Minnesota Timberwolves @ Denver Nuggets
West 1st Round - Game 1 • DEN leads series 1-0
49-33, 23-18 Away
105
49-33, 23-18 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIN | 33 | 29 | 17 | 26 | 105 |
DEN | 23 | 39 | 29 | 25 | 116 |
54-28, 28-13 Home
116
54-28, 28-13 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Jaden McDaniels misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
- Donte DiVincenzo makes 26-foot three pointer (Rudy Gobert assists)
- Cameron Johnson misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Cameron Johnson makes driving layup (Jamal Murray assists)
- Donte DiVincenzo makes 27-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Cameron Johnson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
- Christian Braun misses running pullup jump shot
- Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 2 of 2
- Aaron Gordon misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jaden McDaniels makes driving layup (Donte DiVincenzo assists)
- Jamal Murray makes free throw flagrant 1 of 3
- Jamal Murray makes free throw flagrant 2 of 3
- Jamal Murray makes free throw flagrant 3 of 3
- Julius Randle makes 15-foot fade away jump shot
- Cameron Johnson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Julius Randle misses 13-foot fade away jump shot
- Aaron Gordon misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jaden McDaniels makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Jaden McDaniels makes 1-foot running dunk (Naz Reid assists)
- Cameron Johnson misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards makes 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Naz Reid misses driving floating jump shot
- Anthony Edwards makes 3-foot two point shot
- Anthony Edwards misses free throw 1 of 1
- Jamal Murray misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Rudy Gobert makes 1-foot dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Naz Reid makes 2-foot running dunk (Ayo Dosunmu assists)
- Christian Braun makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Ayo Dosunmu misses 30-foot three point jumper
- Christian Braun makes alley oop layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Naz Reid misses two point shot
- Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 18-foot jumper
- Jaden McDaniels misses 13-foot fade away jump shot
- Tim Hardaway Jr. makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Ayo Dosunmu makes 24-foot three point jumper (Naz Reid assists)
- Christian Braun misses 20-foot jumper
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Gordon misses free throw 2 of 2
- Ayo Dosunmu misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Ayo Dosunmu makes technical free throw
- Bones Hyland misses 29-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Ayo Dosunmu makes running layup (Mike Conley assists)
- Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Naz Reid misses 7-foot two point shot
- Bruce Brown misses 8-foot two point shot
- Bruce Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Bones Hyland misses driving layup
- Naz Reid makes 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
- Bruce Brown misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Bones Hyland misses driving layup
- Rudy Gobert makes tip shot
- Jamal Murray makes 14-foot fade away jump shot
- Rudy Gobert misses 12-foot floating jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Bruce Brown makes two point shot
- Bruce Brown makes free throw 1 of 1
- Rudy Gobert makes 2-foot layup (Mike Conley assists)
- Rudy Gobert misses free throw 1 of 1
- Jamal Murray makes 16-foot step back jumpshot
- Ayo Dosunmu makes 28-foot three pointer
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Julius Randle misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup (Jaden McDaniels assists)
- Bruce Brown misses driving layup
- Julius Randle makes free throw 1 of 2
- Julius Randle makes free throw 2 of 2
- Cameron Johnson makes driving layup
- Julius Randle misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Cameron Johnson makes 25-foot three pointer (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Julius Randle misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Spencer Jones misses free throw 1 of 3
- Spencer Jones makes free throw 2 of 3
- Spencer Jones makes free throw 3 of 3
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
- Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Julius Randle makes 6-foot two point shot
- Spencer Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Julius Randle misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rudy Gobert makes 4-foot layup (Jaden McDaniels assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Jaden McDaniels makes two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Donte DiVincenzo makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Christian Braun makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Rudy Gobert makes driving layup (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes layup (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses running pullup jump shot
- Julius Randle misses two point shot
- Donte DiVincenzo misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes 3-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot driving dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
- Rudy Gobert misses free throw 1 of 2
- Rudy Gobert makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Julius Randle misses driving floating jump shot
- Jaden McDaniels misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Anthony Edwards misses running layup
- Julius Randle makes tip shot
- Jamal Murray misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
