Denver Nuggets 98, Minnesota Timberwolves 128 — Recap

February 5, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 98, Minnesota Timberwolves 128. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 21-32 MIN; Q2 DEN 22-31 MIN; Q3 DEN 28-31 MIN; Q4 DEN 27-34 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 22 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Christian Braun (DEN) 19 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-10 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 18 points, 1 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-9 shooting; Rudy Gobert (MIN) 16 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists on 7-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Michael Porter Jr.

22 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 7-16 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

20 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 8-17 FG

Scoring · DEN

Christian Braun

19 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 7-10 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	21	22	28	27		98
MIN	32	31	31	34		128

🧮 How They Scored

DENMIN

40Points in the paint72

19Fast-break points24

5Second-chance points14

14Points off turnovers32

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.1%Effective FG%60.9%

19.9%Turnover %9.9%

9.4%Offensive rebound %12.8%

0.437Free-throw rate0.345

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Christian Braun G	34	19	5	1	0	1	2	7-10	2-2	3-4	-13
Michael Porter Jr. F	32	22	3	1	1	1	2	7-16	2-10	6-8	-9
Vlatko Cancar F	29	6	5	3	0	0	0	2-5	0-1	2-2	-9
Bruce Brown G	28	16	2	7	1	0	3	4-9	1-4	7-8	-16
DeAndre Jordan C	25	6	6	0	1	1	2	3-5	0-0	0-1	-11
Zeke Nnaji F-C	24	10	1	0	0	1	2	4-5	1-2	1-2	-21
Ish Smith G	21	10	7	5	0	0	4	5-9	0-0	0-0	-16
Davon Reed G	20	2	2	1	2	0	4	0-4	0-1	2-2	-26
Jeff Green F	18	5	3	0	1	1	1	1-7	0-5	3-4	-19
Peyton Watson G	9	2	3	1	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-10

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaden McDaniels F	32	14	4	6	1	0	0	5-10	0-0	4-4	+10
Anthony Edwards G	31	20	4	3	2	0	2	8-17	1-5	3-5	+13
D'Angelo Russell G	30	18	1	10	1	0	2	6-9	3-5	3-4	+11
Jaylen Nowell G	27	16	4	4	0	0	0	6-10	2-5	2-2	+35
Taurean Prince F	26	9	4	2	1	1	0	4-12	1-5	0-0	+23
Rudy Gobert C	18	16	8	1	0	1	2	7-8	0-0	2-4	+16
Nathan Knight F-C	15	8	3	0	1	0	3	2-5	0-0	4-6	+7
Naz Reid F-C	15	7	2	0	0	1	0	3-3	1-1	0-0	+7
Matt Ryan F	14	10	0	1	0	0	0	3-6	2-5	2-3	-1
Kyle Anderson F	13	4	3	1	1	0	1	1-1	0-0	2-2	+15
Jordan McLaughlin G	12	2	0	3	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	+16
Wendell Moore Jr. G	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Josh Minott F	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	32	22	56.4	29.3	-16.7	9.8
Christian Braun	Bench	34	19	80.8	18.2	-19.8	13.1
Bruce Brown	Bench	28	16	63.9	25.0	-31.7	9.8
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	24	10	85.0	14.3	-38.9	2.7
Ish Smith	Bench	21	10	55.6	24.5	-33.5	15.1
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	25	6	55.1	12.3	-26.0	7.0
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	29	6	51.0	8.8	-16.3	7.1
Jeff Green	Bench	18	5	28.5	22.7	-48.0	-1.0
Peyton Watson	Bench	9	2	100.0	10.0	-42.9	10.9
Davon Reed	Bench	20	2	20.5	18.4	-55.3	-7.8
Nah'Shon Hyland	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	31	20	52.1	31.3	+23.0	11.0
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	30	18	83.6	20.6	+22.3	18.0
Rudy Gobert	Bench	18	16	82.0	30.8	+49.4	20.9
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	27	16	73.5	14.5	+57.6	19.7
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	32	14	59.5	15.9	+15.2	11.9
Matt Ryan	Bench	14	10	68.3	21.2	-7.9	6.8
Taurean Prince	Bench	26	9	37.5	19.4	+42.4	7.5
Nathan Knight	Bench	15	8	52.4	28.9	+22.4	2.0
Naz Reid	Bench	15	7	116.7	8.8	+28.1	7.6
Kyle Anderson	Bench	13	4	106.4	10.7	+55.6	14.8
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	12	2	50.0	10.0	+53.1	5.1
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	4	2	100.0	7.7	-10.0	16.2
Josh Minott	Bench	4	2	33.3	23.1	-10.0	10.8
Bryn Forbes	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Austin Rivers	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0