Denver Nuggets 123, Minnesota Timberwolves 112 — Recap

November 15, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 123, Minnesota Timberwolves 112. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 29-31 MIN; Q2 DEN 26-29 MIN; Q3 DEN 32-26 MIN; Q4 DEN 36-26 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 27 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 26 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists on 8-of-23 shooting; Julius Randle (MIN) 26 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 23 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 23 points, 6 rebounds, 12 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-22 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

27 PTS, 12 REB, 11 AST, 3 3PM · 8-15 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

26 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST · 8-23 FG

Scoring · MIN

Julius Randle

26 PTS, 6 REB, 8 AST, 1 3PM · 9-17 FG

Season highs

Tim Hardaway Jr. · Season-high 23 pointsJamal Murray · Season-high 12 assistsAaron Gordon · Season-high 10 rebounds

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	29	26	32	36		123
MIN	31	29	26	26		112

🧮 How They Scored

DENMIN

42Points in the paint58

19Fast-break points20

12Second-chance points8

19Points off turnovers12

15Bench points30

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.4%Effective FG%52.3%

10.7%Turnover %11.7%

23.8%Offensive rebound %17.8%

0.458Free-throw rate0.261

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	39	23	6	12	1	0	3	9-22	1-6	4-6	+6
Nikola Jokic C	37	27	12	11	2	1	6	8-15	3-6	8-8	+3
Aaron Gordon F	36	23	10	1	2	2	1	8-15	4-6	3-4	+33
Peyton Watson G	34	12	3	0	2	1	1	5-11	0-1	2-4	+11
Bruce Brown G	30	7	6	1	0	0	0	1-7	1-2	4-4	+3
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	29	23	3	1	0	1	0	6-8	5-6	6-6	+18
Spencer Jones F	17	2	0	1	2	0	1	0-0	0-0	2-2	-11
Jonas Valanciunas C	12	6	6	2	0	1	0	2-3	0-0	2-4	+4
Julian Strawther G	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-12

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julius Randle F	38	26	6	8	2	0	2	9-17	1-5	7-7	-4
Anthony Edwards G	38	26	8	6	3	2	3	8-23	0-8	10-12	0
Donte DiVincenzo G	34	11	5	1	0	0	2	4-11	1-6	2-2	-23
Jaden McDaniels F	33	15	4	3	2	2	0	7-15	1-3	0-0	-18
Naz Reid F-C	31	19	6	3	1	0	1	7-11	4-7	1-2	+7
Mike Conley G	25	5	1	2	0	0	0	2-5	1-3	0-0	-4
Rudy Gobert C	23	4	6	0	0	3	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	-22
Jaylen Clark G	11	3	2	0	0	0	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	+5
Rob Dillingham G	7	3	2	0	1	0	0	1-2	1-1	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	Starter	37	27	72.9	26.9	+3.6	19.4
Aaron Gordon	Starter	36	23	68.6	21.4	+42.8	13.8
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Starter	29	23	108.1	13.7	+24.7	17.3
Jamal Murray	Starter	39	23	46.7	28.4	+1.6	13.4
Peyton Watson	Starter	34	12	47.0	16.9	+17.5	2.9
Bruce Brown	Bench	30	7	40.0	12.0	+1.3	4.4
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	12	6	63.0	19.2	+13.1	15.8
Spencer Jones	Bench	17	2	113.6	4.3	-33.3	1.7
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jalen Pickett	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Julian Strawther	Bench	6	0	0.0	11.8	-75.0	-4.3
Hunter Tyson	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
Julius Randle	Starter	38	26	64.7	23.1	-2.0	15.4
Anthony Edwards	Starter	38	26	46.0	33.0	0.0	11.8
Jaden McDaniels	Starter	33	15	50.0	20.3	-22.8	7.3
Donte DiVincenzo	Starter	34	11	46.3	16.5	-30.1	2.7
Rudy Gobert	Starter	23	4	66.7	13.7	-38.3	1.4
Naz Reid	Bench	31	19	80.0	19.4	+14.4	13.0
Mike Conley	Bench	25	5	50.0	8.6	-3.4	2.9
Jaylen Clark	Bench	11	3	150.0	7.7	+20.0	8.6
Rob Dillingham	Bench	7	3	75.0	14.3	+37.9	16.1
Joe Ingles	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Johnny Juzang	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Leonard Miller	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joan Beringer	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0