Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Denver Nuggets

Apr 18, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	33	29	17	26	105
DEN	23	39	29	25	116

Game Recap

Jamal Murray scores 30 points and Nikola Jokic drops a triple-double as Denver drops Minnesota in the series opener.

Player Stats

TIMBERWOLVES	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
3Jaden McDanielsSF	33	6-14	0-4	4-4	8	3	0	0	1	4	-17	16
30Julius RandlePF	31	7-16	0-3	2-2	7	2	0	0	1	4	-9	16
27Rudy GobertC	37	8-9	0-0	1-5	10	2	1	0	3	1	-8	17
5Anthony EdwardsSG	38	7-19	2-9	6-7	9	7	0	3	3	4	-3	22
0Donte DiVincenzoPG	31	4-9	4-7	0-0	4	2	2	0	1	3	0	12
11Naz Reid	17	2-6	1-2	0-0	3	2	1	0	2	4	-7	5
13Ayo Dosunmu	27	5-10	3-7	1-1	0	1	1	0	1	2	-8	14
10Mike Conley	10	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	3
8Bones Hyland	5	0-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	-3	0
12Kyle Anderson	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0
19Joan Beringer	— did not play —												— did not play —
22Jaylen Clark	— did not play —												— did not play —
7Joe Ingles	— did not play —												— did not play —
4Julian Phillips	— did not play —												— did not play —
1Terrence Shannon Jr.	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	40-8746.0%	11-3432.4%	14-1973.7%	43	21	7	3	13	25	-	105

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23Cameron JohnsonSF	33	5-12	2-7	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	1	+5	12
32Aaron GordonPF	29	5-10	1-5	6-8	8	3	0	0	1	3	+8	17
15Nikola JokicC	40	11-19	2-7	1-1	13	11	1	0	5	3	+9	25
0Christian BraunSG	35	4-10	2-3	2-2	8	1	0	0	0	2	0	12
27Jamal MurrayPG	39	7-22	0-8	16-16	5	7	0	0	2	2	+13	30
10Tim Hardaway Jr.	24	2-6	1-3	2-2	3	1	1	1	2	1	+9	7
11Bruce Brown	21	3-7	1-2	1-1	7	3	5	0	1	2	+7	8
21Spencer Jones	9	1-1	1-1	2-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2	5
17Jonas Valanciūnas	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	3	+2	0
14DaRon Holmes II	— did not play —												— did not play —
5Tyus Jones	— did not play —												— did not play —
22Zeke Nnaji	— did not play —												— did not play —
24Jalen Pickett	— did not play —												— did not play —
3Julian Strawther	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL	-	38-8743.7%	10-3627.8%	30-3390.9%	47	27	7	1	13	17	-	116

