Minnesota Timberwolves 116, Denver Nuggets 123 — Recap

January 5, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 116, Denver Nuggets 123. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 22-34 DEN; Q2 MIN 43-28 DEN; Q3 MIN 31-31 DEN; Q4 MIN 20-30 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 35 points, 15 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 12-of-20 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 33 points, 3 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; Juancho Hernangomez (MIN) 25 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-14 shooting; Will Barton (DEN) 20 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; JaMychal Green (DEN) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

35 PTS, 15 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 12-20 FG

Scoring · MIN

D'Angelo Russell

33 PTS, 3 REB, 11 AST, 4 3PM · 10-21 FG

Scoring · MIN

Juancho Hernangomez

25 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 5 3PM · 10-14 FG

Season highs

Nikola Jokic · Season-high 35 pointsD'Angelo Russell · Season-high 33 pointsJuancho Hernangomez · Season-high 25 pointsWill Barton · Season-high 20 pointsD'Angelo Russell · Season-high 11 assistsJuancho Hernangomez · 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		T
MIN	22	43	31	20		116
DEN	34	28	31	30		123

🧮 How They Scored

MINDEN

54Points in the paint62

10Fast-break points6

7Second-chance points16

26Points off turnovers16

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.2%Effective FG%57.0%

12.0%Turnover %12.4%

23.8%Offensive rebound %23.8%

0.297Free-throw rate0.570

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Malik Beasley G	38	15	6	4	0	0	1	5-16	0-6	5-5	+1
D'Angelo Russell G	37	33	3	11	2	0	3	10-21	4-9	9-10	+1
Juancho Hernangomez F	34	25	8	2	2	1	0	10-14	5-8	0-1	+3
Anthony Edwards G	26	15	3	1	0	0	3	6-19	1-7	2-2	-11
Jarred Vanderbilt F	23	11	5	2	3	2	0	4-5	0-0	3-7	+9
Jarrett Culver G	22	4	6	1	0	0	2	2-5	0-1	0-0	+6
Ricky Rubio G	21	0	4	2	1	0	2	0-3	0-1	0-0	-18
Jake Layman F	14	7	1	1	0	1	1	2-3	1-2	2-2	-9
Ed Davis C	14	4	6	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	-4
Naz Reid F-C	10	2	0	0	0	0	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	-13

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	37	35	15	6	3	1	4	12-20	1-1	10-12	+13
Will Barton G	36	20	7	3	2	0	2	7-14	2-7	4-6	+11
Gary Harris G	33	10	3	3	1	0	1	4-8	0-1	2-2	+6
Jamal Murray G	32	13	1	3	0	0	2	3-7	1-4	6-6	+7
Facundo Campazzo G	26	11	1	2	0	0	0	3-7	0-3	5-7	+5
Monte Morris G	25	4	1	2	3	0	0	1-3	1-3	1-4	+4
JaMychal Green F	20	17	6	1	0	0	1	5-8	3-3	4-6	-3
Paul Millsap F	16	10	3	1	0	0	2	5-9	0-2	0-0	-2
PJ Dozier G-F	16	3	5	1	0	1	2	1-3	0-1	1-2	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	37	33	65.0	30.4	+2.6	19.9
Juancho Hernangomez	Bench	34	25	86.6	16.1	+2.5	21.1
Anthony Edwards	Bench	26	15	37.7	36.5	-16.1	1.9
Malik Beasley	Bench	38	15	41.2	18.6	-2.8	7.3
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	23	11	68.1	13.8	+21.8	13.0
Jake Layman	Bench	14	7	90.2	13.9	-30.0	8.4
Ed Davis	Bench	14	4	66.7	8.8	-13.8	7.4
Jarrett Culver	Bench	22	4	40.0	13.2	+10.8	3.5
Naz Reid	Bench	10	2	50.0	16.0	-59.6	-16.0
Ricky Rubio	Bench	21	0	0.0	9.1	-37.5	-4.3

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	37	35	69.2	33.7	+16.3	25.1
Will Barton	Bench	36	20	60.1	21.3	+16.0	13.4
JaMychal Green	Bench	20	17	79.9	24.5	-4.3	22.1
Jamal Murray	Bench	32	13	67.4	16.2	+10.1	5.5
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	26	11	54.6	14.3	+5.4	5.0
Gary Harris	Bench	33	10	56.3	12.2	+8.1	7.4
Paul Millsap	Bench	16	10	55.6	26.8	-5.6	3.6
Monte Morris	Bench	25	4	42.0	7.8	+5.3	5.1
PJ Dozier	Bench	16	3	38.7	14.3	-5.4	2.5
R.J. Hampton	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	-400.0	0.0