Minnesota Timberwolves @ Denver Nuggets

West 1st Round - Game 5 • DEN wins series 4-1

42-40, 20-21 Away

109

42-40, 20-21 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Timberwolves MIN	29	18	30	32	109
Nuggets DEN	22	26	29	35	112

Denver NuggetsNuggetsDEN

53-29, 34-7 Home

112

53-29, 34-7 Home

Minnesota Timberwolves

starters
Rudy GobertR. Gobert#27
Karl-Anthony TownsK. Towns#32
Mike ConleyM. Conley#10
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerN. Alexander-Walker#9
Anthony EdwardsA. Edwards#1
bench
Taurean PrinceT. Prince#12
Nathan KnightN. Knight#13
Austin RiversA. Rivers#25
Jaylen NowellJ. Nowell#4
Wendell Moore Jr.W. Moore Jr.#7
Josh MinottJ. Minott#8
Jordan McLaughlinJ. McLaughlin#6
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
40	16	5-6	0-0	6-9	15	2	3	2	0	4	11	6	+2
38	26	9-17	1-6	7-9	11	3	3	1	1	1	10	6	-9
38	7	2-7	1-4	2-2	4	9	3	2	0	1	3	3	+6
38	14	5-11	3-9	1-1	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	3	+10
40	29	13-27	0-6	3-4	8	7	1	0	2	1	7	3	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
22	13	5-10	3-7	0-0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	-5
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2
14	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	-13
8	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	-8
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	109	41-81	8-33	19-25	40	24	14	9	4	8	32	27
		51%	24%	76%

Denver Nuggets

starters
Aaron GordonA. Gordon#50
Michael Porter Jr.M. Porter Jr.#1
Nikola JokicN. Jokic#15
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeK. Caldwell-Pope#5
Jamal MurrayJ. Murray#27
bench
Jeff GreenJ. Green#32
Bruce BrownB. Brown#11
Christian BraunC. Braun#0
Zeke NnajiZ. Nnaji#22
Vlatko CancarV. Cancar#31
DeAndre JordanD. Jordan#6
Thomas BryantT. Bryant#13
Ish SmithI. Smith#14
Reggie JacksonR. Jackson#7
Peyton WatsonP. Watson#8
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
34	14	4-9	0-3	6-7	6	2	1	1	0	2	4	5	-3
39	8	3-10	2-7	0-0	10	0	0	2	0	1	9	3	+9
42	28	8-29	3-8	9-10	17	12	2	2	2	9	8	4	+3
26	10	3-6	1-4	3-3	2	1	2	2	0	0	2	4	-6
41	35	12-23	5-9	6-6	4	5	2	1	0	1	3	2	-5
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
19	0	0-1	0-0	0-2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	+2
30	14	3-6	0-2	8-8	5	2	4	1	0	1	4	0	+8
10	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	+7
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	112	34-85	12-34	32-36	47	22	12	10	3	16	31	21
		40%	35%	89%

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

Matchups

West 1st Round

MIN

DEN wins series

4-1

DEN

Game 1@ DEN

Final

109

113

Game 2@ DEN

Final

122

111

Game 3@ MIN

Final

120

114

Game 4@ MIN

Final/OT

108

109

Game 5@ DEN

Final

112

Game Information

Denver, CO

Referee:Brian Forte

Referee:Curtis Blair

Referee:Kevin Cutler

Referee:Scott Foster

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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