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterMINDEN

(11:55) Jump Ball Jokic vs. Gobert: Tip to Edwards
(11:37) MISS McDaniels 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(11:35) Braun REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:26) MISS Gordon 6' Driving Layup
(11:26) Edwards BLOCK (1 BLK)
(11:25) Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(11:25) DiVincenzo S.FOUL (P1.T1) (E.Dalen)
+1 (11:25) Gordon Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
01
+1 (11:25) Gordon Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
02
+3 (11:13) DiVincenzo 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Gobert 1 AST)
32
(10:57) Edwards L.B.FOUL (P1.T2) (E.Dalen)
(10:51) MISS Johnson 3PT Jump Shot
(10:49) NUGGETS Rebound
(10:49) Randle P.FOUL (P1.T3) (J.Goble)
+2 (10:44) Johnson 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Murray 1 AST)
34
+3 (10:33) DiVincenzo 27' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Edwards 1 AST)
64
(10:24) MISS Johnson 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:20) Randle REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:12) MISS Edwards 24' Step Back Jump Shot
(10:10) Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:06) MISS Braun 5' Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(10:03) DiVincenzo REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:55) Gordon S.FOUL (P1.T1) (Z.Zarba)
+1 (9:55) McDaniels Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
74
+1 (9:55) McDaniels Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
84
(9:41) MISS Gordon 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(9:38) Gobert REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:26) McDaniels 4' Driving Layup (4 PTS) (DiVincenzo 1 AST)
104
(9:15) McDaniels FLAGRANT.FOUL.TYPE1 (P1.T4) (J.Goble)
+1 (9:15) Murray Free Throw Flagrant 1 of 3 (1 PTS)
105
+1 (9:15) Murray Free Throw Flagrant 2 of 3 (2 PTS)
106
+1 (9:15) Murray Free Throw Flagrant 3 of 3 (3 PTS)
107
(9:06) Jokic Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T1)
+2 (8:54) Randle 16' Fadeaway Jumper (2 PTS)
127
+3 (8:39) Johnson 26' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
1210
(8:19) Jokic S.FOUL (P1.T2) (Z.Zarba)
(8:19) Timberwolves Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
+1 (8:19) McDaniels Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)
1310
+1 (8:19) McDaniels Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)
1410
(8:06) MISS Jokic 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:04) Randle REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(7:56) MISS Randle 14' Fadeaway Jumper
(7:54) Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(7:47) MISS Gordon 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:45) Randle REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(7:29) MISS Edwards 20' Step Back Jump Shot
(7:27) Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(7:20) Randle S.FOUL (P2.PN) (Z.Zarba)
+1 (7:20) Gordon Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
1411
+1 (7:20) Gordon Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
1412
+2 (7:07) McDaniels 19' Pullup Jump Shot (8 PTS)
1612
(7:00) Jokic Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T2)
(7:00) Reid STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (6:55) McDaniels 1' Running Dunk (10 PTS) (Reid 1 AST)
1812
(6:46) MISS Johnson 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:44) Gobert REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (6:28) Edwards 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (3 PTS)
2112
(6:27) NUGGETS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(6:12) Murray Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T3)
(6:12) Gobert STEAL (1 STL)
(6:10) Gobert Step Out of Bounds Turnover (P1.T1)
(6:06) MISS Murray 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(6:03) McDaniels REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:53) MISS Reid 11' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(5:51) Gobert REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+2 (5:40) Edwards 3' Driving Finger Roll Layup (5 PTS)
2312
(5:40) Gordon S.FOUL (P2.T3) (E.Dalen)
(5:40) MISS Edwards Free Throw 1 of 1
(5:38) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:25) MISS Murray 20' Pullup Jump Shot
(5:23) Edwards REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:15) McDaniels Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T2)
+3 (5:01) Jokic 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Murray 2 AST)
2315
+2 (4:45) Gobert 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (2 PTS) (Edwards 2 AST)
2515
(4:30) Jokic Lost Ball Turnover (P3.T4)
(4:30) Dosunmu STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (4:26) Reid 2' Running Dunk (2 PTS) (Dosunmu 1 AST)
2715
+3 (4:05) Braun 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
2718
(3:50) MISS Dosunmu 30' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:48) Hardaway Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (3:41) Braun 2' Alley Oop Layup (5 PTS) (Jokic 3 AST)
2720
(3:24) MISS Reid 6' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot
(3:23) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(3:21) MISS Braun 2' Running Layup
(3:21) Edwards BLOCK (2 BLK)
(3:19) Edwards REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(3:19) Edwards Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T3)
(3:19) Hardaway Jr. STEAL (1 STL)
(3:17) MISS Hardaway Jr. 19' Jump Shot
(3:15) McDaniels REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(3:08) MISS McDaniels 13' Fadeaway Jumper
(3:06) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (3:00) Hardaway Jr. 1' Running Alley Oop Dunk Shot (2 PTS) (Jokic 4 AST)
2722
+3 (2:39) Dosunmu 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Reid 2 AST)
3022
(2:29) MISS Braun 21' Jump Shot
(2:27) Reid REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:06) Reid Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T4)
(2:06) Jokic STEAL (1 STL)
(2:04) MISS Hardaway Jr. 5' Running Layup
(2:04) Edwards BLOCK (3 BLK)
(2:02) Gordon REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
(2:02) Reid S.FOUL (P1.PN) (E.Dalen)
+1 (2:02) Gordon Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)
3023
(2:02) MISS Gordon Free Throw 2 of 2
(2:00) Reid REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(1:44) MISS Dosunmu 28' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(1:40) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(1:32) Gordon OFF.Foul (P3) (Z.Zarba)
(1:32) Gordon Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T5)
(1:32) NUGGETS Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)
(1:32) David Adelman Foul:T.FOUL (Z.Zarba)
+1 (1:32) Dosunmu Free Throw Technical (4 PTS)
3123
(1:08) MISS Hyland 29' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(1:06) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:5)
(0:55) Jokic Bad Pass Turnover (P4.T6)
(0:55) Conley STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (0:53) Dosunmu 2' Running Layup (6 PTS) (Conley 1 AST)
3323
(0:42) MISS Hardaway Jr. 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:40) Hyland REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:19) MISS Reid 7' Turnaround Bank Hook Shot
(0:17) Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:02) MISS Brown 9' Turnaround Bank Hook Shot
(0:00) Conley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

MIN

DEN

105Points116

40-87(46.0%)Field Goal(%)38-87(43.7%)

11-34(32.4%)3-Point(%)10-36(27.8%)

14-19(73.7%)Free Throw(%)30-33(90.9%)

43(7)Rebounds(Offensive)47(8)

21Assists27

7Steals7

3Blocks1

13Turnovers13

25Fouls17

54Pts In The Paint42

14Fast Break Pts14

17Pts Off Turnovers16

22Bench Pts20

12Largest Lead15

Game Details

Saturday, April 18, 2026 · 3:30 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 19,796 (103.6%)

tv: Prime Video