Butler, Towns lead T-wolves past Nuggets in OT, to playoffs

Jimmy Butler scored 31 points, Karl-Anthony Towns had 26 points and 14 rebounds and the Minnesota Timberwolves ended the NBA's longest-running playoff drought, beating the Denver Nuggets 112-106 in overtime Wednesday night in the first final-day...
Apr 12, 2018, 05:29 am - Associated Press

Probabilities & Game Flow

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Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 6-foot hook shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot
  • Will Barton misses two point shot
  • Andrew Wiggins misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 18-foot two point shot
  • Will Barton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Wilson Chandler assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes pullup jump shot (Jeff Teague assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 22-foot jumper
  • Will Barton misses three point jumper
  • Taj Gibson makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Jeff Teague assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes driving layup
  • Will Barton misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Will Barton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Andrew Wiggins misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Paul Millsap makes 23-foot three point jumper (Wilson Chandler assists)
  • Taj Gibson makes 2-foot layup (Jeff Teague assists)
  • Wilson Chandler misses three point jumper
  • Will Barton makes two point shot
  • Jeff Teague misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Will Barton misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Jimmy Butler makes driving layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses layup
  • Andrew Wiggins makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Will Barton makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Jimmy Butler misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler makes driving layup
  • Jamal Murray misses 18-foot two point shot
  • Will Barton makes driving layup (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Will Barton misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes hook shot
  • Mason Plumlee misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Mason Plumlee makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jeff Teague makes 8-foot two point shot
  • Paul Millsap misses layup
  • Mason Plumlee blocks Gorgui Dieng 's 11-foot jumper
  • Nemanja Bjelica misses 9-foot jumper
  • Gorgui Dieng misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Wilson Chandler misses driving layup
  • Jeff Teague misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Gary Harris misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Gorgui Dieng makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jeff Teague assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 19-foot jumper
  • Gary Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Jeff Teague misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Taj Gibson makes driving layup
  • Andrew Wiggins makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Andrew Wiggins makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Gary Harris makes 5-foot two point shot
  • Andrew Wiggins makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Andrew Wiggins misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot layup (Will Barton assists)
  • Jamal Crawford misses 19-foot jumper
  • Gary Harris misses 21-foot step back jumpshot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 12-foot jumper (Devin Harris assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving dunk (Tyus Jones assists)
  • Gary Harris makes driving layup
  • Tyus Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Crawford assists)
  • Devin Harris makes driving layup
  • Jamal Crawford misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes hook shot (Gary Harris assists)
  • Jimmy Butler makes 3-foot jumper
  • Gary Harris makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Gary Harris misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Derrick Rose makes two point shot
  • Wilson Chandler misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Derrick Rose misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes 10-foot two point shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving dunk (Tyus Jones assists)
  • Gary Harris misses driving layup
  • Jimmy Butler makes 3-foot dunk (Jamal Crawford assists)
  • Paul Millsap makes 16-foot jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk (Jeff Teague assists)
  • Paul Millsap misses jumper
  • Jimmy Butler misses layup
  • Gary Harris misses driving layup
  • 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 makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Jeff Teague misses two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamal Crawford misses 17-foot jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Taj Gibson makes driving layup (Jamal Crawford assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 12-foot two point shot
  • Andrew Wiggins misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Andrew Wiggins misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler makes dunk
  • Will Barton makes layup
  • Andrew Wiggins makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Will Barton makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jimmy Butler misses driving layup
  • Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jeff Teague makes 26-foot three point jumper (Andrew Wiggins assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses layup
  • Andrew Wiggins misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Paul Millsap misses driving layup
  • Taj Gibson misses two point shot
  • Will Barton misses two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler 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
  • Jimmy Butler misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes hook shot (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 19-foot jumper
  • Jimmy Butler misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes 12-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jimmy Butler misses two point shot
  • Will Barton makes 25-foot three point jumper
  • Andrew Wiggins misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Will Barton misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler makes driving layup
  • Jeff Teague makes driving dunk
  • Paul Millsap makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Paul Millsap makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Paul Millsap makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Andrew Wiggins makes 15-foot jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Jeff Teague misses 19-foot jumper
  • Will Barton misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
  • Jeff Teague makes 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Andrew Wiggins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 7-foot hook shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 5-foot hook shot
  • Jamal Murray makes two point shot
  • Nemanja Bjelica misses driving layup
  • Jeff Teague makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jeff Teague makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Paul Millsap misses 18-foot jumper
  • Will Barton makes driving layup
  • Will Barton blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 1-foot dunk
  • Mason Plumlee blocks Karl-Anthony Towns's layup
  • Andrew Wiggins makes 16-foot jumper (Jeff Teague assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jamal Crawford makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Nemanja Bjelica misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot jumper (Will Barton assists)
  • Jeff Teague misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamal Murray misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jamal Murray misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamal Crawford misses driving layup
  • Gary Harris misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Nemanja Bjelica misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Mason Plumlee makes alley oop dunk shot (Will Barton assists)
  • Jimmy Butler misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
  • Will Barton misses driving layup
  • Devin Harris misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Crawford misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jimmy Butler blocks Will Barton 's 4-foot layup
  • Gorgui Dieng misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Gorgui Dieng makes 19-foot jumper (Tyus Jones assists)
  • Will Barton misses 11-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jimmy Butler misses 18-foot jumper
  • Gary Harris misses layup
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 8-foot jumper
  • Devin Harris makes 21-foot jumper (Will Barton assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Jamal Crawford assists)
  • Will Barton misses layup
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Gary Harris makes 11-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 16-foot jumper
  • Jimmy Butler makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes jumper
  • Paul Millsap blocks Taj Gibson 's 2-foot dunk
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes tip shot
  • Paul Millsap misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Taj Gibson misses layup
  • Jamal Murray misses 10-foot jumper
  • Jamal Murray makes layup
  • Jimmy Butler misses 21-foot jumper
  • Will Barton misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jeff Teague makes 27-foot three point jumper (Andrew Wiggins assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Jimmy Butler misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamal Murray makes 22-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler makes two point shot
  • Jamal Murray misses two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes driving layup
  • Jimmy Butler misses two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
  • Taj Gibson misses 19-foot jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
  • Jimmy Butler misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Taj Gibson blocks Nikola Jokic's jumper
  • Jamal Crawford misses 32-foot three point jumper
  • Will Barton misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray misses two point shot
  • Jeff Teague misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Will Barton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Paul Millsap assists)
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Paul Millsap makes 7-foot jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Jeff Teague makes 14-foot two point shot (Andrew Wiggins assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses layup
  • Jimmy Butler misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Will Barton misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Andrew Wiggins makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Andrew Wiggins makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 2 of 2
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