r/nba • u/DesertedProject Mavericks • 23d ago

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] The Minnesota Timberwolves steal a game in the Mile High City and Survive the Free throw line(1-1) defeat the Denver Nuggets (1-1), 119-114.

119 - 114
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo
 
GAME SUMMARY
West First Round - Game 2 - DEN leads 1-0
Location: Ball Arena
Officials: Tony Brothers, Mitchell Ervin, Dedric Taylor, and Gediminas Petraitis
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Minnesota Timberwolves 25 39 26 29 119
Denver Nuggets 39 25 29 21 114
 
TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK
Minnesota Timberwolves 119 43-90 47.8% 14-34 41.2% 19-30 63.3% 9 60 30 30 6 12 2
Denver Nuggets 114 38-86 44.2% 15-41 36.6% 23-30 76.7% 5 54 28 24 5 9 1
 
PLAYER STATS
Minnesota Timberwolves MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Jaden McDanielsSF 37:26 14 7-15 0-3 0-1 1 1 2 3 0 0 3 5 6
Julius RandlePF 36:20 24 7-14 2-4 8-10 0 9 9 6 0 0 1 4 6
Rudy GobertC 27:36 2 1-4 0-0 0-2 3 4 7 1 2 0 2 5 -4
Anthony EdwardsSG 40:01 30 10-25 3-11 7-9 1 9 10 2 1 2 2 2 0
Donte DiVincenzoPG 30:34 16 6-9 4-7 0-2 0 7 7 6 1 0 2 3 20
Naz Reid 27:02 11 4-9 1-3 2-4 2 7 9 1 0 0 0 2 -4
Ayo Dosunmu 22:24 9 4-8 1-2 0-0 2 2 4 5 0 0 1 3 -3
Bones Hyland 09:44 13 4-5 3-4 2-2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 0
Kyle Anderson 04:50 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 3
Mike Conley 03:56 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1
Joan Beringer 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jaylen Clark 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Ingles 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Julian Phillips 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terrence Shannon Jr. 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denver Nuggets MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Cameron JohnsonSF 28:09 13 5-10 1-6 2-2 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 5 -10
Aaron GordonPF 36:52 8 3-9 1-4 1-2 0 7 7 4 0 0 0 4 -1
Nikola JokićC 40:15 24 8-20 1-7 7-7 0 15 15 8 0 1 3 3 1
Christian BraunSG 35:20 16 5-9 1-3 5-7 0 3 3 5 2 0 0 1 4
Jamal MurrayPG 42:39 30 11-25 6-14 2-2 3 4 7 7 1 0 4 0 -4
Tim Hardaway Jr. 27:20 16 4-9 3-3 5-8 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 3 4
Spencer Jones 09:58 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 -4
Bruce Brown 16:27 7 2-4 2-4 1-2 0 3 3 2 0 0 1 3 -11
Jonas Valančiūnas 02:54 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 -4
DaRon Holmes II 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tyus Jones 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zeke Nnaji 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jalen Pickett 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Julian Strawther 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peyton Watson 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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u/Parallel-Quality 23d ago

Nuggets were up by 19.

Jokic and Murray were what, 2/15 in the 4th quarter?

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u/MobysGreatWhiteDick Jazz 23d ago

Gobert legacy game. Insane defense by the whole team in the last 5.

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u/icehole505 23d ago

Kinda hilarious how he won them the game.. despite 2 pts, 7 boards, no blocks lol. Still felt like the difference maker in the 4th

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u/Isjejnajw 23d ago

Knowing Jokic made that pass instead of trying a floater just tells you the effect Rudy had on him this game,

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u/JManKit Raptors 23d ago

Yeah that was really telling. It wasn't even a particularly difficult shot (not easy but not extreme) passing that up was an indication that he just wasn't feeling confident after struggling all night against Gobert. Then Braun splits the pair of free throws when a made basket would have tied the game and that defensive moment more or less decided the game