Timberwolves 136-130 Nuggets (2 Apr, 2022) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Timberwolves

44-34, 19-21 away

136

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	40	30	28	38	136
DEN	35	30	29	36	130

Denver Nuggets

46-32, 22-16 home

130

Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot
Monte Morris makes two point shot (Jeff Green assists)
Aaron Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
Aaron Gordon makes 17-foot two point shot (Monte Morris assists)
Monte Morris misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Jeff Green makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
Monte Morris misses two point shot
Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot two point shot (Monte Morris assists)
Aaron Gordon misses 24-foot three point jumper
Monte Morris makes 14-foot jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot hook shot (Monte Morris assists)
Aaron Gordon makes driving dunk (Will Barton assists)
JaMychal Green makes 2-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot two point shot (Bones Hyland assists)
Bones Hyland misses step back jumpshot
Bones Hyland misses two point shot
Austin Rivers misses 24-foot three point jumper
JaMychal Green makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (Bones Hyland assists)
Austin Rivers misses 24-foot three point jumper
Davon Reed misses 24-foot three point jumper
Bones Hyland misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
DeMarcus Cousins makes 28-foot three point jumper (Bones Hyland assists)
Bones Hyland makes two point shot
Bones Hyland misses 26-foot three point jumper
Will Barton misses driving layup
Will Barton misses 12-foot two point shot
Davon Reed misses driving floating jump shot
Nikola Jokic makes tip shot
Will Barton misses 23-foot three point jumper
Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
Will Barton misses 26-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Will Barton 's 7-foot driving floating jump shot
Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot hook shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
Bones Hyland misses 23-foot three point jumper
Bones Hyland makes 28-foot three point jumper (Davon Reed assists)
Nikola Jokic makes layup (Jeff Green assists)
Nikola Jokic makes layup (Jeff Green assists)
Nikola Jokic misses 7-foot jumper
Nikola Jokic makes driving layup (Jeff Green assists)
Will Barton misses 13-foot two point shot
Nikola Jokic misses 8-foot two point shot
Aaron Gordon makes 2-foot dunk (Monte Morris assists)
Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
Jeff Green makes dunk (Bones Hyland assists)
Aaron Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jeff Green makes 5-foot hook shot (Monte Morris assists)
Jarred Vanderbilt blocks Monte Morris 's 3-foot two point shot
Monte Morris misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Nikola Jokic 's 8-foot two point shot
Monte Morris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
Will Barton makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
Monte Morris makes two point shot
Will Barton misses driving dunk
Will Barton misses 26-foot three point jumper
Monte Morris makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
Aaron Gordon makes 23-foot three point jumper (JaMychal Green assists)
Nikola Jokic misses 8-foot two point shot
Nikola Jokic makes jumper
Naz Reid blocks JaMychal Green 's 3-foot layup
Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot (Austin Rivers assists)
JaMychal Green makes 3-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
Nikola Jokic misses 6-foot hook shot
Bones Hyland makes 28-foot three pointer
Austin Rivers misses driving floating jump shot
Bones Hyland misses 27-foot three point jumper
Bones Hyland misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Bones Hyland misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
JaMychal Green makes 1-foot dunk (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
DeMarcus Cousins misses 25-foot three point jumper
JaMychal Green makes 1-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
Bones Hyland misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Monte Morris assists)
Will Barton makes two point shot
Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Aaron Gordon makes 23-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
Will Barton misses 23-foot three point jumper
Monte Morris makes 25-foot three point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
Monte Morris makes 23-foot three point jumper (Bones Hyland assists)
Nikola Jokic misses 27-foot three point jumper
Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot two point shot
Monte Morris makes 22-foot three point jumper (Bones Hyland assists)
Aaron Gordon makes 24-foot three point jumper (Bones Hyland assists)
Bones Hyland misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Will Barton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
Bones Hyland misses 23-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Patrick Beverley misses two point shot
D'Angelo Russell makes 5-foot two point shot
D'Angelo Russell makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 5-foot two point shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
D'Angelo Russell makes layup (Patrick Beverley assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 2-foot dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)
Patrick Beverley misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 5-foot two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 23-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 23-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid makes 2-foot dunk (Malik Beasley assists)
Malik Beasley misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
Naz Reid makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Jordan McLaughlin makes 23-foot three point jumper (Taurean Prince assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 12-foot two point shot
Naz Reid misses 24-foot three point jumper
Malik Beasley misses 46-foot three point jumper
Taurean Prince makes two point shot
Malik Beasley misses 27-foot three point jumper
Taurean Prince makes two point shot (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Malik Beasley misses 27-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell makes 6-foot two point shot
Taurean Prince misses 23-foot three point jumper
Malik Beasley makes 26-foot three point jumper (Taurean Prince assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses step back jumpshot
Bones Hyland blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 7-foot driving layup
Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell misses driving floating jump shot
Jarred Vanderbilt makes 2-foot layup (Naz Reid assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses step back jumpshot
Anthony Edwards misses three point jumper
Naz Reid makes 25-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
Anthony Edwards misses driving dunk
Taurean Prince makes pullup jump shot
Patrick Beverley misses driving floating jump shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 4-foot two point shot
D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point jumper
Patrick Beverley makes 7-foot two point shot
Jarred Vanderbilt makes dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses driving layup
Jarred Vanderbilt misses two point shot
Patrick Beverley misses two point shot
Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
Jarred Vanderbilt misses tip shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 5-foot two point shot
Malik Beasley misses 25-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk
Anthony Edwards misses 21-foot step back jumpshot
Jarred Vanderbilt misses layup
Taurean Prince makes 26-foot three point jumper (Malik Beasley assists)
Malik Beasley misses 27-foot three point jumper
Malik Beasley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Jordan McLaughlin misses driving floating jump shot
Taurean Prince makes dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)
Naz Reid misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Malik Beasley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Jordan McLaughlin makes 26-foot three pointer
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Davon Reed blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 2-foot layup
Patrick Beverley makes 3-foot two point shot
Jordan McLaughlin makes 23-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses 24-foot three point jumper
Taurean Prince makes dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Taurean Prince misses two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk
Taurean Prince misses 23-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 5-foot two point shot
Anthony Edwards makes 27-foot three pointer
Malik Beasley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Taurean Prince assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 27-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards makes 3-foot layup (Taurean Prince assists)
Patrick Beverley misses two point shot
Patrick Beverley misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
Anthony Edwards makes 26-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 5-foot two point shot
D'Angelo Russell makes two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 27-foot three point jumper

