Minnesota Timberwolves 136, Denver Nuggets 130 — Recap

April 1, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 136, Denver Nuggets 130. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 40-35 DEN; Q2 MIN 30-30 DEN; Q3 MIN 28-29 DEN; Q4 MIN 38-36 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 38 points, 19 rebounds, 8 assists on 14-of-21 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 32 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-18 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 24 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-11 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 24 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; Monte Morris (DEN) 23 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

38 PTS, 19 REB, 8 AST · 14-21 FG

Scoring · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

32 PTS, 9 REB, 0 AST, 4 3PM · 11-18 FG

Scoring · DEN

Aaron Gordon

24 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 9-11 FG

Season highs

Monte Morris · Season-high 23 points

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	30	28	38		136
DEN	35	30	29	36		130

🧮 How They Scored

MINDEN

44Points in the paint62

22Fast-break points18

17Second-chance points19

30Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.0%Effective FG%60.5%

9.7%Turnover %15.4%

22.7%Offensive rebound %26.3%

0.419Free-throw rate0.337

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	40	18	8	7	1	0	2	6-15	3-7	3-4	-1
D'Angelo Russell G	37	24	3	4	1	0	3	6-12	2-5	10-11	+1
Karl-Anthony Towns C	31	32	9	0	1	2	3	11-18	4-7	6-6	+3
Taurean Prince F	28	16	3	4	1	0	1	6-9	1-3	3-3	+7
Patrick Beverley G	27	9	5	4	6	0	1	2-8	0-1	5-6	+7
Malik Beasley G	23	15	4	2	2	0	0	4-10	4-10	3-3	+5
Jarred Vanderbilt F	23	4	4	1	1	1	0	2-5	0-0	0-1	+7
Jordan McLaughlin G	16	9	1	3	0	0	0	3-4	3-3	0-0	+6
Naz Reid F-C	15	9	1	1	1	1	1	3-5	2-4	1-2	-5

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	43	38	19	8	1	0	4	14-21	0-2	10-12	+7
Aaron Gordon F	38	24	5	3	0	0	2	9-11	4-6	2-2	+9
Monte Morris G	31	23	3	6	2	0	2	8-12	4-5	3-3	+2
Will Barton G	31	8	5	4	0	0	2	3-12	1-5	1-1	+4
Nah'Shon Hyland G	29	14	4	7	1	1	3	3-14	2-12	6-6	+4
JaMychal Green F	18	12	3	1	0	0	0	5-6	0-0	2-2	-14
Jeff Green F	18	8	1	4	2	0	1	3-3	0-0	2-3	-2
Austin Rivers G	14	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	-17
Davon Reed G	13	0	2	1	1	1	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-10
DeMarcus Cousins C	5	3	1	1	0	0	4	1-2	1-2	0-0	-13

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	31	32	77.5	32.4	+2.5	14.7
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	37	24	71.3	22.2	-0.3	10.3
Anthony Edwards	Bench	40	18	53.7	19.8	-2.7	8.5
Taurean Prince	Bench	28	16	77.5	15.1	+7.0	11.5
Malik Beasley	Bench	23	15	66.3	18.5	+7.7	15.1
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	16	9	112.5	9.8	+16.2	12.3
Naz Reid	Bench	15	9	76.5	17.5	-17.8	5.3
Patrick Beverley	Bench	27	9	42.3	18.8	+11.9	7.1
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	23	4	36.8	8.9	+11.8	3.5

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	43	38	72.3	28.6	+6.4	20.3
Aaron Gordon	Bench	38	24	101.0	15.4	+10.8	12.5
Monte Morris	Bench	31	23	86.3	21.4	+3.0	16.0
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	29	14	42.1	26.3	+8.1	6.9
JaMychal Green	Bench	18	12	87.2	14.9	-36.8	14.9
Jeff Green	Bench	18	8	92.6	13.2	-1.9	9.0
Will Barton	Bench	31	8	32.2	18.7	+5.8	0.6
DeMarcus Cousins	Bench	5	3	75.0	50.0	-94.7	-29.7
Austin Rivers	Bench	14	0	0.0	7.9	-48.5	-2.7
Davon Reed	Bench	13	0	0.0	5.7	-19.4	0.9