Timberwolves 114-112 Nuggets (9 Oct, 2021) Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

2-0, 1-0 away

114

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
MIN	19	28	29	25	13	114
DEN	26	23	34	18	11	112

Denver Nuggets

0-3, 0-1 home

112

Minnesota Timberwolves

starters
J. Vanderbilt PF
J. McDaniels PF
K. Towns C
D. Russell PG
A. Edwards SG
bench
T. Prince PF
J. Layman F
N. Knight F
L. Bolmaro F
J. Okogie SF
N. Reid C
P. Beverley PG
J. McLaughlin PG
M. Wright IV PG
M. Beasley SG
J. Nowell SG
C. Silva F
B. Bowen II F
M. Lewis SG
I. Miller G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
24	3-8	0-1	0-2	2	6	8	1	2	0	1	2	-17	6
22	1-6	0-4	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	-16	2
22	5-9	0-3	2-2	1	4	5	2	0	1	2	3	-12	12
24	3-12	2-6	1-1	0	1	1	6	1	0	2	1	-14	9
22	3-7	1-3	1-1	2	3	5	2	1	0	3	3	-15	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
18	3-8	1-5	0-0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	+9	7
13	3-4	1-2	1-2	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	+7	8
5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	3	+2	0
13	1-2	0-1	2-2	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	+7	4
17	3-4	0-1	5-6	1	2	3	1	2	1	0	2	+11	11
17	3-6	1-4	1-2	0	6	6	3	0	0	0	2	+13	8
11	1-2	0-0	2-2	0	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	+8	4
17	4-6	2-2	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	+7	10
7	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+8	0
20	5-12	1-5	2-2	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	+5	13
13	5-12	1-3	1-1	0	3	3	2	2	1	0	2	+7	12
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	43-99	10-40	18-23	6	40	46	23	11	5	10	23		114
	43.4%	25.0%	78.3%

Denver Nuggets

starters
A. Gordon PF
M. Porter Jr. SF
N. Jokic C
M. Morris PG
P. Dozier G
bench
Je. Green PF
Z. Nnaji PF
Ja. Green F
V. Cancar SF
B. Bol C
M. Howard PG
B. Hyland PG
A. Rivers SG
D. Reed SG
F. Campazzo G
T. Black F
P. Cornelie F
M. Ryan F
W. Barton G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
25	3-4	1-2	3-4	0	7	7	2	0	0	0	0	+25	10
26	6-14	4-8	0-0	0	4	4	6	0	0	1	3	+24	16
26	3-10	1-6	3-4	0	9	9	10	0	2	2	2	+19	10
15	3-4	2-3	0-2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	+13	8
24	5-8	2-4	0-0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	+19	12
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
12	0-4	0-2	1-2	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	3	-19	1
12	2-5	1-2	0-0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	-7	5
16	1-6	0-4	2-2	1	5	6	0	0	0	1	4	-15	4
15	5-7	2-4	1-1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	-7	13
17	1-7	0-3	2-3	2	4	6	1	0	4	1	0	-9	4
4	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	-5	0
30	7-13	6-12	1-1	1	7	8	4	0	0	6	6	-9	21
17	1-4	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	-20	3
2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6	0
26	1-4	1-4	2-2	0	3	3	4	1	1	2	3	-13	5
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE
	38-92	21-58	15-21	6	45	51	35	3	8	18	24		112
	41.3%	36.2%	71.4%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

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, 9 October 2021

Denver, CO

Attendance: 11,927

Referees:
Ed Malloy
Brent Barnaky
Robert Hussey

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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MIN wins 3-1

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