Denver Nuggets 108, Minnesota Timberwolves 114 — Recap

April 23, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Denver Nuggets 108, Minnesota Timberwolves 114 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 22-23 MIN; Q2 DEN 30-25 MIN; Q3 DEN 22-32 MIN; Q4 DEN 22-16 MIN; OT1 DEN 12-18 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 43 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 threes on 15-of-26 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 34 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 12-of-27 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 19 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-21 shooting; Mike Conley (MIN) 19 points, 2 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 17 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists on 5-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

43 PTS, 11 REB, 6 AST, 5 3PM · 15-26 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

34 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 5 3PM · 12-27 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

19 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 8-21 FG

Season highs

Nikola Jokic · Season-high 5 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	OT		T
DEN	22	30	22	22	12		108
MIN	23	25	32	16	18		114

🧮 How They Scored

DENMIN

54Points in the paint54

14Fast-break points10

7Second-chance points11

22Points off turnovers17

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.5%Effective FG%52.2%

9.7%Turnover %9.7%

21.3%Offensive rebound %27.5%

0.189Free-throw rate0.237

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Aaron Gordon F	43	14	7	3	0	1	1	6-12	1-3	1-1	+2
Jamal Murray G	41	19	7	5	0	0	3	8-21	2-7	1-1	-3
Michael Porter Jr. F	41	15	5	2	0	2	0	6-12	2-6	1-2	-8
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	40	5	3	2	2	1	1	2-7	1-4	0-0	-4
Nikola Jokic C	39	43	11	6	2	0	4	15-26	5-8	8-12	-14
Bruce Brown G	26	11	6	0	2	0	1	5-12	1-4	0-0	-8
Jeff Green F	18	0	2	2	0	1	1	0-3	0-2	0-0	+3
Christian Braun G	13	0	2	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-4
DeAndre Jordan C	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	+6

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	45	34	6	5	2	3	2	12-27	5-12	5-6	+7
Mike Conley G	43	19	2	8	0	0	1	7-13	3-7	2-2	+7
Rudy Gobert C	39	14	15	1	0	2	1	7-14	0-0	0-0	+6
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	38	8	4	1	1	0	2	3-7	2-5	0-0	+4
Karl-Anthony Towns C	36	17	11	2	1	1	2	5-9	0-2	7-10	-7
Taurean Prince F	23	6	3	0	0	0	1	1-8	1-3	3-4	+4
Kyle Anderson F	22	11	6	5	2	1	2	5-7	1-2	0-0	+8
Austin Rivers G	11	5	1	0	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	+8
Jordan McLaughlin G	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-3
Jaylen Nowell G	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0-4	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	39	43	68.7	42.4	-20.6	25.3
Jamal Murray	Bench	41	19	44.3	25.8	-9.2	8.9
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	41	15	58.2	14.3	-13.4	8.8
Aaron Gordon	Bench	43	14	56.3	13.8	-1.4	6.5
Bruce Brown	Bench	26	11	45.8	21.3	-17.9	9.1
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	40	5	35.7	8.9	-8.3	3.1
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	4	1	56.8	9.1	+77.8	57.1
Thomas Bryant	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jeff Green	Bench	18	0	0.0	8.7	+1.7	-4.7
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Christian Braun	Bench	13	0	0.0	6.3	-17.9	-4.5
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	45	34	57.4	34.0	+10.8	17.0
Mike Conley	Bench	43	19	68.4	16.7	+12.9	11.6
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	36	17	63.4	19.2	-8.9	12.9
Rudy Gobert	Bench	39	14	50.0	18.1	+9.4	10.8
Kyle Anderson	Bench	22	11	78.6	18.0	+17.8	18.9
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	38	8	57.1	10.8	+8.3	5.3
Taurean Prince	Bench	23	6	30.7	19.0	+13.0	-1.3
Austin Rivers	Bench	11	5	83.3	12.0	+40.0	17.9
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	4	0	0.0	11.1	-33.3	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
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	4	0	0.0	30.8	-40.5	-22.7