Minnesota Timberwolves 118, Denver Nuggets 122 — Recap

January 18, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 118, Denver Nuggets 122. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 27-30 DEN; Q2 MIN 33-25 DEN; Q3 MIN 35-33 DEN; Q4 MIN 23-34 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 31 points, 11 rebounds, 13 assists on 12-of-20 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 28 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Jaden McDaniels (MIN) 18 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-10 shooting; Naz Reid (MIN) 17 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists on 4-of-9 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 16 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists on 7-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

31 PTS, 11 REB, 13 AST · 12-20 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

28 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 10-18 FG

Scoring · MIN

Jaden McDaniels

18 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 7-10 FG

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	27	33	35	23		118
DEN	30	25	33	34		122

🧮 How They Scored

MINDEN

54Points in the paint74

18Fast-break points16

17Second-chance points14

19Points off turnovers21

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.3%Effective FG%57.6%

15.4%Turnover %12.4%

31.6%Offensive rebound %25.0%

0.346Free-throw rate0.376

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	37	16	9	3	1	1	3	7-17	0-4	2-3	-12
Jaden McDaniels F	34	18	3	2	0	3	3	7-10	2-3	2-2	-1
Kyle Anderson F	34	13	11	8	4	1	2	6-10	1-1	0-2	-12
Taurean Prince F	32	14	4	1	1	1	1	5-9	2-4	2-2	+5
D'Angelo Russell G	32	13	0	7	0	0	4	4-8	3-6	2-2	-4
Naz Reid F-C	26	17	3	2	0	3	3	4-9	0-5	9-10	+2
Luka Garza C	17	16	4	0	0	0	0	4-9	3-5	5-6	-3
Jaylen Nowell G	14	9	0	2	0	0	0	4-6	1-3	0-0	+14
Wendell Moore Jr. G	9	0	1	1	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-6
Nathan Knight F-C	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-1	-3

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	35	11	1	2	3	0	1	4-6	2-2	1-2	+18
Jamal Murray G	33	28	2	4	2	0	1	10-18	2-5	6-6	-13
Bruce Brown G	33	16	5	4	0	0	1	7-11	1-1	1-5	+10
Nikola Jokic C	31	31	11	13	1	0	3	12-20	0-0	7-7	+21
Aaron Gordon F	29	12	3	1	0	1	2	5-9	1-4	1-2	+10
Michael Porter Jr. F	22	4	6	0	1	1	2	1-6	0-3	2-2	-3
Nah'Shon Hyland G	19	9	1	2	0	0	1	2-5	1-3	4-4	-2
Zeke Nnaji F-C	16	7	0	0	0	0	1	3-4	1-1	0-2	-13
Vlatko Cancar F	16	4	2	1	1	0	1	1-4	0-1	2-2	-5
Christian Braun G	6	0	3	0	2	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-3

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	34	18	82.7	17.5	-1.4	11.5
Naz Reid	Bench	26	17	63.4	27.4	+7.7	8.2
Anthony Edwards	Bench	37	16	43.7	23.6	-13.9	8.5
Luka Garza	Bench	17	16	68.7	29.3	+2.4	12.5
Taurean Prince	Bench	32	14	70.9	13.9	+5.6	9.7
Kyle Anderson	Bench	34	13	59.7	15.9	-13.3	16.2
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	32	13	73.2	17.3	-4.2	9.0
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	14	9	75.0	17.6	+46.7	6.1
Nathan Knight	Bench	4	2	41.0	30.0	-30.0	-25.0
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	9	0	0.0	4.5	-28.6	1.3
Josh Minott	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bryn Forbes	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Matt Ryan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	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	31	31	67.2	33.8	+30.7	26.9
Jamal Murray	Bench	33	28	67.8	26.8	-17.0	21.8
Bruce Brown	Bench	33	16	60.6	17.3	+11.0	8.1
Aaron Gordon	Bench	29	12	60.7	17.6	+16.9	3.6
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	35	11	79.9	9.3	+21.3	7.3
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	19	9	66.6	17.8	-5.4	10.7
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	16	7	71.7	14.0	-37.1	1.8
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	22	4	29.1	15.5	-8.5	3.4
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	16	4	41.0	15.0	-11.0	3.4
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Christian Braun	Bench	6	0	0.0	18.8	-29.1	8.6
Ish Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Davon Reed	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jack White	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0