Denver Nuggets vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

Apr 30, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	30	20	24	24	98
MIN	29	28	25	28	110

Game Recap

The Timberwolves defeated the Nuggets, 110-98, to win the series, 4-2, and advance to the Western Conference Semifinals.

Player Stats

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23Cameron JohnsonSF	39	8-15	5-10	6-9	8	3	0	1	2	5	-3	27
21Spencer JonesPF	35	3-4	2-3	0-0	2	1	0	1	1	5	-9	8
15Nikola JokicC	43	11-19	1-5	5-6	9	10	0	1	4	5	-9	28
0Christian BraunSG	27	1-4	1-4	0-0	1	0	0	3	1	2	-9	3
27Jamal MurrayPG	40	4-17	0-2	4-4	6	4	0	1	0	2	-18	12
10Tim Hardaway Jr.	20	4-7	1-2	4-4	4	2	1	1	1	1	-5	13
11Bruce Brown	14	0-2	0-1	1-2	1	1	2	0	3	3	-5	1
5Tyus Jones	12	2-4	0-0	0-0	0	3	1	0	0	2	+5	4
22Zeke Nnaji	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5	0
17Jonas Valanciūnas	3	1-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	1	-2	2
14DaRon Holmes II	— did not play —												— did not play —
24Jalen Pickett	— did not play —												— did not play —
3Julian Strawther	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	34-7545.3%	10-2737.0%	20-2580.0%	33	24	4	8	13	26	-	98

TIMBERWOLVES	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
3Jaden McDanielsSF	44	13-25	1-4	5-6	10	3	2	1	0	4	+16	32
30Julius RandlePF	37	6-17	2-5	4-6	4	5	1	0	4	2	+15	18
27Rudy GobertC	41	4-6	0-0	2-4	13	8	1	2	0	5	+11	10
1Terrence Shannon Jr.SG	34	9-20	1-7	5-5	6	1	2	0	0	2	+7	24
10Mike ConleyPG	26	3-7	1-4	0-0	6	3	1	0	1	3	-1	7
8Bones Hyland	8	0-3	0-3	1-2	2	1	0	0	0	1	+4	1
11Naz Reid	33	7-13	1-3	0-1	7	4	1	0	2	2	+11	15
22Jaylen Clark	12	1-3	1-3	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	2	-3	3
19Joan Beringer	— did not play —												— did not play —
13Ayo Dosunmu	— did not play —												— did not play —
7Joe Ingles	— did not play —												— did not play —
4Julian Phillips	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL	-	43-9445.7%	7-2924.1%	17-2470.8%	50	26	8	3	7	21	-	110

