Denver Nuggets 96, Minnesota Timberwolves 112 — Recap

April 25, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Denver Nuggets 96, Minnesota Timberwolves 112. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 23-22 MIN; Q2 DEN 31-28 MIN; Q3 DEN 24-32 MIN; Q4 DEN 18-30 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Ayo Dosunmu (MIN) 43 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 13-of-17 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 30 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-25 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 24 points, 15 rebounds, 9 assists on 8-of-22 shooting; Naz Reid (MIN) 17 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Julius Randle (MIN) 15 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists on 6-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Ayo Dosunmu

43 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM · 13-17 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

30 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 10-25 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

24 PTS, 15 REB, 9 AST · 8-22 FG

Season highs

Ayo Dosunmu · Season-high 43 points

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

📊 Game Flow

DEN 7 largest lead Q3 11:28 (DEN 57, MIN 50) · 8-0 run, Q3 6:48–Q3 6:03

MIN 16 largest lead Q4 0:01 (DEN 96, MIN 112) · 9-0 run, Q3 9:26–Q3 8:06

Swings 10 lead changes Tied 6 times

Ahead for good: Naz Reid makes driving layup (Bones Hyland assists) (Q3 1:33, DEN 76, MIN 78).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	23	31	24	18		96
MIN	22	28	32	30		112

🧮 How They Scored

DENMIN

42Points in the paint54

15Fast-break points8

12Second-chance points11

16Points off turnovers15

16Bench points76

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

41.4%Effective FG%48.9%

9.1%Turnover %10.7%

26.1%Offensive rebound %38.1%

0.322Free-throw rate0.292

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	42	30	5	5	0	1	2	10-25	3-7	7-7	-13
Nikola Jokic C	40	24	15	9	3	1	4	8-22	0-3	8-8	-12
Christian Braun G	34	8	5	1	1	1	2	2-4	1-1	3-4	-9
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	28	10	5	2	1	0	0	3-10	0-6	4-5	+1
Cameron Johnson F	26	9	2	2	1	1	2	3-6	1-2	2-4	-12
Spencer Jones F	25	0	4	0	1	2	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-14
Aaron Gordon F	23	9	1	0	0	1	0	4-11	1-5	0-0	-7
Bruce Brown G	20	6	1	2	0	0	0	3-7	0-2	0-0	-14
Jalen Pickett G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
DaRon Holmes II F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ayo Dosunmu G	42	43	4	1	0	1	1	13-17	5-5	12-12	+10
Rudy Gobert C	36	4	15	2	2	2	2	2-8	0-1	0-0	+1
Jaden McDaniels F	33	12	8	3	0	1	2	4-11	0-1	4-4	+14
Julius Randle F	32	15	9	2	0	0	4	6-16	0-1	3-4	+13
Naz Reid F-C	28	17	9	2	1	1	2	7-13	1-5	2-2	+14
Nah'Shon Hyland G	20	8	1	7	1	0	0	3-9	0-5	2-2	+9
Mike Conley G	20	5	1	4	2	0	1	2-4	1-2	0-0	+7
Anthony Edwards G	18	5	3	0	0	0	0	1-8	1-3	2-2	-3
Terrence Shannon Jr. G-F	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+5
Kyle Anderson F	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+5
Donte DiVincenzo G	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+5

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jamal Murray	Starter	42	30	53.4	31.3	-16.7	13.1
Nikola Jokic	Starter	40	24	47.0	30.3	-17.8	19.7
Aaron Gordon	Starter	23	9	40.9	22.9	-15.6	1.4
Cameron Johnson	Starter	26	9	58.0	15.4	-26.2	4.5
Christian Braun	Starter	34	8	69.4	9.9	-17.2	6.1
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	28	10	41.0	17.6	0.0	8.2
Bruce Brown	Bench	20	6	42.9	13.2	-35.0	3.1
Tyus Jones	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jalen Pickett	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Julian Strawther	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
DaRon Holmes II	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Spencer Jones	Bench	25	0	0.0	3.3	-21.8	-0.6

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Julius Randle	Starter	32	15	42.2	30.1	+20.0	7.1
Jaden McDaniels	Starter	33	12	47.0	17.6	+24.3	8.2
Anthony Edwards	Starter	18	5	28.2	23.1	-9.1	1.5
Rudy Gobert	Starter	36	4	25.0	11.6	+6.3	9.0
Donte DiVincenzo	Starter	01	0	0.0	33.3	+166.7	0.0
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	42	43	96.5	22.9	+13.3	26.2
Naz Reid	Bench	28	17	61.2	21.9	+21.7	16.7
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	20	8	40.5	21.7	+23.1	14.3
Mike Conley	Bench	20	5	62.5	9.6	+21.8	6.3
Terrence Shannon Jr.	Bench	07	3	150.0	6.7	+44.3	4.8
Kyle Anderson	Bench	03	0	0.0	14.3	+92.9	-10.5
Joe Ingles	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaylen Clark	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Julian Phillips	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joan Beringer	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0