Minnesota Timberwolves 124, Denver Nuggets 107 — Recap

December 15, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 124, Denver Nuggets 107. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 40-32 DEN; Q2 MIN 35-29 DEN; Q3 MIN 33-27 DEN; Q4 MIN 16-19 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Anthony Edwards (MIN) 38 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 10 threes on 14-of-21 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 32 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 12-of-18 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 27 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-16 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 16 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; Monte Morris (DEN) 15 points, 0 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Anthony Edwards

38 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 10 3PM · 14-21 FG

Scoring · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

32 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 12-18 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

27 PTS, 10 REB, 11 AST, 2 3PM · 11-16 FG

Season highs

Anthony Edwards · Season-high 10 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	40	35	33	16		124
DEN	32	29	27	19		107

🧮 How They Scored

MINDEN

30Points in the paint48

13Fast-break points10

10Second-chance points12

25Points off turnovers17

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

64.2%Effective FG%53.6%

10.4%Turnover %15.3%

15.4%Offensive rebound %21.4%

0.182Free-throw rate0.274

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns C	36	32	4	4	3	1	2	12-18	3-7	5-5	+18
Anthony Edwards G	34	38	5	1	1	1	2	14-21	10-14	0-0	+18
D'Angelo Russell G	33	16	8	7	0	0	2	6-12	3-8	1-2	+20
Jarred Vanderbilt F	33	6	8	2	1	0	1	3-3	0-0	0-0	+26
Patrick Beverley G	30	11	2	8	0	1	1	4-9	3-7	0-2	+24
Malik Beasley G	24	5	4	1	1	1	2	2-6	0-1	1-1	-1
Jaden McDaniels F	23	9	6	1	3	0	0	3-9	3-6	0-0	-5
Naz Reid F-C	12	6	1	0	0	1	0	1-6	1-3	3-4	-1
Josh Okogie G	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	-2
Jaylen Nowell G	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-4	0-2	0-0	-8
Jake Layman F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Leandro Bolmaro F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	35	27	10	11	1	0	4	11-16	2-4	3-5	-17
Monte Morris G	32	15	0	5	1	0	4	6-10	3-5	0-0	-20
Jeff Green F	31	10	2	1	0	0	3	3-8	0-1	4-5	-22
Facundo Campazzo G	30	6	3	8	1	2	1	2-8	2-7	0-0	-4
Aaron Gordon F	27	8	4	1	0	0	2	2-6	1-3	3-4	-28
Zeke Nnaji F-C	22	13	9	0	0	1	0	5-8	2-4	1-3	+5
Will Barton G	20	8	4	3	0	0	1	3-8	0-4	2-2	-18
Vlatko Cancar F	19	2	7	1	0	0	0	0-3	0-1	2-2	+8
Markus Howard G	17	14	2	1	2	0	2	4-13	4-9	2-2	+3
Petr Cornelie F	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-1	0-0	+4
Bol Bol C	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Edwards	Bench	34	38	90.5	31.1	+28.1	21.4
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	36	32	79.2	27.5	+25.9	17.9
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	33	16	62.1	20.5	+34.3	14.4
Patrick Beverley	Bench	30	11	55.7	16.4	+37.6	6.9
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	23	9	50.0	16.1	-7.7	8.8
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	33	6	100.0	5.5	+38.8	7.1
Naz Reid	Bench	12	6	38.7	27.6	-3.8	0.0
Malik Beasley	Bench	24	5	38.8	14.5	+0.2	4.3
Josh Okogie	Bench	6	1	56.8	6.7	-15.4	2.0
Jake Layman	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-43.3	0.0
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	6	0	0.0	35.7	-67.0	-29.2
Leandro Bolmaro	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-43.3	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	35	27	74.2	27.2	-23.3	18.4
Monte Morris	Bench	32	15	75.0	19.2	-26.7	8.4
Markus Howard	Bench	17	14	50.4	36.4	+10.7	9.8
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	22	13	69.7	16.4	+10.4	18.9
Jeff Green	Bench	31	10	49.0	17.1	-37.9	0.4
Aaron Gordon	Bench	27	8	51.5	15.9	-47.2	3.5
Will Barton	Bench	20	8	45.0	20.4	-46.5	6.3
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	30	6	37.5	12.3	-8.0	7.9
Petr Cornelie	Bench	4	4	66.7	37.5	+50.0	36.4
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	19	2	25.8	8.5	+15.0	9.2
Bol Bol	Bench	4	0	0.0	12.5	+50.0	9.1