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterDENMIN

(11:59) Jump Ball Gobert vs. Jokic: Tip to Conley
(11:35) MISS Shannon Jr. 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(11:35) Braun BLOCK (1 BLK)
(11:34) Gobert REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(11:34) TIMBERWOLVES Turnover: Shot Clock (T#1)
+2 (11:17) Jokic 6' Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Murray 1 AST)
20
(11:08) MISS Randle 8' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot
(11:07) Nuggets Rebound
+2 (10:45) Jokic 5' Turnaround Hook Shot (4 PTS)
40
(10:23) MISS McDaniels 20' Pullup Jump Shot
(10:19) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:00) MISS Murray 21' Fadeaway Jumper
(9:57) Conley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:41) MISS Conley 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:38) Johnson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:23) MISS Braun 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:21) Shannon Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:15) Johnson S.FOUL (P1.T1) (J.DeRosa)
+1 (9:15) Shannon Jr. Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
41
+1 (9:15) Shannon Jr. Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
42
+3 (9:00) Braun 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Murray 2 AST)
72
+2 (8:47) Randle 6' Turnaround Jump Shot (2 PTS)
74
(8:32) MISS Murray 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(8:30) Gobert REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(8:21) MISS Randle 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(8:19) Randle REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (8:19) Randle Tip Layup Shot (4 PTS)
76
(8:09) Johnson Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(8:09) Conley STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (8:04) Shannon Jr. 1' Running Dunk (4 PTS)
78
(7:53) Jokic Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T2)
(7:53) Gobert STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (7:48) Shannon Jr. 5' Running Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Conley 1 AST)
710
(7:36) MISS Braun 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(7:33) Conley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (7:20) Randle 25' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Gobert 1 AST)
713
(7:19) Nuggets Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
+2 (6:58) Johnson 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Murray 3 AST)
913
(6:43) MISS Shannon Jr. 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(6:41) Shannon Jr. REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(6:40) MISS Shannon Jr. 5' Putback Layup
(6:40) Murray BLOCK (1 BLK)
(6:40) Johnson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:33) Conley P.FOUL (P1.T1) (C.Kirkland)
(6:29) MISS Braun 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:27) McDaniels REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:18) MISS Randle 16' Pullup Jump Shot
(6:15) Braun REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:01) Jokic Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T3)
(6:01) Shannon Jr. STEAL (1 STL)
(5:44) MISS Shannon Jr. 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:42) Johnson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (5:35) Murray 3' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
1113
+2 (5:07) Conley 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Gobert 2 AST)
1115
+2 (4:57) Johnson 7' Floating Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
1315
(4:48) MISS McDaniels 9' Fadeaway Jumper
(4:48) Nuggets Rebound
(4:47) Gobert L.B.FOUL (P1.T2) (C.Kirkland)
(4:35) MISS Jokic 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:32) McDaniels REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (4:26) Gobert 1' Alley Oop Dunk (2 PTS) (Reid 1 AST)
1317
(4:07) Jokic Lost Ball Turnover (P3.T4)
(4:07) Reid STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (4:01) Reid 3' Running Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS)
1319
(3:59) Nuggets Timeout: Regular (Reg.2 Short 0)
+3 (3:45) Hardaway Jr. 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jokic 3 AST)
1619
(3:33) S. Jones P.FOUL (P1.T2) (J.DeRosa)
+2 (3:25) McDaniels 19' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Randle 1 AST)
1621
(3:09) Brown Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T5)
(3:01) Jokic S.FOUL (P1.T3) (J.Tiven)
(3:01) MISS Hyland Free Throw 1 of 2
(3:01) TIMBERWOLVES Rebound
+1 (3:01) Hyland Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
1622
+2 (2:46) Murray 10' Driving Floating Jump Shot (4 PTS)
1822
+2 (2:34) Reid 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot (4 PTS) (McDaniels 1 AST)
1824
(2:34) Hardaway Jr. S.FOUL (P1.T4) (C.Kirkland)
(2:34) MISS Reid Free Throw 1 of 1
(2:33) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (2:17) Johnson 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Jokic 4 AST)
2124
+3 (2:01) McDaniels 26' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Reid 2 AST)
2127
(1:43) McDaniels S.FOUL (P1.T3) (C.Kirkland)
+1 (1:43) Hardaway Jr. Free Throw 1 of 3 (4 PTS)
2227
+1 (1:43) Hardaway Jr. Free Throw 2 of 3 (5 PTS)
2327
+1 (1:43) Hardaway Jr. Free Throw 3 of 3 (6 PTS)
2427
(1:23) Reid Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T2)
(1:23) Brown STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (1:19) Hardaway Jr. 2' Running Layup (8 PTS) (Brown 1 AST)
2627
(1:04) Jokic P.FOUL (P2.PN) (J.DeRosa)
+1 (1:04) Shannon Jr. Free Throw 1 of 2 (7 PTS)
2628
+1 (1:04) Shannon Jr. Free Throw 2 of 2 (8 PTS)
2629
(0:52) MISS Brown 3PT Jump Shot
(0:49) Hyland REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:39) Reid Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T3)
(0:39) Hardaway Jr. STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (0:35) Johnson 1' Running Layup (9 PTS) (Jokic 5 AST)
2829
(0:35) Shannon Jr. S.FOUL (P1.PN) (C.Kirkland)
+1 (0:35) Johnson Free Throw 1 of 1 (10 PTS)
2929
(0:26) MISS Hyland 28' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(0:23) Johnson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(0:17) Clark P.FOUL (P1.PN) (J.Tiven)
(0:17) MISS Johnson Free Throw 1 of 2
(0:17) Nuggets Rebound
+1 (0:17) Johnson Free Throw 2 of 2 (11 PTS)
3029
(0:02) MISS Shannon Jr. 6' Driving Layup
(0:02) Braun BLOCK (2 BLK)
(0:01) Johnson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:5)

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

DEN

MIN

98Points110

34-75(45.3%)Field Goal(%)43-94(45.7%)

10-27(37.0%)3-Point(%)7-29(24.1%)

20-25(80.0%)Free Throw(%)17-24(70.8%)

33(6)Rebounds(Offensive)50(19)

24Assists26

4Steals8

8Blocks3

13Turnovers7

26Fouls21

40Pts In The Paint64

7Fast Break Pts13

10Pts Off Turnovers16

20Bench Pts19

5Largest Lead12

Game Details

Thursday, April 30, 2026 · 9:30 PM

Target Center · Minneapolis, MN

attendance: 18,978 (98.0%)

tv: ESPN