Denver Nuggets 114, Minnesota Timberwolves 103 — Recap

May 13, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 114, Minnesota Timberwolves 103. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 35-26 MIN; Q2 DEN 28-26 MIN; Q3 DEN 29-37 MIN; Q4 DEN 22-14 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 31 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists on 14-of-21 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 29 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 20 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-18 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 17 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 15 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

31 PTS, 14 REB, 4 AST · 14-21 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

29 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 8-16 FG

Scoring · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

20 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 6-18 FG

Season highs

Markus Howard · Season-high 4 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	35	28	29	22		114
MIN	26	26	37	14		103

🧮 How They Scored

DENMIN

60Points in the paint30

8Fast-break points11

18Second-chance points11

20Points off turnovers8

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.2%Effective FG%52.5%

10.6%Turnover %13.8%

30.4%Offensive rebound %22.0%

0.115Free-throw rate0.400

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Facundo Campazzo G	33	6	3	9	0	0	3	2-8	0-3	2-2	+8
Nikola Jokic C	32	31	14	4	1	1	2	14-21	0-3	3-3	+8
Austin Rivers G	31	12	4	1	0	0	3	4-10	4-9	0-0	+12
Aaron Gordon F	30	15	3	4	1	0	1	6-10	1-2	2-2	+8
JaVale McGee C	24	12	13	0	0	2	0	6-12	0-0	0-0	0
JaMychal Green F	20	2	2	4	0	0	1	1-5	0-3	0-0	+4
Paul Millsap F	19	5	7	5	3	0	1	2-9	0-3	1-1	+8
Vlatko Cancar F	18	14	3	2	0	0	0	5-7	3-4	1-2	+5
Markus Howard G	17	15	1	1	0	0	1	5-10	4-8	1-1	+5
Shaquille Harrison G	15	2	3	0	1	0	0	1-4	0-1	0-0	-3

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	39	29	7	5	0	2	1	8-16	4-9	9-12	-6
Karl-Anthony Towns C	39	20	11	4	0	0	5	6-18	4-7	4-6	-6
D'Angelo Russell G	36	17	3	2	1	1	2	6-12	3-7	2-6	-9
Naz Reid F-C	31	10	6	0	1	1	2	4-9	0-4	2-4	-10
Ricky Rubio G	28	6	6	5	1	0	1	2-9	2-6	0-0	-5
Jarred Vanderbilt F	18	6	4	1	0	1	1	3-5	0-0	0-0	0
Jaden McDaniels F	17	5	0	1	0	0	0	2-5	1-4	0-0	+1
Juancho Hernangomez F	15	4	3	0	0	0	2	1-4	1-3	1-2	-14
Jordan McLaughlin G	14	6	3	2	0	0	1	2-2	1-1	1-2	-1
Josh Okogie G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	32	31	69.4	29.3	+11.9	26.6
Aaron Gordon	Bench	30	15	68.9	15.2	+12.5	12.9
Markus Howard	Bench	17	15	71.8	28.2	+13.5	12.6
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	18	14	88.8	20.0	+13.5	27.5
JaVale McGee	Bench	24	12	50.0	17.9	-2.1	13.2
Austin Rivers	Bench	31	12	60.0	16.5	+18.8	2.4
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	33	6	33.8	14.1	+10.3	7.1
Paul Millsap	Bench	19	5	26.5	25.0	+23.8	16.7
Shaquille Harrison	Bench	15	2	25.0	12.1	-9.7	1.6
JaMychal Green	Bench	20	2	20.0	13.3	+7.3	0.0

Minnesota TimberwolvesTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Edwards	Bench	39	29	68.1	23.4	-8.7	16.8
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	39	20	48.4	26.9	-7.3	6.0
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	36	17	58.1	20.7	-12.0	6.3
Naz Reid	Bench	31	10	46.5	19.1	-16.7	5.3
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	18	6	60.0	14.3	+2.7	9.6
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	14	6	104.2	12.9	-3.4	19.6
Ricky Rubio	Bench	28	6	33.3	14.7	-8.6	6.6
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	17	5	50.0	13.2	+2.9	2.6
Juancho Hernangomez	Bench	15	4	41.0	20.6	-48.9	0.0
Josh Okogie	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	-83.3	0.0