Minnesota Timberwolves 113, Denver Nuggets 122 — Recap

April 19, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Minnesota Timberwolves 113, Denver Nuggets 122. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 22-31 DEN; Q2 MIN 27-33 DEN; Q3 MIN 40-23 DEN; Q4 MIN 24-35 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Anthony Edwards (MIN) 41 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 threes on 14-of-23 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 40 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 threes on 13-of-22 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 27 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Rudy Gobert (MIN) 19 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists on 7-of-11 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 16 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-7 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Anthony Edwards

41 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 6 3PM · 14-23 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

40 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 6 3PM · 13-22 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

27 PTS, 9 REB, 9 AST, 1 3PM · 10-19 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	22	27	40	24		113
DEN	31	33	23	35		122

🧮 How They Scored

MINDEN

44Points in the paint56

16Fast-break points19

8Second-chance points15

8Points off turnovers14

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.5%Effective FG%60.0%

12.7%Turnover %9.4%

25.0%Offensive rebound %25.7%

0.291Free-throw rate0.294

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	42	41	2	4	2	3	1	14-23	6-10	7-8	-3
Rudy Gobert C	39	19	8	4	0	1	2	7-11	0-0	5-6	+4
Mike Conley G	38	14	1	7	0	0	1	5-9	2-4	2-3	-8
Karl-Anthony Towns C	34	10	12	2	0	1	5	3-12	2-5	2-2	-9
Kyle Anderson F	27	10	7	4	1	0	2	4-5	0-0	2-2	-9
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	27	5	2	2	1	0	2	2-6	1-5	0-0	-5
Taurean Prince F	18	12	3	1	0	0	0	4-8	3-6	1-2	-11
Jaylen Nowell G	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-5	0-1	0-0	-4

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	39	40	3	5	2	0	4	13-22	6-10	8-9	+1
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	39	8	3	2	1	0	0	3-10	0-2	2-2	+3
Nikola Jokic C	37	27	9	9	0	0	3	10-19	1-3	6-9	+6
Aaron Gordon F	33	12	10	3	0	0	0	6-11	0-0	0-0	-3
Bruce Brown G	30	6	3	5	2	0	1	3-7	0-3	0-0	+16
Michael Porter Jr. F	29	16	6	0	1	0	0	5-7	2-3	4-5	+6
Jeff Green F	26	11	0	2	0	1	2	5-7	1-1	0-0	+15
Christian Braun G	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+1

🔬 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	42	41	77.3	31.8	-2.1	18.1
Rudy Gobert	Bench	39	19	69.6	19.0	+3.5	9.6
Mike Conley	Bench	38	14	67.8	13.1	-10.5	9.6
Taurean Prince	Bench	18	12	67.6	20.9	-23.1	6.6
Kyle Anderson	Bench	27	10	85.0	13.1	-19.0	15.5
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	34	10	38.8	24.3	-7.8	3.7
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	27	5	41.7	14.3	-9.6	2.0
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	16	2	20.0	13.9	-16.7	-4.1
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Josh Minott	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nathan Knight	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Austin Rivers	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
Jamal Murray	Bench	39	40	77.0	34.5	-2.1	18.4
Nikola Jokic	Bench	37	27	58.8	31.7	+8.2	13.7
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	29	16	87.0	14.1	+12.3	15.1
Aaron Gordon	Bench	33	12	54.5	14.3	-2.7	8.8
Jeff Green	Bench	26	11	78.6	15.3	+27.5	7.7
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	39	8	36.8	12.1	+2.2	3.5
Bruce Brown	Bench	30	6	42.9	11.6	+25.7	5.8
Christian Braun	Bench	7	2	50.0	11.8	+14.3	8.7
Thomas Bryant	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Peyton Watson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Reggie Jackson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ish Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0