Denver Nuggets 96, Minnesota Timberwolves 113 — Recap

April 23, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Denver Nuggets 96, Minnesota Timberwolves 113. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 11-25 MIN; Q2 DEN 28-36 MIN; Q3 DEN 29-27 MIN; Q4 DEN 28-25 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 27 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-26 shooting; Ayo Dosunmu (MIN) 25 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists on 10-of-15 shooting; Jaden McDaniels (MIN) 20 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-13 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 17 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-15 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 16 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists on 5-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

27 PTS, 15 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 7-26 FG

Scoring · MIN

Ayo Dosunmu

25 PTS, 3 REB, 9 AST · 10-15 FG

Scoring · MIN

Jaden McDaniels

20 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 9-13 FG

Season highs

Jaden McDaniels · Season-high 10 rebounds

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

DEN 0 largest lead Never led · 7-0 run, Q3 9:35–Q3 8:54

MIN 27 largest lead Q3 9:49 (DEN 40, MIN 67) · 9-0 run, Q2 8:16–Q2 7:01

Swings 0 lead changes Tied 0 times

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	11	28	29	28		96
MIN	25	36	27	25		113

🧮 How They Scored

DENMIN

34Points in the paint68

7Fast-break points21

19Second-chance points10

4Points off turnovers14

39Bench points36

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

39.0%Effective FG%52.2%

9.1%Turnover %8.9%

12.8%Offensive rebound %26.1%

0.488Free-throw rate0.226

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	35	27	15	3	2	0	4	7-26	2-10	11-11	-21
Jamal Murray G	35	16	3	4	0	0	1	5-17	0-5	6-7	-12
Spencer Jones F	29	6	1	0	0	1	1	2-3	2-2	0-0	-5
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	28	11	5	0	0	0	1	3-8	2-6	3-4	-13
Cameron Johnson F	24	6	2	1	1	0	0	2-6	0-3	2-2	-14
Christian Braun G	24	2	2	0	0	1	0	0-4	0-1	2-4	-19
Bruce Brown G	23	9	4	2	1	0	1	4-7	0-0	1-2	-3
Zeke Nnaji F-C	16	10	3	1	1	0	0	2-2	1-1	5-6	+2
Julian Strawther G	14	6	3	0	0	0	2	2-7	1-3	1-2	0
Tyus Jones G	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	0
Jalen Pickett G	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	0
DaRon Holmes II F	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaden McDaniels F	41	20	10	3	1	1	0	9-13	1-3	1-1	+8
Rudy Gobert C	36	10	12	3	0	3	0	3-7	0-0	4-5	+18
Donte DiVincenzo G	33	15	4	7	4	0	1	6-13	3-8	0-0	+20
Julius Randle F	33	15	6	4	0	1	1	6-15	0-3	3-6	+8
Ayo Dosunmu G	32	25	3	9	0	0	2	10-15	0-3	5-6	+11
Anthony Edwards G	24	17	5	3	0	0	2	6-15	2-8	3-3	+11
Naz Reid F-C	17	5	6	2	0	0	2	2-7	1-4	0-0	+4
Nah'Shon Hyland G	15	6	4	0	0	0	2	2-5	2-4	0-0	-1
Kyle Anderson F	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+3
Joe Ingles F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Julian Phillips F	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
Mike Conley G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0
Joan Beringer F	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 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	35	27	43.8	42.7	-29.5	15.9
Jamal Murray	Starter	35	16	39.8	26.3	-19.4	8.2
Cameron Johnson	Starter	24	6	43.6	12.5	-27.5	3.8
Spencer Jones	Starter	29	6	100.0	6.2	-6.9	1.8
Christian Braun	Starter	24	2	17.4	11.3	-41.2	-3.5
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	28	11	56.4	16.4	-22.8	7.3
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	16	10	107.8	12.2	+2.4	16.5
Bruce Brown	Bench	23	9	57.1	15.5	-5.9	10.3
Julian Strawther	Bench	14	6	38.1	27.0	0.0	-0.9
Tyus Jones	Bench	04	2	50.0	20.0	-13.9	6.1
Jalen Pickett	Bench	04	1	56.8	10.0	-13.9	6.1
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
DaRon Holmes II	Bench	04	0	0.0	0.0	-13.9	12.1

Minnesota TimberwolvesTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaden McDaniels	Starter	41	20	74.4	13.5	+7.1	18.7
Anthony Edwards	Starter	24	17	52.1	34.6	+27.6	11.0
Donte DiVincenzo	Starter	33	15	57.7	17.3	+30.6	13.7
Julius Randle	Starter	33	15	42.5	25.0	+14.8	7.4
Rudy Gobert	Starter	36	10	54.3	10.2	+23.4	12.2
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	32	25	70.9	25.6	+15.5	20.0
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	15	6	60.0	17.9	-2.9	7.1
Naz Reid	Bench	17	5	35.7	20.5	+5.5	3.6
Kyle Anderson	Bench	05	0	0.0	7.1	+35.6	-11.4
Mike Conley	Bench	01	0	0.0	33.3	0.0	50.0
Joe Ingles	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Julian Phillips	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	+116.7	28.6
Joan Beringer	Bench	1	0	0.0	33.3	0.0	0.0