Jokic scores 31 points; Nuggets beat Timberwolves 114-103

— Nikola Jokic scored 16 of his 31 points in the first quarter as the Denver Nuggets took control and the playoff-bound Nuggets held off a second-half rally in a 114-103 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night.
May 14, 2021, 04:24 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

100%
--DEN
0%
--MIN

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • JaVale McGee misses layup
  • Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 4-foot two point shot
  • D'Angelo Russell misses running pullup jump shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses driving layup
  • Ricky Rubio misses 22-foot three point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes driving layup
  • Jarred Vanderbilt misses 8-foot hook shot
  • JaVale McGee misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot
  • Ricky Rubio misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
  • Aaron Gordon makes driving floating jump shot (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup
  • Nikola Jokic makes pullup jump shot (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Ricky Rubio makes 23-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • Facundo Campazzo misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jarred Vanderbilt makes two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
  • Austin Rivers misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
  • Jarred Vanderbilt makes dunk (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Ricky Rubio misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Facundo Campazzo makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell misses free throw 1 of 2
  • D'Angelo Russell misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses 1-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes tip shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes 12-foot two point shot
  • Naz Reid misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
  • Jaden McDaniels misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Austin Rivers misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses two point shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Aaron Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (JaMychal Green assists)
  • Ricky Rubio misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
  • Shaquille Harrison makes two point shot
  • Anthony Edwards makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • Austin Rivers makes 25-foot three pointer (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup
  • Nikola Jokic makes 13-foot two point shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 16-foot jumper
  • Vlatko Cancar misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jaden McDaniels makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot (Vlatko Cancar assists)
  • Jaden McDaniels misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Vlatko Cancar makes 25-foot three point jumper (Paul Millsap assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell misses pullup jump shot
  • Jordan McLaughlin makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jaden McDaniels assists)
  • JaMychal Green misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Juancho Hernangomez misses two point shot
  • JaMychal Green misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Naz Reid makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Naz Reid misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Paul Millsap misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Juancho Hernangomez misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Juancho Hernangomez makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Paul Millsap misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Shaquille Harrison misses pullup jump shot
  • Jaden McDaniels misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Paul Millsap makes driving layup
  • Paul Millsap makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Shaquille Harrison misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Markus Howard makes 27-foot three point jumper (JaMychal Green assists)
  • Juancho Hernangomez makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
  • Vlatko Cancar makes 2-foot layup (Paul Millsap assists)
  • Vlatko Cancar makes 3-foot layup (Paul Millsap assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Vlatko Cancar misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes technical free throw
  • Paul Millsap makes two point shot (Markus Howard assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Markus Howard makes 27-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Markus Howard makes two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Juancho Hernangomez misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes technical free throw
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Anthony Edwards makes 3-foot driving dunk
  • JaVale McGee misses 3-foot two point shot
  • JaVale McGee misses tip shot
  • JaVale McGee makes tip shot
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
  • JaVale McGee makes 3-foot dunk (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Ricky Rubio misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jarred Vanderbilt misses two point shot
  • Austin Rivers makes 27-foot three point jumper (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Austin Rivers misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 1 of 2
  • D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jarred Vanderbilt makes two point shot
  • JaVale McGee makes 3-foot alley oop dunk shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Naz Reid makes driving layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Aaron Gordon makes two point shot
  • Anthony Edwards makes two point shot
  • Anthony Edwards misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Facundo Campazzo misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Naz Reid misses 2-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses layup
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Austin Rivers misses driving layup
  • JaVale McGee makes dunk
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Facundo Campazzo misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes tip shot
  • Naz Reid misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses layup
  • Anthony Edwards makes 23-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • Facundo Campazzo misses two point shot
  • Ricky Rubio makes three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot two point shot (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Naz Reid misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses two point shot
  • Austin Rivers misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jaden McDaniels makes 23-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • JaVale McGee makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Anthony Edwards makes 26-foot three pointer
  • JaVale McGee makes dunk (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Anthony Edwards misses three point jumper
  • Austin Rivers makes 22-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 21-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 11-foot two point shot (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Vlatko Cancar makes 22-foot three point jumper (JaMychal Green assists)
  • Vlatko Cancar misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Vlatko Cancar makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jordan McLaughlin makes driving layup
  • Markus Howard misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Anthony Edwards misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses two point shot
  • JaMychal Green makes two point shot (Paul Millsap assists)
  • Jordan McLaughlin makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jordan McLaughlin misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Paul Millsap misses three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards makes 28-foot step back jumpshot
  • Markus Howard misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards makes dunk (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
  • Shaquille Harrison misses driving floating jump shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • JaMychal Green misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Paul Millsap misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Vlatko Cancar makes 25-foot three point jumper (Paul Millsap assists)
  • Paul Millsap misses 13-foot two point shot
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Juancho Hernangomez misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Markus Howard misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Naz Reid makes two point shot
  • Markus Howard makes 23-foot three point jumper (JaMychal Green assists)
  • Naz Reid misses three point jumper
  • Facundo Campazzo misses two point shot
  • Markus Howard makes technical free throw
  • Anthony Edwards makes technical free throw
  • Paul Millsap misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Facundo Campazzo makes 23-foot pullup jump shot
  • Markus Howard makes 27-foot three pointer (Vlatko Cancar assists)
  • Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Markus Howard misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 16-foot step back jumpshot
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Naz Reid makes two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 4-foot pullup jump shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes 1-foot driving dunk (Austin Rivers assists)
  • Anthony Edwards misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic misses three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Naz Reid makes layup
  • Aaron Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
  • Austin Rivers misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • D'Angelo Russell misses free throw 1 of 2
  • D'Angelo Russell misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Facundo Campazzo misses two point shot
  • Naz Reid misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Naz Reid makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Austin Rivers makes 26-foot three point jumper (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
  • Facundo Campazzo makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Facundo Campazzo makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Ricky Rubio misses 24-foot three point jumper
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