TIMBERWOLVES

NUGGETS

TIME		MIN	DEN
12:00	Karl-Anthony Towns vs. Nikola Jokic (Jeff Green gains possession)	0	0
11:36	Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot	0	2
11:21	Karl-Anthony Towns bad pass (Jeff Green steals)	0	2
11:17	Monte Morris makes two point shot (Jeff Green assists)	0	4
10:59	Karl-Anthony Towns makes jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)	2	4
10:39	Aaron Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)	2	7
10:30	Patrick Beverley misses two point shot	2	7
10:28	Aaron Gordon defensive rebound	2	7
10:10	Will Barton bad pass (Karl-Anthony Towns steals)	2	7
9:59	D'Angelo Russell makes 5-foot two point shot	4	7
9:49	Nikola Jokic bad pass (Jarred Vanderbilt steals)	4	7
9:45	D'Angelo Russell makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)	7	7
9:30	Aaron Gordon makes 17-foot two point shot (Monte Morris assists)	7	9
9:18	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 5-foot two point shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)	9	9
9:07	Monte Morris misses 16-foot pullup jump shot	9	9
9:05	Anthony Edwards defensive rebound	9	9
9:00	D'Angelo Russell makes 25-foot step back jumpshot	12	9
8:39	Jarred Vanderbilt shooting foul	12	9
8:39	Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 2	12	9
8:39	Nuggets offensive team rebound	12	9
8:39	Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2	12	10
8:30	D'Angelo Russell makes layup (Patrick Beverley assists)	14	10
8:08	Aaron Gordon steps out of bounds turnover	14	10
7:51	Nikola Jokic shooting foul	14	10
7:51	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2	15	10
7:51	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2	16	10
7:38	Jeff Green makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)	16	12
7:28	Karl-Anthony Towns lost ball turnover (Jeff Green steals)	16	12
7:23	Monte Morris misses two point shot	16	12
7:22	Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound	16	12
7:18	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 2-foot dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)	18	12
7:18	Nuggets Full timeout	18	12
6:56	Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot two point shot (Monte Morris assists)	18	14
6:33	Patrick Beverley misses 26-foot step back jumpshot	18	14
6:31	Will Barton defensive rebound	18	14
6:23	Jarred Vanderbilt shooting foul	18	14
6:23	Jeff Green makes free throw 1 of 2	18	15
6:23	Jeff Green misses free throw 2 of 2	18	15
6:20	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	18	15
6:06	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 5-foot two point shot	20	15
5:48	Aaron Gordon misses 24-foot three point jumper	20	15
5:46	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	20	15
5:34	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 23-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)	23	15
5:19	Monte Morris makes 14-foot jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)	23	17
5:00	Anthony Edwards makes driving layup	25	17
4:43	Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot hook shot (Monte Morris assists)	25	19
4:43	Karl-Anthony Towns shooting foul	25	19
4:43	JaMychal Green enters the game for Jeff Green	25	19
4:43	Malik Beasley enters the game for Patrick Beverley	25	19
4:43	Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1	25	20
4:37	Will Barton shooting foul	25	20
4:37	D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 1 of 2	26	20
4:37	Bones Hyland enters the game for Monte Morris	26	20
4:37	Taurean Prince enters the game for Jarred Vanderbilt	26	20
4:37	D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 2 of 2	27	20
