Minnesota Timberwolves 117, Denver Nuggets 108 — Recap

March 1, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 117, Denver Nuggets 108. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 22-31 DEN; Q2 MIN 36-19 DEN; Q3 MIN 32-32 DEN; Q4 MIN 27-26 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 35 points, 13 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 threes on 15-of-26 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 25 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-22 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 21 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-19 shooting; Jaden McDaniels (MIN) 20 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists on 9-of-12 shooting; Nah'Shon Hyland (MIN) 18 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-7 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

35 PTS, 13 REB, 9 AST, 1 3PM · 15-26 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

25 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 9-22 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

21 PTS, 3 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 9-19 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

MIN 14 largest lead Q3 10:49 (MIN 66, DEN 52) · 12-0 run, Q2 8:26–Q2 5:52

DEN 11 largest lead Q1 0:49 (MIN 18, DEN 29) · 8-0 run, Q3 2:14–Q3 0:30

Swings 2 lead changes Tied 4 times

Ahead for good: Anthony Edwards makes two point shot (Ayo Dosunmu assists) (Q2 2:01, MIN 48, DEN 46).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIN	22	36	32	27		117
DEN	31	19	32	26		108

🧮 How They Scored

MINDEN

52Points in the paint60

30Fast-break points6

4Second-chance points10

24Points off turnovers11

38Bench points31

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

62.4%Effective FG%51.8%

12.2%Turnover %11.8%

17.5%Offensive rebound %24.4%

0.224Free-throw rate0.318

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	39	21	3	6	1	2	2	9-19	3-9	0-2	+2
Rudy Gobert C	38	7	15	4	3	1	1	3-8	0-1	1-2	+12
Donte DiVincenzo G	36	17	3	5	2	0	0	5-10	5-10	2-3	+3
Jaden McDaniels F	33	20	1	3	1	0	2	9-12	0-3	2-2	+20
Julius Randle F	32	14	9	7	1	1	3	5-12	1-3	3-5	+7
Naz Reid F-C	26	11	6	2	1	1	2	5-11	1-5	0-1	-1
Ayo Dosunmu G	21	9	2	4	2	0	3	4-6	1-2	0-0	+2
Nah'Shon Hyland G	16	18	2	2	0	0	0	6-7	3-3	3-4	0

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	39	25	5	4	0	0	3	9-22	2-6	5-7	-7
Christian Braun G	38	15	6	1	0	0	0	5-9	0-2	5-5	+2
Nikola Jokic C	37	35	13	9	1	2	5	15-26	1-4	4-6	+4
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	34	17	3	1	0	1	0	5-6	3-4	4-7	-17
Bruce Brown G	28	6	4	1	1	0	2	3-6	0-0	0-0	-12
Cameron Johnson F	23	0	4	3	0	0	1	0-6	0-4	0-0	-13
Julian Strawther G	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-1	0-0	+8
Jonas Valanciunas C	10	2	5	0	0	1	1	0-1	0-0	2-2	-15
Jalen Pickett G	6	4	3	2	0	0	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	+8
Zeke Nnaji F-C	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-7
DaRon Holmes II F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
K.J. Simpson G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Edwards	Starter	39	21	52.8	25.0	+2.5	9.6
Jaden McDaniels	Starter	33	20	77.6	20.3	+29.4	11.2
Donte DiVincenzo	Starter	36	17	75.1	13.3	+2.6	13.1
Julius Randle	Starter	32	14	49.3	23.3	+8.9	12.3
Rudy Gobert	Starter	38	7	39.4	11.6	+14.1	10.4
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	16	18	102.7	22.2	-3.5	23.1
Naz Reid	Bench	26	11	48.1	21.3	-1.7	6.3
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	21	9	75.0	18.0	+4.2	10.0
Mike Conley	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joe Ingles	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaylen Clark	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Julian Phillips	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Terrence Shannon Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joan Beringer	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	Starter	37	35	61.1	38.2	+3.7	22.5
Jamal Murray	Starter	39	25	49.8	30.1	-8.6	9.4
Christian Braun	Starter	38	15	67.0	12.1	+1.1	8.6
Julian Strawther	Starter	17	2	25.0	10.5	+22.9	-4.7
Cameron Johnson	Starter	23	0	0.0	12.3	-22.0	-4.2
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	34	17	93.6	10.6	-24.7	10.6
Bruce Brown	Bench	28	6	50.0	11.6	-19.7	1.5
Jalen Pickett	Bench	6	4	100.0	21.4	+52.2	30.2
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	10	2	53.2	12.5	-71.4	9.5
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	06	2	33.3	21.4	-53.8	4.8
DaRon Holmes II	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	+66.7	0.0
K.J. Simpson	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	+66.7	0.0