Denver Nuggets 93, Minnesota Timberwolves 91 — Recap

October 30, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 93, Minnesota Timberwolves 91. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 23-32 MIN; Q2 DEN 20-15 MIN; Q3 DEN 26-26 MIN; Q4 DEN 24-18 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 26 points, 19 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-23 shooting; Malik Beasley (MIN) 18 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; Monte Morris (DEN) 16 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 14 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists on 6-of-19 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 14 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 4-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

26 PTS, 19 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 10-23 FG

Scoring · MIN

Malik Beasley

18 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 6 3PM · 6-14 FG

Scoring · DEN

Monte Morris

16 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 7-14 FG

Season highs

Michael Porter Jr. · Season-high 12 reboundsAnthony Edwards · Season-high 11 reboundsMalik Beasley · Season-high 6 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	23	20	26	24		93
MIN	32	15	26	18		91

🧮 How They Scored

DENMIN

38Points in the paint40

18Fast-break points11

10Second-chance points14

22Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

46.0%Effective FG%46.6%

15.9%Turnover %17.7%

31.1%Offensive rebound %30.6%

0.182Free-throw rate0.101

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	37	26	19	7	1	2	7	10-23	3-8	3-4	+17
Michael Porter Jr. F	35	7	12	3	1	0	1	3-14	0-6	1-2	+10
Aaron Gordon F	31	12	4	2	2	2	0	4-10	0-2	4-4	+26
Will Barton G	31	10	2	1	3	2	4	3-10	1-5	3-4	+8
Monte Morris G	30	16	4	5	1	0	1	7-14	1-6	1-2	+17
Nah'Shon Hyland G	18	8	0	3	1	1	0	3-7	2-5	0-0	+10
Facundo Campazzo G	17	3	2	1	0	1	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	-24
PJ Dozier G-F	14	2	4	1	1	1	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-15
JaMychal Green F	11	6	1	0	1	1	3	3-3	0-0	0-0	-15
Austin Rivers G	11	3	0	1	0	0	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	-9
Jeff Green F	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-15

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	34	14	11	1	0	0	3	6-19	0-6	2-2	-14
Karl-Anthony Towns C	34	14	8	3	1	0	5	4-11	2-5	4-4	-23
D'Angelo Russell G	31	14	1	6	2	1	3	6-15	2-6	0-0	+10
Malik Beasley G	27	18	2	2	1	0	1	6-14	6-10	0-0	+2
Jaden McDaniels F	25	2	4	1	0	0	1	1-6	0-4	0-0	-11
Patrick Beverley G	23	7	3	5	1	2	2	3-5	1-2	0-0	+10
Naz Reid F-C	19	12	4	1	0	2	1	5-8	2-5	0-0	+15
Josh Okogie G	19	4	5	2	2	0	1	1-4	0-1	2-2	+18
Jarred Vanderbilt F	16	6	6	0	0	1	1	3-5	0-0	0-1	-9
Taurean Prince F	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-2	0-2	0-0	-3
Jordan McLaughlin G	4	0	2	0	1	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	37	26	52.5	35.6	+21.9	24.8
Monte Morris	Bench	30	16	53.8	21.1	+26.2	15.2
Aaron Gordon	Bench	31	12	51.0	15.4	+38.9	14.1
Will Barton	Bench	31	10	42.5	20.8	+11.0	5.2
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	18	8	57.1	17.5	+34.6	11.7
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	35	7	23.5	19.5	+14.7	6.3
JaMychal Green	Bench	11	6	100.0	22.2	-59.6	7.5
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	17	3	75.0	7.7	-75.0	4.0
Austin Rivers	Bench	11	3	150.0	8.7	-34.8	9.0
PJ Dozier	Bench	14	2	33.3	7.9	-48.4	9.6
Jeff Green	Bench	6	0	0.0	6.3	-127.6	-12.9

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Malik Beasley	Bench	27	18	64.3	22.1	+1.8	13.8
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	31	14	46.7	23.4	+15.6	10.1
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	34	14	54.9	22.2	-31.8	8.1
Anthony Edwards	Bench	34	14	35.2	28.8	-17.7	6.9
Naz Reid	Bench	19	12	75.0	22.0	+42.9	21.7
Patrick Beverley	Bench	23	7	70.0	12.7	+23.8	8.6
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	16	6	55.1	14.3	-23.2	6.5
Josh Okogie	Bench	19	4	41.0	13.0	+49.6	11.5
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	25	2	16.7	13.0	-21.0	-5.9
Taurean Prince	Bench	8	0	0.0	18.2	-20.2	-15.4
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	4	0	0.0	0.0	-45.6	42.9