Pope REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+3 (10:23) A. Gordon 25' 3PT (3 PTS) (M. Porter Jr. 1 AST)
06
(9:57) MISS N. Alexander-Walker floating Shot
(9:55) R. Gobert REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(9:51) MISS K. Towns 28' 3PT
(9:48) K. Towns REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(9:46) K. Towns lost ball TURNOVER (1 TO)
(9:46) A. Gordon STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (9:40) A. Gordon running DUNK (5 PTS)
08
+3 (9:22) A. Edwards 25' 3PT step back (3 PTS)
38
(9:04) MISS J. Murray driving Layup
(9:02) N. Alexander-Walker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (8:58) A. Edwards running Layup (5 PTS)
58
(8:43) MISS N. Jokic 9' Jump Shot
(8:41) R. Gobert REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(8:31) MISS K. Towns 25' 3PT
(8:28) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(8:23) R. Gobert personal FOUL (1 PF)
+2 (8:12) N. Jokic 9' turnaround fadeaway Jump Shot (2 PTS)
510
(8:12) K. Towns shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Jokic 1 FT)
+1 (8:12) N. Jokic Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
511
+2 (7:52) K. Towns Hook (2 PTS)
711
+3 (7:37) K. Caldwell-Pope 3PT (3 PTS) (N. Jokic 2 AST)
714
+3 (7:24) N. Alexander-Walker 3PT (3 PTS) (A. Edwards 1 AST)
1014
+2 (7:12) N. Jokic turnaround bank Hook (5 PTS)
1016
(6:59) MISS A. Edwards 9' pullup Shot
(6:58) TEAM offensive REBOUND
(6:58) J. Murray loose ball personal FOUL (1 PF)
(6:58) DEN Timeout
(6:48) MISS A. Edwards driving Layup
(6:47) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(6:39) A. Edwards personal FOUL (1 PF)
(6:29) MISS N. Jokic floating Shot
(6:27) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:2)
(6:21) MISS J. Murray 6' Layup - blocked
(6:21) N. Alexander-Walker BLOCK (1 BLK)
(6:17) M. Conley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:13) MISS K. Towns 13' driving floating Shot
(6:13) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:3)
(6:06) MISS J. Murray 26' 3PT
(6:05) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(6:05) M. Porter Jr. loose ball personal FOUL (1 PF)
+2 (5:54) M. Conley 10' driving floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (A. Edwards 2 AST)
1216
(5:37) MISS M. Porter Jr. 3PT
(5:32) A. Edwards REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:25) B. Brown personal FOUL (1 PF)
+3 (5:18) M. Conley 24' 3PT pullup (5 PTS) (A. Edwards 3 AST)
1516
(5:05) N. Jokic backcourt TURNOVER (1 TO)
+2 (4:52) K. Anderson 12' floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (M. Conley 1 AST)
1716
+2 (4:33) K. Caldwell-Pope 13' turnaround Jump Shot (5 PTS) (N. Jokic 3 AST)
1718
+2 (4:19) K. Anderson 11' floating Jump Shot (4 PTS) (M. Conley 2 AST)
1918
(4:16) DEN Timeout
+2 (3:53) N. Jokic driving finger roll Layup (7 PTS)
1920
(3:29) MISS K. Anderson 24' 3PT
(3:26) K. Caldwell-Pope REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(3:16) MISS M. Porter Jr. reverse Layup
(3:14) A. Edwards REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(3:01) MISS A. Edwards 19' step back Shot
(2:57) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(2:49) B. Brown bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(2:49) K. Anderson STEAL (1 STL)
(2:45) MISS J. McLaughlin 3PT
(2:38) K. Caldwell-Pope REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+2 (2:33) B. Brown 7' running Layup (2 PTS)
1922
(2:33) J. McLaughlin shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Brown 1 FT)
(2:33) MISS B. Brown Free Throw 1 of 1
(2:31) R. Gobert REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+2 (2:14) K. Anderson 7' driving floating Jump Shot (6 PTS)
2122
(1:56) MISS J. Green 26' 3PT
(1:53) R. Gobert REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
+2 (1:38) R. Gobert Hook (2 PTS) (T. Prince 1 AST)
2322
+2 (1:10) B. Brown 6' turnaround Jump Shot (4 PTS) (J. Murray 1 AST)
2324
(0:55) MISS T. Prince 15' turnaround fadeaway Shot
(0:53) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:46) A. Gordon offensive FOUL (1 PF)
(0:46) A. Gordon offensive foul TURNOVER (1 TO)
(0:37) MISS J. McLaughlin driving Layup - blocked
(0:37) J. Murray BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:36) J. Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(0:34) J. McLaughlin personal FOUL (2 PF) (Murray 2 FT)
+1 (0:34) J. Murray Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2325
+1 (0:34) J. Murray Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
2326
(0:14) MISS K. Anderson 9' turnaround bank Shot
(0:11) J. Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(0:01) MISS J. Green 26' 3PT
(0:01) TEAM offensive REBOUND

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

MIN

DEN

80Points109

30-81(37.0%)Field Goal(%)41-90(45.6%)

11-36(30.6%)3-Point(%)16-39(41.0%)

9-16(56.3%)Free Throw(%)11-17(64.7%)

38(5)Rebounds(Offensive)54(11)

18Assists24

6Steals6

6Blocks4

11Turnovers10

16Fouls20

36Pts In The Paint48

3Fast Break Pts16

12Pts Off Turnovers17

28Bench Pts26

1Largest Lead32

Game Details

Sunday, April 16, 2023 · 10:30 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 19,628 (102.8%)

tv: TNT