Murray leads Nuggets past Wolves 109-80 in NBA playoffs

Jamal Murray overcame some early jitters to have 24 points and eight assists in his first playoff game since the 2020 NBA bubble as the top-seeded Denver Nuggets routed the Minnesota Timberwolves 109-80 Sunday night.
Apr 17, 2023, 07:39 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

0.1%
--MIN
99.9%
--DEN

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 16-foot two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 14-foot jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Aaron Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses two point shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Aaron Gordon makes dunk
  • Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jamal Murray misses driving layup
  • Anthony Edwards makes two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 10-foot jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes 10-foot two point shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes hook shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Anthony Edwards misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
  • Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker blocks Jamal Murray 's 7-foot layup
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Mike Conley makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Mike Conley makes three pointer (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Kyle Anderson makes two point shot (Mike Conley assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 14-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Kyle Anderson makes 12-foot two point shot (Mike Conley assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
  • Kyle Anderson misses three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 3-foot two point shot
  • Anthony Edwards misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jordan McLaughlin misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Bruce Brown makes two point shot
  • Kyle Anderson makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Jeff Green misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Rudy Gobert makes 4-foot hook shot (Taurean Prince assists)
  • Bruce Brown makes two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Taurean Prince misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray blocks Jordan McLaughlin 's 5-foot driving layup
  • Kyle Anderson misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Jeff Green misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses two point shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jeff Green misses dunk
  • Christian Braun blocks Mike Conley 's 7-foot driving layup
  • Bruce Brown misses two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 27-foot three pointer
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Bruce Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Rudy Gobert misses layup
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses three point jumper
  • Bruce Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jeff Green assists)
  • Anthony Edwards makes 3-foot layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses layup
  • Nikola Jokic makes tip shot
  • Bruce Brown blocks Anthony Edwards 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Jaylen Nowell makes 23-foot three point jumper (Taurean Prince assists)
  • Jaylen Nowell misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes layup (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
  • Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
  • Bruce Brown makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Kyle Anderson makes 9-foot pullup jump shot (Jaylen Nowell assists)
  • Anthony Edwards makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Anthony Edwards makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray makes layup
  • Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
  • Rudy Gobert makes tip shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Kyle Anderson misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kyle Anderson misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 17-foot two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes two point shot
  • Taurean Prince misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Rudy Gobert blocks Nikola Jokic's two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 3-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Anthony Edwards misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Rudy Gobert blocks Jamal Murray 's 3-foot driving layup
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 16-foot two point shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses tip shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Rudy Gobert misses alley oop layup
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Kyle Anderson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Mike Conley assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kyle Anderson misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Rudy Gobert makes dunk (Kyle Anderson assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses driving layup
  • Aaron Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Taurean Prince misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray makes two point shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Mike Conley misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 26-foot three point shot
  • Kyle Anderson blocks Nikola Jokic 's 3-foot layup
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kyle Anderson assists)
  • Jaylen Nowell misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
  • Taurean Prince misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Austin Rivers makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Nowell assists)
  • Aaron Gordon misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jaylen Nowell misses driving floating jump shot
  • Bruce Brown makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 23-foot three point jumper (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
  • Jaylen Nowell makes driving layup (Kyle Anderson assists)
  • Jeff Green blocks Kyle Anderson 's 3-foot two point shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • DeAndre Jordan makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • DeAndre Jordan misses alley oop dunk shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three point jumper (Christian Braun assists)
  • Jaylen Nowell misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses 24-foot three point shot
  • Jeff Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Mike Conley makes 26-foot three pointer (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • DeAndre Jordan makes 3-foot alley oop dunk shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 4-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Anthony Edwards misses three point pullup jump shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three pointer (DeAndre Jordan assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot
  • Bruce Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray makes two point shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 29-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Anthony Edwards blocks Aaron Gordon 's 3-foot layup
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nathan Knight misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jaylen Nowell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
  • Josh Minott blocks Michael Porter Jr. 's 3-foot driving layup
  • Josh Minott misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Nathan Knight misses 4-foot hook shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Jaylen Nowell misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Nathan Knight makes driving layup
  • Ish Smith misses two point shot
  • Nathan Knight misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Zeke Nnaji makes 25-foot three point jumper (Reggie Jackson assists)
  • Jaylen Nowell misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Christian Braun makes two point shot
  • Austin Rivers misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Vlatko Cancar misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jaylen Nowell makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jordan McLaughlin misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Peyton Watson misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Zeke Nnaji makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Peyton Watson assists)
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