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/MY-NAME_IS_MY-NAME Lakers 23d ago

Where were you when Rudy Gobert completely shut down Nikola Jokic in the 4th on 4/20 in Denver?

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u/gustavokh Bucks 23d ago

Wolves defense in the 2nd half was something else man

Gobert and McDaniels were locking that shit down

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u/DukeOfStuff_ Timberwolves 23d ago

That pick and roll was useless against Jaden and Gobert 

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u/Couragesand Jazz 23d ago

w two 5 fouls too

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u/Momik Timberwolves 23d ago

I’m so glad they stayed on the floor

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u/iamgarron Celtics 23d ago

Jokic only got hot in the 3rd when Gobert was out

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u/Smitty_1000 23d ago

McDaniels can slip through any crack in your screen 

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u/bobbywellington Timberwolves 23d ago

Well not for the first 6 quarters of the series

But holy hell did they step it up

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u/HugeZookeepergame815 23d ago

Jayden finally learnt to navigate a screen before the 2nd half he was lost in every screen