Minnesota Timberwolves 113, Denver Nuggets 125 — Recap

April 27, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Minnesota Timberwolves 113, Denver Nuggets 125. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 29-34 DEN; Q2 MIN 22-26 DEN; Q3 MIN 24-37 DEN; Q4 MIN 38-28 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 27 points, 12 rebounds, 16 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-15 shooting; Julius Randle (MIN) 27 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 24 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-23 shooting; Spencer Jones (DEN) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-9 shooting; Cameron Johnson (DEN) 18 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

27 PTS, 12 REB, 16 AST, 1 3PM · 9-15 FG

Scoring · MIN

Julius Randle

27 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 8-15 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

24 PTS, 4 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 9-23 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

MIN 3 largest lead Q1 11:33 (MIN 3, DEN 0) · 7-0 run, Q1 0:05–Q2 11:08

DEN 27 largest lead Q4 10:07 (MIN 75, DEN 102) · 8-0 run, Q4 4:12–Q4 3:33

Swings 3 lead changes Tied 1 time

Ahead for good: Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 1 (Q1 10:13, MIN 6, DEN 7).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIN	29	22	24	38		113
DEN	34	26	37	28		125

🧮 How They Scored

MINDEN

50Points in the paint62

13Fast-break points23

19Second-chance points12

21Points off turnovers35

48Bench points27

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.0%Effective FG%63.3%

21.5%Turnover %14.5%

27.3%Offensive rebound %14.7%

0.284Free-throw rate0.301

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ayo Dosunmu G	38	18	3	4	1	0	2	7-14	3-5	1-1	-17
Julius Randle F	32	27	9	6	1	0	5	8-15	2-4	9-11	-16
Rudy Gobert C	29	3	7	2	2	0	1	1-2	0-0	1-1	-25
Jaden McDaniels F	27	13	3	1	0	1	4	5-11	0-3	3-5	-25
Naz Reid F-C	24	12	8	1	0	0	3	5-11	2-5	0-0	+3
Nah'Shon Hyland G	23	15	1	1	1	0	3	5-9	3-7	2-2	-3
Mike Conley G	17	4	1	4	0	0	1	2-4	0-0	0-0	-7
Kyle Anderson F	15	4	3	6	0	0	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	+3
Terrence Shannon Jr. G-F	14	15	1	0	0	0	1	6-10	2-4	1-1	-4
Jaylen Clark G	12	0	1	1	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+13
Joan Beringer F	3	2	1	0	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	2-2	+6
Joe Ingles F	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+6
Julian Phillips F	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+6

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	39	24	4	7	4	0	4	9-23	2-6	4-4	+6
Nikola Jokic C	37	27	12	16	0	2	3	9-15	1-4	8-10	+18
Spencer Jones F	37	20	3	1	3	3	1	7-9	4-5	2-2	+13
Cameron Johnson F	36	18	6	5	3	0	1	8-13	2-7	0-0	+24
Christian Braun G	31	9	2	3	3	0	1	3-5	1-2	2-2	+18
Bruce Brown G	20	7	0	0	2	0	3	3-7	0-2	1-2	0
Tyus Jones G	14	3	0	2	1	0	0	1-2	0-0	1-2	-7
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	3-5	1-3	1-1	-1
Jonas Valanciunas C	10	9	2	1	0	1	3	4-4	0-0	1-2	-6
Julian Strawther G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Julius Randle	Starter	32	27	68.0	32.5	-25.3	20.7
Ayo Dosunmu	Starter	38	18	62.3	17.0	-20.7	9.2
Jaden McDaniels	Starter	27	13	49.2	25.8	-47.7	0.0
Mike Conley	Starter	17	4	50.0	12.8	-20.0	5.0
Rudy Gobert	Starter	29	3	61.5	4.0	-41.9	6.9
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	23	15	75.9	19.4	-5.8	8.5
Terrence Shannon Jr.	Bench	14	15	71.8	29.7	-12.5	13.7
Naz Reid	Bench	24	12	54.5	23.3	+5.5	6.8
Kyle Anderson	Bench	15	4	50.0	19.5	+14.7	9.6
Joan Beringer	Bench	03	2	113.6	33.3	+100.0	20.0
Joe Ingles	Bench	03	0	0.0	0.0	+100.0	0.0
Jaylen Clark	Bench	12	0	0.0	3.7	+54.2	-3.4
Julian Phillips	Bench	03	0	0.0	0.0	+100.0	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	27	69.6	25.3	+22.2	22.7
Jamal Murray	Starter	39	24	48.5	31.5	+10.0	12.0
Spencer Jones	Starter	37	20	101.2	13.3	+16.9	14.6
Cameron Johnson	Starter	36	18	69.2	16.9	+31.2	13.9
Christian Braun	Starter	31	9	76.5	9.9	+28.9	6.7
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	10	9	92.2	30.8	-31.2	13.3
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	12	8	73.5	17.2	+1.0	6.8
Bruce Brown	Bench	20	7	44.4	22.4	+2.5	-2.5
Tyus Jones	Bench	14	3	52.1	9.4	-20.2	7.9
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jalen Pickett	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Julian Strawther	Bench	04	0	0.0	0.0	-60.0	-3.3
DaRon Holmes II	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0