- Donte DiVincenzo makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot (Jaden McDaniels assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Aaron Gordon makes running dunk (Christian Braun assists)
- Donte DiVincenzo misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Julius Randle misses driving layup
- Aaron Gordon makes 23-foot running jump shot (Cameron Johnson assists)
- Jaden McDaniels misses driving floating jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Donte DiVincenzo misses driving floating jump shot
- Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jaden McDaniels misses 5-foot turnaround jump shot
- Christian Braun misses driving layup
- Jamal Murray makes 11-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 1
- Jaden McDaniels misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses two point shot
- Aaron Gordon makes tip in dunk
- Naz Reid misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jaden McDaniels makes 5-foot turnaround jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes technical free throw
- Jamal Murray makes 17-foot two point shot
- Jaden McDaniels makes driving layup
- Aaron Gordon misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses 14-foot turnaround jump shot
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes driving layup (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
- Cameron Johnson misses running layup
- Nikola Jokic makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Bruce Brown assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
- Christian Braun misses driving layup
- Mike Conley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Ayo Dosunmu misses 26-foot running jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 11-foot floating jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses heave jump shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Julius Randle makes driving layup
- Cameron Johnson misses driving layup
- Rudy Gobert makes dunk (Julius Randle assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 15-foot step back jumpshot
- Ayo Dosunmu misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Cameron Johnson misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Cameron Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Julius Randle misses driving layup
- Christian Braun misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Donte DiVincenzo misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 18-foot turnaround jump shot
- Ayo Dosunmu makes 25-foot running jump shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Jamal Murray misses driving layup
- Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot three pointer (Rudy Gobert assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes driving layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Rudy Gobert makes driving layup (Julius Randle assists)
- Christian Braun makes 21-foot jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Donte DiVincenzo misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Rudy Gobert makes 1-foot dunk
- Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ayo Dosunmu makes driving layup (Donte DiVincenzo assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1
- Jamal Murray misses 23-foot running jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes tip shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
- Nikola Jokic misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Christian Braun makes free throw 1 of 2
- Christian Braun makes free throw 2 of 2
- Julius Randle makes 9-foot fade away jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
- Bruce Brown makes 2-foot running dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray misses two point shot
- Ayo Dosunmu misses driving floating jump shot
- Bruce Brown misses 23-foot running jump shot
- Julius Randle makes layup
- Aaron Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses 43-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Gordon makes 1-foot dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 1
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Gordon misses free throw 2 of 2
- Rudy Gobert misses free throw 1 of 2
- Rudy Gobert misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jaden McDaniels misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Cameron Johnson makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes 1-foot two point shot
- Tim Hardaway Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Tim Hardaway Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Julius Randle makes 1-foot driving dunk
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: DEN, 70.8
Win %: DEN, 71.9
Win %: DEN, 72.3
Win %: DEN, 71.1
Win %: DEN, 72.3
Win %: DEN, 75.4
Win %: DEN, 75.9
Win %: DEN, 74.5
Win %: DEN, 70.4
Win %: DEN, 70.2
Win %: DEN, 68.7
Win %: DEN, 70.2
Win %: DEN, 70.1
Win %: DEN, 72.3
Win %: DEN, 68.0
Win %: DEN, 66.1
Win %: DEN, 65.5
Win %: DEN, 67.3
Win %: DEN, 67.9
Win %: DEN, 66.0
Win %: DEN, 65.4
Win %: DEN, 62.0
Win %: DEN, 61.3
Win %: DEN, 63.2
Win %: DEN, 61.3
MIN @ DEN Videos
Jamal Murray finds Aaron Gordon for a late dunk
Nikola Jokic makes a circus shot over Rudy Gobert
Anthony Edwards swishes shot over multiple defenders
Matchups
Game Information
Denver, CO
Prime Video
Referee:Zach Zarba
Referee:Eric Dalen
Referee:Dedric Taylor
Referee:Jacyn Goble
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 64 | 18 | .780 | - | L2 |
| Denver | 54 | 28 | .659 | 10 | W12 |
| Minnesota | 49 | 33 | .598 | 15 | W2 |
| Portland | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22 | W2 |
| Utah | 22 | 60 | .268 | 42 | L1 |
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