4:22	Aaron Gordon makes driving dunk (Will Barton assists)	27	22
4:04	JaMychal Green shooting foul	27	22
4:04	Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2	28	22
4:04	Austin Rivers enters the game for Will Barton	28	22
4:04	Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2	29	22
3:52	JaMychal Green makes 2-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)	29	24
3:42	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)	32	24
3:25	Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot two point shot (Bones Hyland assists)	32	26
3:12	Anthony Edwards misses 23-foot three point jumper	32	26
3:11	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	32	26
3:11	Karl-Anthony Towns personal foul	32	26
3:11	Jordan McLaughlin enters the game for D'Angelo Russell	32	26
3:11	Naz Reid enters the game for Karl-Anthony Towns	32	26
3:02	Bones Hyland misses step back jumpshot	32	26
2:57	Malik Beasley defensive rebound	32	26
2:52	Naz Reid makes 2-foot dunk (Malik Beasley assists)	34	26
2:47	Bones Hyland bad pass (Malik Beasley steals)	34	26
2:43	Malik Beasley misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	34	26
2:40	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	34	26
2:31	Bones Hyland misses two point shot	34	26
2:30	Nikola Jokic offensive rebound	34	26
2:29	Naz Reid shooting foul	34	26
2:29	Timberwolves Full timeout	34	26
2:29	Davon Reed enters the game for Aaron Gordon	34	26
2:29	Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2	34	27
2:29	Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2	34	28
2:15	Anthony Edwards misses two point shot	34	28
2:14	JaMychal Green defensive rebound	34	28
2:07	Austin Rivers misses 24-foot three point jumper	34	28
2:03	JaMychal Green offensive rebound	34	28
1:57	JaMychal Green makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (Bones Hyland assists)	34	30
1:46	Naz Reid makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)	37	30
1:28	Austin Rivers misses 24-foot three point jumper	37	30
1:24	Taurean Prince defensive rebound	37	30
1:18	Jordan McLaughlin makes 23-foot three point jumper (Taurean Prince assists)	40	30
59.8	Davon Reed misses 24-foot three point jumper	40	30
58.3	Malik Beasley defensive rebound	40	30
50.3	Anthony Edwards misses 12-foot two point shot	40	30
48.0	Austin Rivers defensive rebound	40	30
42.3	Bones Hyland misses 25-foot step back jumpshot	40	30
38.4	Nikola Jokic offensive rebound	40	30
36.5	Naz Reid shooting foul	40	30
36.5	Bones Hyland makes free throw 1 of 2	40	31
36.5	DeMarcus Cousins enters the game for Nikola Jokic	40	31
36.5	Bones Hyland makes free throw 2 of 2	40	32
30.2	DeMarcus Cousins personal foul	40	32
17.8	Naz Reid misses 24-foot three point jumper	40	32
15.3	Davon Reed defensive rebound	40	32
2.5	DeMarcus Cousins makes 28-foot three point jumper (Bones Hyland assists)	40	35
0.2	Malik Beasley misses 46-foot three point jumper	40	35
0.2	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	40	35
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	40	35

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 3-1

Nuggets
93
Timberwolves
91

Game 1

31/10

Timberwolves
124
Nuggets
107

Game 2

16/12

Nuggets
115
Timberwolves
130

Game 3

2/2

Timberwolves
136
Nuggets
130

Game 4

2/4

Ball Arena

2:00 AM, 2 April 2022

Denver, CO

Attendance: 19,612

Referees:
James Capers
Jacyn Goble
Mousa Dagher

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	57	25	.695	-	W5
Denver	57	25	.695	-	W1
Minnesota	56	26	.683	1	L1
Utah	31	51	.378	26	L1
Portland	21	61	.256	36	L5

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