Butler's 39 points lift Wolves past Nuggets, 128-125 in OT

Jimmy Butler scored 12 of Minnesota's 14 points in overtime and finished with a season-high 39 to lift the Timberwolves to a 128-125 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night.
Dec 28, 2017, 05:23 am - Associated Press

Probabilities & Game Flow

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According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 9-foot hook shot
  • Gary Harris misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Taj Gibson misses 4-foot hook shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 12-foot jumper (Taj Gibson assists)
  • Wilson Chandler makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Jeff Teague misses 10-foot jumper
  • Andrew Wiggins misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Andrew Wiggins misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jeff Teague assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses two point shot
  • Jeff Teague makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Nikola Jokic makes 19-foot jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Andrew Wiggins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jeff Teague assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Andrew Wiggins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • Gary Harris misses driving layup
  • Jimmy Butler makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 6-foot driving layup
  • Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Taj Gibson makes dunk (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Nikola Jokic 's 5-foot layup
  • Gary Harris misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jeff Teague misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler makes 18-foot jump bank shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Trey Lyles makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Jimmy Butler makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
  • Jeff Teague misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Will Barton makes 26-foot three pointer (Gary Harris assists)
  • Andrew Wiggins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Gorgui Dieng assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler misses 4-foot two point shot
  • Will Barton misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Torrey Craig makes tip shot
  • Taj Gibson misses 20-foot jumper
  • Taj Gibson makes 2-foot two point shot (Jeff Teague assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 17-foot jumper
  • Jeff Teague makes driving layup
  • Will Barton makes driving layup
  • Will Barton makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jamal Crawford makes two point shot
  • Trey Lyles misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Nemanja Bjelica misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Darrell Arthur misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Nemanja Bjelica makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nemanja Bjelica misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Trey Lyles misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Crawford misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Trey Lyles misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes alley oop layup (Jamal Crawford assists)
  • Will Barton misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Tyus Jones makes driving layup (Jamal Crawford assists)
  • Gorgui Dieng blocks Torrey Craig 's 3-foot driving layup
  • Gorgui Dieng makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamal Crawford assists)
  • Torrey Craig misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Crawford misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Trey Lyles makes 11-foot jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Gorgui Dieng misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Gorgui Dieng makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Gorgui Dieng misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamal Murray makes driving layup
  • Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jamal Crawford makes 16-foot two point shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Mason Plumlee makes layup
  • Jamal Crawford misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Crawford makes jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes layup (Mason Plumlee assists)
  • Taj Gibson misses 11-foot jump bank shot
  • Taj Gibson makes 2-foot dunk (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • Mason Plumlee misses 3-foot hook shot
  • Tyus Jones makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Mason Plumlee makes 3-foot two point shot (Will Barton assists)
  • Jamal Crawford makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Tyus Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Will Barton makes layup (Wilson Chandler assists)
  • Jimmy Butler misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes driving layup
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jeff Teague assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Jimmy Butler makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray misses driving layup
  • Mason Plumlee makes two point shot
  • Wilson Chandler makes driving layup (Gary Harris assists)
  • Jeff Teague makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Gary Harris misses driving layup
  • Jamal Murray misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Taj Gibson makes layup (Jeff Teague assists)
  • Taj Gibson makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Nikola Jokic makes 13-foot jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Gorgui Dieng misses 18-foot jumper
  • Wilson Chandler makes 26-foot three point jumper (Gary Harris assists)
  • Andrew Wiggins misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Gorgui Dieng makes 20-foot jumper (Jeff Teague assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Andrew Wiggins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jeff Teague assists)
  • Trey Lyles makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Jamal Murray misses three point jumper
  • Gary Harris makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Mason Plumlee 's 7-foot layup
  • Wilson Chandler misses jumper
  • Mason Plumlee misses tip shot
  • Mason Plumlee misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Mason Plumlee misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Taj Gibson makes 20-foot jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Taj Gibson blocks Wilson Chandler 's 4-foot jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Mason Plumlee misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Jeff Teague misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Gary Harris misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jeff Teague makes two point shot
  • Wilson Chandler misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Andrew Wiggins makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Andrew Wiggins misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Mason Plumlee makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Mason Plumlee makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Andrew Wiggins misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 8-foot jumper (Taj Gibson assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 14-foot two point shot
  • Jeff Teague misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Mason Plumlee misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Mason Plumlee makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Taj Gibson makes 10-foot jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Wilson Chandler misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Jimmy Butler misses three point jumper
  • Gary Harris misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Gary Harris makes driving layup (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 7-foot jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Andrew Wiggins makes 2-foot layup (Jeff Teague assists)
  • Trey Lyles makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Gorgui Dieng misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Will Barton makes 27-foot three point jumper (Gary Harris assists)
  • Gorgui Dieng misses 7-foot jumper
  • Trey Lyles makes 25-foot three point jumper (Gary Harris assists)
  • Andrew Wiggins misses 16-foot jumper
  • Will Barton makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Jeff Teague misses 21-foot two point shot
  • Trey Lyles blocks Jamal Crawford 's 20-foot jumper
  • Will Barton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Gary Harris assists)
  • Andrew Wiggins misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Andrew Wiggins blocks Will Barton 's 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Crawford makes driving layup
  • Trey Lyles misses three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Andrew Wiggins misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Will Barton misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Trey Lyles makes 24-foot three point jumper (Torrey Craig assists)
  • Trey Lyles makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Mason Plumlee makes alley oop dunk shot (Will Barton assists)
  • Jimmy Butler misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Will Barton makes 8-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jimmy Butler makes three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Will Barton 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Will Barton misses three point jumper
  • Taj Gibson makes layup
  • Will Barton makes 7-foot jumper
  • Will Barton misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Jimmy Butler misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jamal Murray makes driving layup
  • Jamal Murray misses three point jumper
  • Jeff Teague misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Trey Lyles makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Trey Lyles makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler makes 21-foot two point shot
  • Gary Harris makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Gary Harris makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Andrew Wiggins makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray misses three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Wilson Chandler misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler misses driving layup
  • Jamal Crawford misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jeff Teague makes finger roll layup
  • Taj Gibson makes dunk (Jeff Teague assists)
  • Gary Harris misses 19-foot jumper
  • Andrew Wiggins makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jeff Teague assists)
  • Andrew Wiggins makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Will Barton 's 5-foot driving layup
  • Nikola Jokic makes layup
  • Andrew Wiggins misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses driving layup
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Will Barton makes driving layup
  • Will Barton makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Taj Gibson makes 3-foot layup (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 10-foot two point shot
  • Jimmy Butler misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Will Barton makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Jimmy Butler makes 10-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Taj Gibson misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Taj Gibson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Will Barton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Will Barton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler misses 39-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jimmy Butler misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Gary Harris makes 24-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes 19-foot jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
  • Jimmy Butler misses free throw 1 of 3
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Trey Lyles makes 1-foot dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Jimmy Butler makes 27-foot three point jumper
  • Trey Lyles makes dunk (Will Barton assists)
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic misses 20-foot jumper
  • Jimmy Butler makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamal Crawford makes 18-foot jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Trey Lyles misses 27-foot three point jumper
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