Denver Nuggets 115, Minnesota Timberwolves 130 — Recap

February 1, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 115, Minnesota Timberwolves 130. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 28-30 MIN; Q2 DEN 23-39 MIN; Q3 DEN 27-31 MIN; Q4 DEN 37-30 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 24 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Taurean Prince (MIN) 23 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 21 points, 16 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; Jarred Vanderbilt (MIN) 18 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists on 8-of-12 shooting; Will Barton (DEN) 13 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 4-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

24 PTS, 10 REB, 7 AST, 1 3PM · 8-12 FG

Scoring · MIN

Taurean Prince

23 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 6 3PM · 8-12 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

21 PTS, 16 REB, 8 AST, 1 3PM · 6-12 FG

Season highs

Taurean Prince · Season-high 23 pointsTaurean Prince · 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	28	23	27	37		115
MIN	30	39	31	30		130

🧮 How They Scored

DENMIN

42Points in the paint46

11Fast-break points11

13Second-chance points19

13Points off turnovers13

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.6%Effective FG%59.7%

10.6%Turnover %8.8%

20.4%Offensive rebound %26.5%

0.315Free-throw rate0.269

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	30	21	16	8	1	0	5	6-12	1-4	8-9	-7
Monte Morris G	27	13	2	3	2	0	1	5-7	1-2	2-2	-6
Will Barton G	27	13	3	3	1	0	1	4-11	3-7	2-2	-8
Aaron Gordon F	25	7	6	2	0	0	1	3-9	0-4	1-3	-5
Jeff Green F	22	12	2	0	0	0	1	4-8	0-1	4-4	-11
JaMychal Green F	18	12	4	2	0	0	0	4-10	0-3	4-4	-8
Bryn Forbes G	17	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-7	1-7	0-0	-19
Zeke Nnaji F-C	16	9	4	1	1	1	1	3-4	3-3	0-0	-2
Nah'Shon Hyland G	15	5	2	1	0	2	1	2-8	1-5	0-0	-22
Austin Rivers G	15	3	1	1	2	0	0	1-3	1-2	0-0	-23
Facundo Campazzo G	12	0	1	4	0	1	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	+8
Davon Reed G	9	10	4	1	0	0	0	4-5	2-3	0-0	+14
Markus Howard G	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	1-4	1-2	4-4	+14

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns C	28	24	10	7	2	1	1	8-12	1-3	7-8	+12
Jordan McLaughlin G	26	9	4	7	1	0	0	4-8	1-4	0-0	+18
Anthony Edwards G	26	5	0	2	0	1	0	2-8	1-6	0-0	+3
Jaden McDaniels F	26	4	5	4	0	2	1	1-7	0-2	2-3	+2
Jaylen Nowell G	25	10	2	3	0	0	2	2-6	2-4	4-4	+7
Taurean Prince F	24	23	9	2	2	1	2	8-12	6-9	1-2	+22
Malik Beasley G	24	12	5	1	0	0	0	4-10	4-9	0-0	+16
Naz Reid F-C	20	12	5	2	1	2	2	5-7	1-1	1-2	+3
Jarred Vanderbilt F	19	18	9	2	2	0	1	8-12	0-0	2-4	0
Patrick Beverley G	15	11	2	5	0	1	1	3-6	3-5	2-2	+5
Jake Layman F	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-9
Nathan Knight F-C	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	-4

🔬 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	30	21	65.8	29.2	-10.6	20.5
Will Barton	Bench	27	13	54.7	20.3	-16.6	8.8
Monte Morris	Bench	27	13	82.5	13.8	-12.8	10.9
Jeff Green	Bench	22	12	61.5	20.0	-23.9	6.8
JaMychal Green	Bench	18	12	51.0	29.3	-14.8	7.4
Davon Reed	Bench	9	10	100.0	23.8	+77.8	28.3
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	16	9	112.5	12.8	-5.7	14.0
Aaron Gordon	Bench	25	7	33.9	18.3	-11.6	2.7
Markus Howard	Bench	9	7	60.8	23.8	+77.8	10.1
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	15	5	31.3	25.0	-66.7	0.0
Bryn Forbes	Bench	17	3	21.4	17.1	-45.6	-6.8
Austin Rivers	Bench	15	3	50.0	8.6	-67.2	4.5
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	12	0	0.0	8.0	+37.7	5.4

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	28	24	77.3	23.5	+24.0	21.9
Taurean Prince	Bench	24	23	89.3	26.8	+43.1	26.1
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	19	18	65.4	31.9	+2.9	18.1
Naz Reid	Bench	20	12	76.1	20.4	+4.2	12.6
Malik Beasley	Bench	24	12	60.0	16.7	+24.4	9.6
Patrick Beverley	Bench	15	11	79.9	22.9	+21.9	12.3
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	25	10	64.4	15.4	+8.5	6.1
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	26	9	56.3	13.3	+33.3	11.9
Anthony Edwards	Bench	26	5	31.3	12.9	+9.7	0.4
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	26	4	24.0	14.1	+5.8	1.8
Nathan Knight	Bench	3	2	33.3	42.9	-66.7	0.0
Jake Layman	Bench	4	0	0.0	18.2	-110.0	-8.3