Denver Nuggets 111, Minnesota Timberwolves 124 — Recap

January 2, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 111, Minnesota Timberwolves 124. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 23-23 MIN; Q2 DEN 30-36 MIN; Q3 DEN 32-31 MIN; Q4 DEN 26-34 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Anthony Edwards (MIN) 29 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-24 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 24 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Jaden McDaniels (MIN) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-10 shooting; Kyle Anderson (MIN) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; Nah'Shon Hyland (DEN) 18 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Anthony Edwards

29 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 10-24 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

24 PTS, 7 REB, 9 AST, 1 3PM · 10-20 FG

Scoring · MIN

Jaden McDaniels

21 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 9-10 FG

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	30	32	26		111
MIN	23	36	31	34		124

🧮 How They Scored

DENMIN

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.2%Effective FG%59.2%

12.3%Turnover %10.0%

37.5%Offensive rebound %28.9%

0.220Free-throw rate0.310

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	36	14	3	4	1	0	2	6-12	1-3	1-1	-5
Nikola Jokic C	33	24	7	9	2	0	5	10-20	1-3	3-4	-9
Aaron Gordon F	33	12	16	6	1	0	1	4-18	0-3	4-6	-10
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	33	10	4	2	0	0	1	3-7	1-2	3-3	-11
Michael Porter Jr. F	27	18	2	0	0	1	2	6-9	4-6	2-2	-5
Nah'Shon Hyland G	22	18	6	2	2	0	1	7-12	4-7	0-0	-15
Bruce Brown G	22	8	4	3	1	0	0	3-6	0-2	2-2	-6
Vlatko Cancar F	17	2	1	1	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	-7
Zeke Nnaji F-C	12	3	2	0	1	0	2	1-3	0-1	1-2	0
Christian Braun G	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+3

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	36	29	10	5	1	0	3	10-24	3-11	6-6	+13
Austin Rivers G	32	8	1	5	1	0	0	2-5	2-5	2-2	+6
Kyle Anderson F	31	19	4	8	3	0	1	6-12	3-4	4-4	+6
Jaylen Nowell G	31	17	4	2	1	0	2	8-16	1-7	0-0	+3
Rudy Gobert C	27	8	4	3	0	2	1	3-3	0-0	2-4	-4
Jaden McDaniels F	25	21	4	4	1	1	2	9-10	2-2	1-2	+13
Nathan Knight F-C	22	8	8	2	0	0	0	2-4	1-1	3-6	+12
Matt Ryan F	21	5	0	0	0	0	1	2-5	1-4	0-0	+5
Luka Garza C	14	9	6	0	0	1	1	3-8	0-2	3-3	+11

🔬 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	33	24	55.1	31.0	-12.9	14.7
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	27	18	91.1	17.4	-2.5	9.2
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	22	18	75.0	23.2	-33.3	21.9
Jamal Murray	Bench	36	14	56.3	16.9	-5.1	8.5
Aaron Gordon	Bench	33	12	29.1	27.2	-11.0	5.9
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	33	10	60.1	10.8	-15.9	4.2
Bruce Brown	Bench	22	8	58.1	13.5	-10.6	16.3
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	12	3	38.7	20.7	-5.2	-3.6
Christian Braun	Bench	3	2	100.0	14.3	+35.7	50.0
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	17	2	33.3	7.7	-13.6	-1.6
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ish Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Davon Reed	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jack White	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	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	36	29	54.4	34.5	+15.7	14.3
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	25	21	96.5	23.2	+27.6	18.5
Kyle Anderson	Bench	31	19	69.0	19.7	+5.5	16.7
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	31	17	53.1	24.7	+6.4	7.4
Luka Garza	Bench	14	9	48.3	28.6	+39.4	16.5
Rudy Gobert	Bench	27	8	84.0	9.1	-9.3	5.5
Nathan Knight	Bench	22	8	60.2	14.0	+27.3	10.6
Austin Rivers	Bench	32	8	68.0	7.8	+9.4	9.2
Matt Ryan	Bench	21	5	50.0	11.5	+6.1	1.1
Naz Reid	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Josh Minott	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bryn Forbes	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0