Denver Nuggets 120, Minnesota Timberwolves 111 — Recap

April 21, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Denver Nuggets 120, Minnesota Timberwolves 111. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 28-28 MIN; Q2 DEN 33-27 MIN; Q3 DEN 33-33 MIN; Q4 DEN 26-23 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Anthony Edwards (MIN) 36 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-22 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 27 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 25 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 20 points, 11 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-13 shooting; Rudy Gobert (MIN) 18 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists on 7-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Anthony Edwards

36 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 10-22 FG

Scoring · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

27 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 10-17 FG

Scoring · DEN

Michael Porter Jr.

25 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 10-17 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	28	33	33	26		120
MIN	28	27	33	23		111

🧮 How They Scored

DENMIN

60Points in the paint52

13Fast-break points15

7Second-chance points10

13Points off turnovers16

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

64.9%Effective FG%51.9%

13.5%Turnover %12.1%

16.1%Offensive rebound %14.6%

0.155Free-throw rate0.443

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Michael Porter Jr. F	40	25	9	2	1	1	0	10-17	4-8	1-1	+9
Nikola Jokic C	38	20	11	12	1	0	4	9-13	2-3	0-0	+7
Jamal Murray G	38	18	6	9	2	1	3	7-16	1-6	3-4	+3
Aaron Gordon F	31	14	7	0	1	0	2	4-7	1-2	5-5	+11
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	29	14	2	1	1	1	2	5-10	3-6	1-2	+3
Jeff Green F	27	8	2	2	1	0	0	3-8	1-4	1-1	+4
Bruce Brown G	24	12	3	4	1	1	2	6-8	0-1	0-0	+11
Christian Braun G	14	9	0	2	0	0	1	4-5	1-2	0-0	+1

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	44	36	7	5	3	1	3	10-22	3-11	13-15	-7
Karl-Anthony Towns C	42	27	7	1	1	1	4	10-17	2-4	5-5	-10
Mike Conley G	39	12	2	5	1	0	2	3-8	2-4	4-4	-4
Rudy Gobert C	32	18	10	3	0	0	1	7-10	0-0	4-8	-2
Kyle Anderson F	29	2	2	6	2	0	2	1-7	0-1	0-0	-10
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	22	8	2	1	0	0	0	3-5	2-2	0-0	0
Taurean Prince F	15	8	1	1	1	0	1	2-3	1-2	3-3	-9
Jaylen Nowell G	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-6	0-2	0-0	0
Austin Rivers G	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-3

🔬 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	40	25	71.7	18.7	+5.4	15.5
Nikola Jokic	Bench	38	20	76.9	20.2	+8.9	18.1
Jamal Murray	Bench	38	18	50.7	24.1	+3.6	11.6
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	29	14	64.3	20.6	+9.0	3.7
Aaron Gordon	Bench	31	14	76.1	16.4	+18.9	9.5
Bruce Brown	Bench	24	12	75.0	19.2	+19.9	13.4
Christian Braun	Bench	14	9	90.0	22.2	+7.8	12.3
Jeff Green	Bench	27	8	47.4	13.6	+7.0	5.4
Thomas Bryant	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	-200.0	0.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Peyton Watson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Reggie Jackson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ish Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Vlatko Cancar	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	44	36	62.9	32.0	-6.4	17.2
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	42	27	70.3	24.7	-11.5	12.6
Rudy Gobert	Bench	32	18	66.6	20.8	-3.1	11.2
Mike Conley	Bench	39	12	61.5	13.2	-6.2	5.5
Taurean Prince	Bench	15	8	92.6	13.9	-28.6	11.4
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	22	8	80.0	10.2	+5.0	6.8
Kyle Anderson	Bench	29	2	14.3	13.4	-14.1	-0.8
Jordan McLaughlin	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
Nathan Knight	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Austin Rivers	Bench	6	0	0.0	7.7	-16.0	0.0
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	12	0	0.0	19.4	-9.8	-6.3